The last collegewide method used for academic planning and evaluation for academic programs lies within the newly developed program review process. Although efforts for program review have been under development in the College during the last year, the BOR announced the statewide members of the university system should wait for BOR guidelines on the process. In fall 2000, the Board of Regents issued a document calling for program reviews with the central them of "viability" of a program. It is operationalized through the measures of: 1) Quality (the teaching/learning experience of the students as determined by various assessment strategies and techniques, accomplishments of the faculty and satisfaction of students with the program; 2) Program faculty - assessment of scholarship of faculty; 3) Centrality - degree of fit between the program and the mission of the institution; 4) Utility - projected demand for the program, and 5) Vitality - the vigor of the program, the degree to which the program is renewed, focusing on the currency of the curriculum, the infusion of technology.

As part of the College's efforts to gear up for program review as designed by the BOR, GPC initiated one-page reviews of each academic unit analyzing their strengths and weakness for the academic year 1999-2000. These documents are in the Academic Assessment web site (http://gpc.peachnet.edu.edu/~ctl/aa)