Plan for Assessing Student Success
Program Review Policies & Procedures
Introduction
Introduction
It is the policy of Georgia Perimeter College [GPC] to conduct regular reviews of undergraduate instructional programs.
The goal of academic program review at GPC is the improvement of programs based on information gathered and analyzed during a cyclical review process. In conducting program review, institutional faculty and administrators assess progress over time, analyze costs and benefits of programs, and make strategic decisions about program modification. The procedures outlined below offer guidelines for rigorous and meaningful review in a context of institutional freedom to design individual review processes, to employ elements of the academic audit model now in use in many institutions, and to select internal and external benchmarks.
It is understood that academic program review is one component of an overall institutional effectiveness plan; other components include strategic planning, assessment of student learning outcomes, and assessment of outcomes in administrative areas.
An in-depth undergraduate program review provides a mechanism for constructive change. It provides the opportunity to review, to evaluate, and to plan in a collegial and reasoned setting.
The material, which follows, describes guidelines and procedures for conducting in-depth reviews every seven years. The purpose is to guide both the units being reviewed and the reviewers. The intent is to facilitate the review and to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the review process.
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