Program Review Milestones

Provost meets with deans and Faculty Council leadership to discuss program array review
Nominations for faculty representatives from colleges/schools/institutes, Faculty Council, the Board of Undergraduate Studies, and the Graduate Studies Coordinating Board
Provost describes program array review during University Convocation

Provost establishes 18-member faculty workgroup
Program array review and faculty workgroup membership is announced through faculty-wide email
Faculty workgroup begins process of identifying program types and appropriate assessment criteria for each program type
Presentation on and discussion about program array with Faculty Council

Update to and discussion with Faculty Council
Faculty workgroup finalizes program types, assessment criteria, and forms to gather information directly from programs

Program-level data are sent to academic units for review and potential revision
Forms to gather additional information that will be used by the program array faculty workgroup are sent to academic units
Faculty workgroup begins discussion of the appeals process

Appeal process is established and shared with academic units
Faculty workgroup provides recommendations to Provost for program designations (continue, modify, sunset) along with a summary of comments from their program-level discussions

Provost reviews faculty workgroup recommendations and makes initial program designations
Provost meets with dean of each academic unit to review initial program designations and adjusts designations as needed
Initial program designations (continue, modify, sunset) are shared with academic units; for programs designated as modify or sunset, a summary of comments is also provided
Any program designated as modify or sunset wishing to appeal their designation begins appeal process
Update to and discussion with Faculty Council
Update to and discussion with deans

Program-level appeals are submitted through their dean’s office to the Provost
Appeals are considered by Provost and faculty workgroup
Provost makes final designations for all programs and communicates these designations with the university

Any program designated for modification begins creating program modification proposal; guidelines for modification as well as ongoing support provided by Provost’s Office
Any program designated for sunset is brought to President and Board of Trustees for final approval
Any program that is sunset begins full teach-out of all students enrolled in the program and stops admitting students to the program

For programs designated as modify, modification proposals are due to the Provost
Modifications implemented according to the individual proposals

Provost meets with deans and Faculty Council leadership to discuss program array review
Nominations for faculty representatives from colleges/schools/institutes, Faculty Council, the Board of Undergraduate Studies, and the Graduate Studies Coordinating Board
Provost describes program array review during University Convocation

Provost establishes 18-member faculty workgroup
Program array review and faculty workgroup membership is announced through faculty-wide email
Faculty workgroup begins process of identifying program types and appropriate assessment criteria for each program type
Presentation on and discussion about program array with Faculty Council

Update to and discussion with Faculty Council
Faculty workgroup finalizes program types, assessment criteria, and forms to gather information directly from programs

Program-level data are sent to academic units for review and potential revision
Forms to gather additional information that will be used by the program array faculty workgroup are sent to academic units
Faculty workgroup begins discussion of the appeals process

Appeal process is established and shared with academic units
Faculty workgroup provides recommendations to Provost for program designations (continue, modify, sunset) along with a summary of comments from their program-level discussions

Provost reviews faculty workgroup recommendations and makes initial program designations
Provost meets with dean of each academic unit to review initial program designations and adjusts designations as needed
Initial program designations (continue, modify, sunset) are shared with academic units; for programs designated as modify or sunset, a summary of comments is also provided
Any program designated as modify or sunset wishing to appeal their designation begins appeal process
Update to and discussion with Faculty Council
Update to and discussion with deans

Program-level appeals are submitted through their dean’s office to the Provost
Appeals are considered by Provost and faculty workgroup
Provost makes final designations for all programs and communicates these designations with the university

Any program designated for modification begins creating program modification proposal; guidelines for modification as well as ongoing support provided by Provost’s Office
Any program designated for sunset is brought to President and Board of Trustees for final approval
Any program that is sunset begins full teach-out of all students enrolled in the program and stops admitting students to the program

For programs designated as modify, modification proposals are due to the Provost
Modifications implemented according to the individual proposals