Attachment A
Faculty Senate Agenda
February 14, 2002

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D.    Program Review Team Procedures

The Program Review Team examines the unit's self study and other relevant materials, conducts interviews, and gathers additional information including the comments of the outside consultants. As a result of this study, the Team prepares, originally in draft form and then in final form, a detailed substantive report reflecting both qualitative and quantitative aspects of all programs offered by the unit. The review shall include an evaluation of the program's assessment of writing and reading skills, current requirements and plans for the development of writing and reading skills.

The report may specify two types of program improvements: (1) recommendations for consideration, and (2) conditions which must be met before the Faculty Senate recommends full 6-year approval.

The chair of the Review Team is responsible for the preparation, submission and interpretation of review reports, including minority findings. It is the responsibility of the Review Team chair to confer with as many team members as possible and to discuss the contents of the report with team members and the academic program faculty prior to final editing and subsequent submission to the Program Review Subcommittee of the Faculty Senate's Curriculum Policies Committee. The chair acts as a nonvoting consultant when the Review Team's report is under consideration.

[Remainder of section D. as is.]

E.    Response to Program Reviews

The normal period of approval for a program undergoing campus review is six years. A number of circumstances can lead to an approval for a reduced length of time. Some of these circumstances are related to concerns about the quality of the program but not all are. The following definitions are used in recommending approval:

1. Unconditional Approval:    recommendation that the unit's programs be approved for six years or until the next review.
   
2. Less Than Full Cycle Approval:    recommendation that the unit's programs be approved for less than a full cycle, subject to the fulfillment of specified conditions. Denial of full cycle approval should only occur in cases of serious programmatic problems. The report must specify the actions required by the unit to obtain full cycle approval. Once these conditions actions have been met taken, and upon favorable review by the appropriate curriculum committee(s), unconditional approval may be recommended for the remainder of the cycle or until the next review. Less than full cycle approval may include a recommendation to delete the program.

[Remainder of section E. as is.]