Program planning and review

APR Committee Documents

Undergraduate APR:

2021-2022 Membership

Nilakshi Borah, Chair
Linda Dickmeyer
Scott Dickmeyer, Spring Semester Recorder
Whitney George Dregne
Ann Epstein
Janet Kirsch
Xinhui Li
John May
Christopher McCracken, Fall Semester Recorder
Eileen Narcotta-Welp
Nathan Warnberg

Charge Letter

Meeting Minutes

Graduate APR:

2021-2022 Membership

Jennifer Butler Modaff
Naoko Giblin, Chair
William Gillespie
Michelle Olson
Steni Sackiriyas
Jenna Starck
Victoria Svoboda
Brooke Shefchek, Grad Student Member

Charge Letter

Meeting Minutes

Click here for previous academic year committee membership, meeting minutes, charge letters, final reports, and committee documents for the Academic Program Review Committees.

2021-2022 Membership

Angela Benfield
Anita Davelos
Justin Davis
Ryan Friesen, Chair
Eddie Kim
Megan Litster, Recorder
Weixu Lu
Lisa Pitot
Olivia Stoltman

Patrick Barlow, Assessment Coordinator

Charge Letter

Meeting Minutes

Committee Documents

The major tasks of this committee will be two-fold: 

1. Fall semester: Review program assessment reports and provide feedback to enable continued improvement in the undertaking of quality assessment.
2. Spring semester: Review program level assessment plans for academic programs and provide recommendations for plan improvements to department chairs, program directors, and departmental assessment coordinators. 

Please note: This committee serves a different purpose than the Academic Program Review (APR) Committee. The distinction between the work of Program Review (APR) and Program Assessment (UPAC) is illustrated below.

PROGRAM EVALUATION (program review). A systematic procedure for collecting, analyzing and using information to answer questions about the extent to which a program is achieving its goals. Typically, it focuses on the effectiveness and efficiency of a program. Assessment of student learning outcomes in the program may be included as one source of information to evaluate the program.  

PROGRAM ASSESSMENT (contrast with program evaluation). A systematic procedure for collecting, analyzing and using information about student learning with respect to program-level learning outcomes. Results are used to inform decisions about how to improve student learning in the program.