Program planning and review

APR Committee Documents

Undergraduate APR:

2021-2022 Membership

Nilakshi Borah
Linda Dickmeyer
Scott Dickmeyer
Whitney George Dregne
Ann Epstein
MD Islam
Janet Kirsch
John May
Christopher McCracken
Eileen Narcotta-Welp
Nathan Warnberg

Charge Letter

Meeting Minutes

Graduate APR:

2021-2022 Membership

Jennifer Butler Modaff
Naoko Giblin
William Gillespie
Seth King
Steni Sackiriyas
Victoria Svoboda
Marco Vriens

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

Sheida Babakhani Teimouri
Angela Benfield
Anita Davelos
Justin Davis
Ryan Friesen
Megan Litster
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.