Academic Affairs

The university has established a six-year cycle of reviews of all departments, academic programs, and graduate programs.  Each department scheduled for review in a particular year is notified at the beginning of that academic year.  The program's review plan is to be developed in conjunction with the dean.  There are three major components of a review:  (1) a self-study, (2) evaluation by an external consultant, and (3)  post-review analysis and planning.  Each of these components is described in this guide.

Six year program reviews are not mandatory for those programs that are accredited by national program accrediting bodies (e.g., NCATE, AACSB, CSWE, ABET) if such accreditation includes on-campus program review by an external reviewer.  It will be mandatory for such programs to submit a copy of their report to the university, through the appropriate dean to the vice president for academic affairs, together with a report covering any unaddressed aspects of the consultant’s questionnaire normally utilized in six year program reviews.  A final determination of the need for the full six-year program review rests with the vice president for academic affairs.