About Academic Program Review
This page includes:
- Purpose and Outcomes
- Academic Program Review Oversight Committee Working Charter
- Guiding Principles for Academic Program Review
- Lane Board of Education Policy pertaining to Academic Program Review
- Terms and Acronyms
- Process, Responsibilities and Decision Making
- Stakeholder Roles and Responsibilities
Academic Program Review is a faculty-led structure for planning and continuous improvement of Lane's instructional programs. The purpose is to collaboratively, systematically, and critically assess Lane’s programs for effectiveness, to identify necessary adjustments, and to provide a mechanism to institute and evaluate changes. Desired outcomes from the program review process include:
- Enriching disciplinary communities of practice through sustained collaborative engagement in the APR process
- Clarifying program mission and goals
- Improving the learning environment and student achievement of learning outcomes
- Optimizing program development and improvement
- Creating systematic links between course-, program- and college-level planning and resource allocation
Academic Program Review Oversight Committee
Roles and Responsibilities of APROC
- General Membership
- APROC Chair
- APROC Leadership Team
- APROC Coaches
- APR Project Coordinator
- IR Liaison
Academic Program Review Oversight Committee Working Charter
Guiding Principles for Academic Program Review:
This two-page overview describes the APR purpose, self-study, recommendations and implementation phases, structure, process, and responsibilities.
Lane Board of Education Policy
Lane Board of Education Policy governing Academic Program Review provides high-level guidance for APR.
APR Terms and Acronyms
Groups/Individuals
- APROC, Academic Program Review Oversight Committee
- FC, Faculty Council
- IR, Institutional Research
- D, Dean of division of unit carrying out program review
- AVP, Associate Vice President
- VP, Vice President to whom the Dean reports
- Institutional Effectiveness Commission
- BO, Budget Office
- PRC, Program Review Committee
- AMT, Administration Management Team (D + AVP + VP)
- EPRC, External Program Review Committee
- IC, Invitation Committee
- IST, Implementation Steering Team