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Contributors
Contributors
The following people have contributed to the shape of this proposal for change either as part of the PIT Crew or as a stakeholding consultant:
Michelle Strickland, Office of Accreditation & Assessment
Leah Wrenn Berman, Department Chair, Mathematics & Statistics
Mark Herrmann, Dean, School of Management
Sarah Stanley, Faculty Fellow in Accreditation & Assessment and Associate Professor of English
Sheena Tanner, CRCD Fiscal Officer
Alex Fitts, Office of Accreditation & Assessment
Nicole Lamers, Planning, Analysis and Institutional Research
Madara Mason, Associate Director of Teaching & Learning, Faculty Development
Heather Foltz, CLA Fiscal Officer
Chantelle McGinness, Director, UAF IR
Carrie Baker, Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts
Lisa Yancey, CRCD Academic and Administrative Affairs Manager
Bryan Uher, Dean, CRCD
Jana Canary, Research Specialist, UAF IR
Trent Sutton, Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Programs, CFOS
Meryem Udden, Governance Manager and Faculty Senate Coordinator
Veronica Plumb, Faculty Senate Former Program Review Committee Chair, CRCD
Cecilia Chamberlain, CRCD Executive Officer
Context for Change
Context for Change
In April 2021, UAF Faculty Senate endorsed a memo to Chancellor Dan White to improve the Academic Program Review process. This effort involves the PIT Process & Improvement Training) Crew and faculty governance via an ad hoc Faculty Senate committee, a committee which is inclusive of the Office of Assessment and Accreditation. A number of factors created this opportune time to enhance the program review process:
1) The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) is requiring that UAF enhances its focus on equity within the process and for academic programs to use disaggregated student data in their reporting;
2) UAF now has a new accreditation cycle; and
3) Chancellor White has paused the cycle for one year to provide time to collaborate given that all UAF programs have been reviewed over the past two years via Expedited Academic Program Review.
Through this collaborative effort, we aim to improve the Academic Program Review process for Spring 2022, which prepares UAF to begin the next review cycle in Fall 2022.
Presentation to Chair Councils/Executive Committees
Presentation to Chair Councils/Executive Committees
Proposed Key Changes
Proposed Key Changes
Improvement Process Story Board
Improvement Process Story Board
Each box below is meant to create access. The box is a phase in the collaborative process. There is a short description, followed by a link to more information concerning what was created in the phase. We welcome feedback on the proposed changes through this form.
Each box below is meant to create access. The box is a phase in the collaborative process. There is a short description, followed by a link to more information concerning what was created in the phase. We welcome feedback on the proposed changes through this form.
Project Initiation
(Complete)
The Office of Assessment & Accreditation reached out to UAF PIT Crew and Faculty Senate leadership for a process improvement project in November 2020.
Process Discovery
(Complete)
In early January 2021 and after consulting with Faculty Senate leadership, the Initial Project Team mapped the current program review process and the rubs in the process.
Redesign Initiation
(Complete)
Decisions about how best to move forward with the redesign phase involved Faculty Senate. In April 2021, UAF Faculty Senate endorsed a memo to the Chancellor.
Process Redesign Breakthrough Concepts
(Complete)
The ad hoc Faculty Senate committee worked on the new program review design, simplifying the process, and encouraging continuous program improvement.
Listening and Feedback
(Happening Now)
The implementation team is willing to show up at any program or college gathering to raise awareness of the new process and listen to feedback. We also regularly update this website with our progress. Please let us know your thoughts through our feedback page.
Change effort begins!
New Process Launch Fall 2023!
New Process Launch Fall 2023!
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