Program Suspension and Teach-Out

Suspension

• Let Curriculum Team (CT) know you want to suspend a program

• CT will work with department to determine suspension date

• CT will alert internal stakeholders of suspension plan and will ensure program is not available to students in Lane systems after an agreed-upon date

• CT will prepare and send official letter notifying state of suspension

Students must be given a reasonable time to complete a suspended program. Our accrediting agency, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), recommends 1.5 times the length of the program.

Teach-out Plan - Required

The college is obligated by the state and its accrediting body to provide students in a suspended program a reasonable length of time to complete the program. The Curriculum Team will facilitate development of the teach-out plan.

Teach-out plan should include the following:

• Final term/year for accepting students into the program

• List of students declared in the program for the past 2-5 years (Curriculum Team can help obtain this list)

• Communication plan regarding suspension to be sent to students declared and/or active in the program

• List of courses that will no longer be offered and acceptable substitutions; include final term/year when courses will be offered

• Final term/year for teach-out; students cannot remain in the program after this date