Program Planning & Evaluation Committee

Membership

The Program Planning and Evaluation Committee consists of thirteen members. Ten members are elected by the academic schools; three at large members are elected from the general faculty as determined by the Faculty Concerns Committee in a manner approved by the faculty. The
Vice President for Planning and Evaluation and the Assistant Dean for Institutional Research and Effectiveness are ex officio members.

Function

The committee evaluates the desirability of all proposed academic programs and periodically reviews existing academic programs with respect to the University’s mission statement, academic goals, and projected resources. The committee makes recommendations to the faculty about the intermediate-term and long-term development of the academic program. The committee makes recommendations to the faculty, coordinating with the Curriculum Committee, on the adoption of new academic programs.

The committee also reports to the Institutional Effectiveness Committee its assessment of existing programs.

Assessment items that do not need Program Planning and Evaluation Committee actions are as follows:

• The elimination or suspension of existing programs (concentrations, minors, or majors) by choice of department, school or other administrative body. In its advisory capacity, the committee should be informed by such decisions, but the programs themselves would not then be subject to further assessment by the committee.
• External accreditations. If a program is subject to accreditation by an external body, the committee will assume faculty participation in the preparation of materials submitted for that accreditation. In its advisory capacity, the committee should be informed of the results of such accreditations, but the programs themselves would not then be subject to further assessment by the committee.

The Program Planning and Evaluation Committee shall examine the following as part of its assessment process of existing programs:

Learning objectives related to stated departmental and/or University goals.

• Tools for measuring student learning of those objectives.
• Uses of data provided by measuring tools to improve student learning within the program.

Presence or usage of campus facilities and/or other resources.

The Program Planning and Evaluation Committee shall not examine the following as part of its assessment process of existing programs:

• The evaluation of individual faculty member performance.
• Desirability of the program.

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