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Improve your program review process with these 4 data tips

EAB

MAY 25, 2023

Blogs Improve your program review process with these 4 data tips A Q&A with Dr. Louis Slimak, Associate Provost at West Virginia University In today’s fast-changing environment, program review is an increasingly critical area of focus and the first step in delivering a portfolio that meets the institution’s goals and students’ needs.

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Oberlin's board seeks to limit faculty power

Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Jeff Witmer, professor of math, said that what the board appears to want “will change the ethos of Oberlin—a place where historically the faculty have made progressive decisions and where the dean has been viewed as first among equals. Yet the faculty didn’t lead Oberlin’s response to the incident.

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Americans’ trust in higher ed has reached a new low. Here’s how to navigate the ongoing confidence crisis.

EAB

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Continuous program improvement : Making sure your institution offers the right mix of academic programs is crucial for staying competitive while achieving your financial priorities. Most academic program review processes are lengthy and occur once every few years.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Projects addressed topics such as program review, data strategy, budget models, enrollment growth, and more. The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes.

Arts And Sciences

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Assessing online courses—OSCQR rubric

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Assessing online courses—OSCQR rubric August 9, 2023 George Rus Assistant Dean for Online Education, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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Georgetown University’s Trek to Turn Refugees into Students

WCET Frontiers

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Today WCET Frontiers welcomes Kelly Otter, Dean of the School of Continuing Studies at Georgetown University, to discuss the University’s program to assist refugees in the Middle East. This outstanding work will have an incredible impact for refugee students, and future work will impact the lives of students around the globe.

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Assessment is fun?

Dr. Missy Alexander

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

When I served as the Dean of Arts & Sciences I was responsible for making sure that every program had an assessment plan and that the plan was followed. I read numerous program review reports every year, serve on visiting teams for university accreditation, and coordinate the writing of our institutional self-study.

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Assessment and evaluation of microcredentials: What success looks like and to whom

WCET Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Micheal Voss, Dean of Instruction at Mesa Community College recommends an “annual threshold review of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and a more robust program review at least every 5 years. References: Higher Learning Commission. 2022, April). Evolving: Accreditation and credential landscape.

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Creating Meaningful Change in Higher Education

The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 4, 2017

Annual program reviews and assessments can help determine progress on these improvement efforts, but more than anything else, this planning falls to the institutions leadership to figure out WITH the help of their key stakeholders, both inside and outside the institution. How can we improve our educational offerings?

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The Changing Role of Faculty in Higher Education Part 2: The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 8

The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 13, 2018

Institutions have gone about this in multiple ways, including advisory boards of business people who give deans their perspectives on what is needed, use of adjuncts to do course development, and the program review process by which external reviewers give their input on curricula.

Faculty

Faculty Higher Education Education Organization

Acting in the Best Interest of the Institution

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 7, 2024

President Welch emphasized that if you know you’re facing a hard choice, resolve to face it sooner rather than later: “We immediately went to our other six system campuses and said, ‘We're going to begin a very aggressive program review process.’ And I said, ‘No, no, no, no.

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Commission for Assessment and Evaluation Directorate Board Candidates

ACPA

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Currently, I serve as the Director of Assessment, Research & Data Analytics for the Division of Student Affairs at the University of Colorado Boulder, where I lead a team dedicated to advancing assessment, strategic planning, research, and program review. Candidate Response: I am at the end of my first term with the CAE DB.

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Shopping in the Freezer

Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean You know how sometimes you forget about food that has been in the freezer for a while? ” This should be a routine item in program reviews. For example, many community college nursing programs don’t have room to take all of the students who want to enroll.

Community College

Community College Deans Degree Department

Enrollment Trends and Strategies for Graduate Leaders: Insights from Liaison and CGS

Liaison International

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The session brought together a trio of graduate education leaders—Missouri State University Associate Provost and Dean of Graduate School Dr. Julie Masterson , Indiana State University Director of Graduate Studies Dr. Kenneth Games , and Coppin State University Dean of the School of Graduate Studies Dr. Ericka N.

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Improve your program review process with these 4 data tips

Oberlin's board seeks to limit faculty power

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Americans’ trust in higher ed has reached a new low. Here’s how to navigate the ongoing confidence crisis.

Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

Assessing online courses—OSCQR rubric

Georgetown University’s Trek to Turn Refugees into Students

Assessment is fun?

Assessment and evaluation of microcredentials: What success looks like and to whom

Creating Meaningful Change in Higher Education

The Changing Role of Faculty in Higher Education Part 2: The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 8

Acting in the Best Interest of the Institution

Commission for Assessment and Evaluation Directorate Board Candidates

Shopping in the Freezer

Enrollment Trends and Strategies for Graduate Leaders: Insights from Liaison and CGS

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