PROGRAM REVIEW COMMITTEE

MEETING MINUTES

MARCH 1, 2007

  1. Welcome

Brett Heintz and Nora Steele welcomed all to the meeting and requested that we review the handouts regarding the mission of the college and the mission of program review as we begin the process of reviewing programs for the year.

  1. Minutes from January 25th Meeting

Brett Heintz requested we move to approve the minutes and all agreed.

  1. Employer Surveys were discussed by Iva Bergeron and Cathy Sarrazin. A sample was distributed and it was agreed that the second round of programs that will go through the program review process would submit the names of their employers to Institutional Research (IR) and the Office of IR would include in the college wide employer survey this summer. The results will be used in the second year cycle of program review.

4. Review of Programs

The following programs were reviewed and commented on by the entire Program Review Committee membership:

Dietetic Technician

Medical Laboratory Technician

Criminal Justice

Comments and suggestions were made and incorporated into the completed program reviews for these programs. The Office of Institutional Effectiveness (IE) will work with the chairs of the Program Review committee to complete the final documentation for each reviewed program.

  1. The following future meetings will host the submission of the following Program Reviews:

March 29, 2007

Business Administration

Administrative Office Technology

Computer Aided Design and drafting

Nuclear Medicine Technology

Interior Design

Computer Information Technology

April 19, 2007

Computer and Electronics Service Technology

Motor Vehicle Technology

Educational Interpreting for the Deaf

Construction Management

Electrical-Electronic Technology

Safety and Health Technology

It was also decided to schedule another alternate date in the event the group cannot finish by the end of the academic year. That date is April 26, 2007. It was also decided to begin meetings at 1:00 p.m. and schedule them to finish at 3:00 p.m.

  1. The following suggestions were made along the process:
  2. Clean up the forms so that they could be electronically friendly
  3. Consider assessing the mission statement and goals of each program
  4. Include employer survey data in future cycle reviews
  5. Use N/A when appropriate
  6. Include a section on the forms for special commendations
  7. Reviews must be done to include all campuses if programs are offered on all campuses
  8. Include information, if provided, from advisory boards
  9. As a reviewer, support more use of student learning outcomes
  10. As a reviewer, suggest ways to improve the collection of evidence
  11. Watch out for double outcomes within a student learning outcome
  1. The meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

Iva G. Bergeron