Program review
- The head of each department oversees reviews of the department's programs.
- Program reviews shall be documented.
- Faculty consistently and continuously evaluate WU programs. In practice, this means annually for ongoing programs and at the end of each unit being offered for the first time.
- Reviews shall consider the following:
- Suitability of program and unit objectives
- Relevance of the course material to the needs of the students served
- Student assignment results
- Observations of student participation
- Feedback from the cohort about the academic level or rigor of the material
- Study time and semester hour rating
- Availability and accessibility of resources being used and prescribed, and
- Implementation of the skills gained.
- The faculty evaluate:
- whether the curriculum has sufficient depth and breadth to meet program and unit objectives.
- whether faculty have the necessary expertise, skills and resources to continue the program efficiently and effectively.
- The faculty shall then propose improvements and how they will be implemented.