Program Review Policy - Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
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Program Review Policy - Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
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Program Review Policy
Purpose
Academic program review provides quantitative and qualitative information necessary for the decision making and planning that is associated with integrity, innovation, and stewardship through improvement at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC). It is a process that facilitates, in part, the opportunity for students to experience programs rooted in academic achievement and student success.
Academic program review is connected to the following essential structures at FDLTCC:
Accreditation and Compliance
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), FDLTCC’s regional accrediting body, and the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC), FDLTCC’s accrediting body for indigenous programming, require evidence of regular academic program review to meet the goals of accreditation. Minnesota State Board of Trustees’ policy 3.36 requires academic programs be reviewed and results used for improvement purposes. Academic program review helps to ensure FDLTCC’s compliance with tribal, state, and federal standards.
Student Success Planning
The use of program-specific data, coupled with regional and institutional information, promote strategic academic planning, focuses professional development objectives, encourages informed outreach, and helps determine future directions.
Budget Development
Instructional budgets are informed by the contents of academic program review. Academic program review content helps align budgeting with program needs, from staffing to equipment/technology to marketing.
Program Review Criteria
The program will demonstrate consistency with the institutional mission and plans of FDLTCC.
The program will demonstrate it is meeting its own mission and outcomes.
Performance measures will include but not be limited to:
The program’s goals and outcomes, including the assessment of student learning
Retention rates
Transfer rates
Completion rates
Job placement, if applicable
Performance rates on mandatory professional competency assessments, if applicable
Additional performance data as deemed pertinent by the program
The program will address the resources and benefits it brings to the college, including but not limited to:
Student academic success
Enrollment
Affiliations beneficial to the college and its students
Professional expertise of the program’s faculty
The program will review its financial health including:
Income (tuition, grants, donated equipment, etc.)
Expenditures
Student enrollment (FYE)
The program will provide input from industry through its advisory committee activity.
The program will provide relevant labor market information (LMI).
The program will demonstrate it meets applicable system policies, procedures and guidelines including:
Degree requirements
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum requirements
Articulation agreements, as appropriate
Other factors as appropriate
The program will meet all applicable requirements of tribal, state, and federal law.
Program Review Process
All programs will be reviewed on a three-year basis, one year prior to FDLTCC’s cycle of regional accreditation visits, with annual data reviews in the intervening years. The review process will include the office of institutional research, program coordinators, the general faculty through the Academic Affairs and Standards Council (AASC), and the offices of the vice president of academic affairs and the president.
Each program coordinator will receive a write-able electronic comprehensive review packet consisting of the data points outlined in the Program Review Criteria and narrative space to address the primary components of the review by August 15
th
of each comprehensive review cycle.
No later than December 1st of fall semester, program coordinators will submit final comprehensive review documents to the vice president of academic affairs for distribution to the Academic Affairs and Standards Council (AASC). The documents will be treated according to the established process for curriculum review and approval, which includes presentation of the materials by the program coordinator.
The discussion and findings of the council will then be provided to the president of FDLTCC for final action no later than March 15
th
.
Programs and AASC will be notified of final decisions no later than April 30th.
As part or in the course of the review, program coordinators are encouraged to seek input from students, program advisory committee members, and professional sources external to FDLTCC. Any additional input should be included with the final comprehensive review document.
Final comprehensive review documents will be maintained by the faculty secretary in accordance with the process established in the AASC.
Timeline
The following timeline will be used in three-year iterations for the comprehensive academic program review process.
By August 15th:
IR provides data and forms to program coordinators
By December 1st:
Programs provide completed review to VPAA who forwards documents to AASC
By March 15th:
AASC completes evaluations and submits decisions to president
By April 15th:
President reviews evaluations and provides final decisions
By April 30th:
Programs and AASC notified of final decisions
Testimonials
It is awesome here at the FDLTCC Education Program because it is like a family here, if you need help or are struggling with anything, you have quite a few people who will help you out.
My favorite thing about FDLTCC is the people. I’ve met fantastic students, faculty and staff who go above and beyond what I expected.
I chose FDLTCC because of its size and the curriculum. When I first came here in 2019, I was just looking for what I needed to volunteer, perhaps in a crisis shelter. I met with Don Jarvinen, and the rest is history.
Welcome to FDLTCC
FDLTCC is closed Friday, March 13, due to hazardous weather conditions. No evening activities
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Student Code of Conduct ›
Video Surveillance and Recording Policy ›
Weather and Short-Term Emergency Closings Policy ›
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Faculty Credentialing Policy ›
Credits and Credit Hours ›
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Registration Cancellation for Non-Payment Policy ›
Campus Bulletin Board Posting Policy ›
Acceptable Use of Computer and Information Technology Resources Policy ›
Email Account Policy ›
Return of Title IV and State Funds Policy ›
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Program Review Policy
Purpose
Academic program review provides quantitative and qualitative information necessary for the decision making and planning that is associated with integrity, innovation, and stewardship through improvement at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC). It is a process that facilitates, in part, the opportunity for students to experience programs rooted in academic achievement and student success.
Academic program review is connected to the following essential structures at FDLTCC:
Accreditation and Compliance
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), FDLTCC’s regional accrediting body, and the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC), FDLTCC’s accrediting body for indigenous programming, require evidence of regular academic program review to meet the goals of accreditation. Minnesota State Board of Trustees’ policy 3.36 requires academic programs be reviewed and results used for improvement purposes. Academic program review helps to ensure FDLTCC’s compliance with tribal, state, and federal standards.
Student Success Planning
The use of program-specific data, coupled with regional and institutional information, promote strategic academic planning, focuses professional development objectives, encourages informed outreach, and helps determine future directions.
Budget Development
Instructional budgets are informed by the contents of academic program review. Academic program review content helps align budgeting with program needs, from staffing to equipment/technology to marketing.
Program Review Criteria
The program will demonstrate consistency with the institutional mission and plans of FDLTCC.
The program will demonstrate it is meeting its own mission and outcomes.
Performance measures will include but not be limited to:
The program’s goals and outcomes, including the assessment of student learning
Retention rates
Transfer rates
Completion rates
Job placement, if applicable
Performance rates on mandatory professional competency assessments, if applicable
Additional performance data as deemed pertinent by the program
The program will address the resources and benefits it brings to the college, including but not limited to:
Student academic success
Enrollment
Affiliations beneficial to the college and its students
Professional expertise of the program’s faculty
The program will review its financial health including:
Income (tuition, grants, donated equipment, etc.)
Expenditures
Student enrollment (FYE)
The program will provide input from industry through its advisory committee activity.
The program will provide relevant labor market information (LMI).
The program will demonstrate it meets applicable system policies, procedures and guidelines including:
Degree requirements
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum requirements
Articulation agreements, as appropriate
Other factors as appropriate
The program will meet all applicable requirements of tribal, state, and federal law.
Program Review Process
All programs will be reviewed on a three-year basis, one year prior to FDLTCC’s cycle of regional accreditation visits, with annual data reviews in the intervening years. The review process will include the office of institutional research, program coordinators, the general faculty through the Academic Affairs and Standards Council (AASC), and the offices of the vice president of academic affairs and the president.
Each program coordinator will receive a write-able electronic comprehensive review packet consisting of the data points outlined in the Program Review Criteria and narrative space to address the primary components of the review by August 15
th
of each comprehensive review cycle.
No later than December 1st of fall semester, program coordinators will submit final comprehensive review documents to the vice president of academic affairs for distribution to the Academic Affairs and Standards Council (AASC). The documents will be treated according to the established process for curriculum review and approval, which includes presentation of the materials by the program coordinator.
The discussion and findings of the council will then be provided to the president of FDLTCC for final action no later than March 15
th
.
Programs and AASC will be notified of final decisions no later than April 30th.
As part or in the course of the review, program coordinators are encouraged to seek input from students, program advisory committee members, and professional sources external to FDLTCC. Any additional input should be included with the final comprehensive review document.
Final comprehensive review documents will be maintained by the faculty secretary in accordance with the process established in the AASC.
Timeline
The following timeline will be used in three-year iterations for the comprehensive academic program review process.
By August 15th:
IR provides data and forms to program coordinators
By December 1st:
Programs provide completed review to VPAA who forwards documents to AASC
By March 15th:
AASC completes evaluations and submits decisions to president
By April 15th:
President reviews evaluations and provides final decisions
By April 30th:
Programs and AASC notified of final decisions
Testimonials
It is awesome here at the FDLTCC Education Program because it is like a family here, if you need help or are struggling with anything, you have quite a few people who will help you out.
My favorite thing about FDLTCC is the people. I’ve met fantastic students, faculty and staff who go above and beyond what I expected.
I chose FDLTCC because of its size and the curriculum. When I first came here in 2019, I was just looking for what I needed to volunteer, perhaps in a crisis shelter. I met with Don Jarvinen, and the rest is history.
Welcome to FDLTCC
FDLTCC is closed Friday, March 13, due to hazardous weather conditions. No evening activities
Proceed to FDLTCC »
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