Graduate Program Review Committee

Committee Membership

• Seven-member Committee: one librarian, one faculty member elected by each of the five colleges/schools with graduate degrees, and one faculty member selected from among its members by the MFA.

Members

7 faculty representatives

Margaret Stack, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts & Education (term expires 2010)

Suzanne York, Physician Assistant, College of Health Professions (term expires 2010) 

Ruth Huang Miller, Mathematics and Computer Science, College of Engineering & Science (term expires 2011)

Noah Resnick, School of Architecture (term expires 2011)

Shahram Taj, Business Administration, College of Business Administration (term expires 2011)

Gregory Ulferts, Business Administration, College of Business Administration

Julia Eisenstein, Chairperson, Reference Department, McNichols Campus Library (term expires 2011) (MFA)

Charge

Initial Organizational Structure and Tasks

• Determine Committee's organizational structure (officers/leadership e.g., chairperson, secretary, and/or other positions).

• Draft operational policies and procedures (e.g., frequency of meetings, who calls meetings), notification time of meetings (e.g., ten days), time period for distribution of agenda (e.g., five days), timeline for preparation and approval of meeting minutes.

• Establish procedures for keeping records of approved resolutions, determinations, advice, membership records and other actions

• Draft general assessment process and goals for first year (to be updated annually).

• Include clear time limits for action on various issues as per paragraph 4 under "Further Details" of Shared Governance Task Force proposal as approved by the university community. See also language under section on MFA indicating "During the pilot period, stringent timelines will be established both for committee and MFA processes and actions."

• With the AVP, develop the initial cycle of programs for review.

• With the AVP, in consultation with the relevant Dean, decide if an outside accreditation process meets the necessary standard of stringency.

• Establish committee criteria to be used in reviewing programs as well as internal processes for review.

• Establish procedures for consultation with relevant administrators to insure mutual sharing of relevant information, data, and concerns.

• Deliberate and act on pending issues identified by the Academic Vice President and Provost.

• Provide the Shared Governance Task Force with draft operational policies and procedures by December 1, 2005.

Ongoing Responsibilities

• Review all graduate academic programs on a regular five to seven year cycle; review accredited programs to coincide with the external accreditation cycle already in place. (Note: cycles may be modified based on out-of-cycle review process set forth in Shared Governance Task Force proposal.)

• Keep the university community informed of committee activities through providing summary minutes of meetings and reports posted to the shared governance website. The secretary of the committee is responsible for these postings and for informing Campus Connections of new postings.