Academic Program Review
Academic Program Review (APR) is a function of
the Office of the Provost in conjunction with the University Faculty
Senate and is coordinated
by the Vice Provost for Academic and International Programs. It is designed
to evaluate the quality, productivity, and the role of each academic
unit and program in the fulfillment of the University's mission and strategic
goals. (The term "unit" herein refers to an academic department,
a college, or a program.) APR serves to encourage self-study and planning
within units, to ensure comparability among review reports, and to strengthen
the linkages connecting the planning agendas and practices of individual
units with those of their colleges and of the University as a whole.
Reviews inform budgetary planning decisions at every level of administration.
The Provost and Deans select units for review. Academic units will normally
be reviewed at ten year intervals, but this schedule may be accelerated
in individual cases at the discretion of the Provost. Whereever possible,
APR reviews will be combined with accrediatation or other mandated reviews.
The Senate Academic Priorities Review Committee will have the opportunity
to suggest programs or programmatic areas for review. The Vice Provost
for Academic and International Programs coordinates all reviews, working
with the unit under review and with the review panel to ensure that the
process will be fair, efficient, and effective.
Each review is conducted by a review panel, composed of five members,
all from disciplines related to that of the unit under reivew. The Review
Panel members will be selected as follows:
- one University of Delaware member or external member chosen by the
Dean of the college whose unit is under review or, in the case of the
review of a college, by the Provost
- one University of Delaware member chosen by the Faculty Senate Committee
on Committees and Nominations
- one University of Delaware member from the faculty of another unit
or external member chosen by the unit under review
- two external members representing the discipline of the unit under
review chosen by the Vice Provost for Academic and International Programs
in consultation with the head of the unit and the Dean of the unit's
college.
Further information on the Academic Program Review process
may be obtained
online or
from the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic and Interntional Programs.
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