Board Policies
Chapter 3 - Educational Policies
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3.10 Academic Program Review

Part 1. Program and Department Review by Colleges and Universities. On a regular basis using established institutional procedures, each college and university shall review all academic programs and departments with respect to (a) contribution to the mission and plans of the institution, (b) performance measures including aggregated student achievement, (c) accreditation, licensure or certification requirements, (d) advisory committee or other appropriate input as agreed to by the faculty and administration of the institution, and (e) other factors as appropriate. The college or university shall use results of the review for improvement of academic programming.

Each college and university president shall report annually a summary of its program review activity to the chancellor.

Part 2. Program Review by the Chancellor. The chancellor shall report annually to the Board of Trustees on state or regional studies of academic programs or program clusters conducted by the office of the chancellor.

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Date of Implementation:	10/18/95,
Date of Adoption:	10/18/95,
Date & Subject of Revisions: 12/17/03 – All language was changed. Changes integrated two existing policies (policy 3.11 and Community Carry-forward policy III.02.06) and repealed these two policies. The changes to policy 3.10 specified institution and Office of the Chancellor program review responsibilities. There is no additional HISTORY for 3.10 at this time.