Program planning and review

APR Committee Documents

Undergraduate APR:

2024-2025 Membership

Undergraduate Student Representatives

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and updating the procedures and criteria used to review existing undergraduate academic programs at UWL. 
• Scheduling and conducting, in consultation with the provost/vice chancellor, the audit and review of undergraduate academic programs, including review of newly implemented undergraduate academic programs. 
• Reviewing the Faculty Workload Policy and monitoring its application. 

Charge Letter

Meeting Minutes

Graduate APR:

2024-2025 Membership

Student Representative

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and updating the procedures and criteria used to review existing graduate academic programs at UWL. 
• Scheduling and conducting, in consultation with the provost/vice chancellor, the audit and review of graduate academic programs, including review of newly implemented graduate academic programs. 
• Reviewing the Graduate Faculty Workload Policy and monitoring its application. 

Charge Letter

Meeting Minutes

Click here for previous academic year committee membership, meeting minutes, charge letters, final reports, and committee documents for the Academic Program Review Committees.

2024-2025 Membership

Patrick Barlow, Assessment Coordinator
Sam Cocks, Assessment Associate
Megan Lister, Assessment Associate
Shelley Hay, Assessment Associate
Cordial Gillette, Assessment Associate

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinating and monitoring the assessment of academic programs by: 
  • Reviewing program-level assessment plans and assessment reports for academic programs in accordance with Undergraduate Academic Program Review Committee (UAPR) and Graduate Academic Program Review Committee (GAPR) policies. 
  • Providing recommendations for improvement based on that review, to department chairs, program directors, and departmental assessment coordinators. 
  • Acting as a resource for programs throughout the assessment cycle. 
• Archiving all documentation related to the committee’s involvement in program assessment and making that documentation available on request to academic programs, UAPR, and GAPR. 
• Gathering other program assessment information as needed. 

Charge Letter

Meeting Minutes

Committee Documents

The major tasks of this committee will be two-fold: 

1. Fall semester: Review program assessment reports and provide feedback to enable continued improvement in the undertaking of quality assessment.
2. Spring semester: Review program level assessment plans for academic programs and provide recommendations for plan improvements to department chairs, program directors, and departmental assessment coordinators. 

Please note: This committee serves a different purpose than the Academic Program Review (APR) Committee. The distinction between the work of Program Review (APR) and Program Assessment (UPAC) is illustrated below.

PROGRAM EVALUATION (program review). A systematic procedure for collecting, analyzing and using information to answer questions about the extent to which a program is achieving its goals. Typically, it focuses on the effectiveness and efficiency of a program. Assessment of student learning outcomes in the program may be included as one source of information to evaluate the program.  

PROGRAM ASSESSMENT (contrast with program evaluation). A systematic procedure for collecting, analyzing and using information about student learning with respect to program-level learning outcomes. Results are used to inform decisions about how to improve student learning in the program.