Title: Natural Lifecycle of a Program: Program Development Currency Updates and Discontinuance
1Natural Lifecycle of a Program Program
Development Currency Updates and Discontinuance
- Nabil Abu-Ghazaleh, Pierce College
- Lesley Kawaguchi, Santa Monica College
- Shaaron Vogel, Butte College
2Learning Outcomes
- The learner will be able to
- Describe the difference between program
development, program review and program
discontinuance. - Describe key components of a program
discontinuance policy. - Describe the curriculum committees role in
program development, program review, and program
discontinuance.
3In the Beginning Program Development
- It begins with faculty
- Student and community need
- Purpose
- Title 5 language
- Curriculum committee role
4Title 5 Program DevelopmentTransfer versus CTE
Requirements
- Program and Course Approval Handbook
- Page 41 - 66
- CTE requirements are different than GE/transfer
programs - CTE
- Labor market data and analysis job market study
- Employer survey
- Approval by Regional Consortia
- Page 51 form
5The Program Changes, Grows, and Keeps Current to
its Changing World
- Program Review
- Self Study
- Chances to show your program quality and success
- Chance to build a plan of correction
- Advisory Committees
- Ensure campus, student, community involvement
- Curriculum Review
6Program Review It is NOT a Tool to be Program
Discontinuance
- One of the Ten Plus One for Academic Senates and
role of Faculty - Purpose of Program Review Self Study
- Recognize quality
- Improves and updates
- Educational Planning
- Accreditation
- Budgetary Processes
- Curriculum Process
- Student Equity
7The Accreditation Link in the Chain of the
Program Lifecycle
- Documentation of What You are Already Doing
- Link to mission
- Program Review reflects institutional
effectiveness - Standard II A Instructional Programs
- Mission and Need
- Assures Quality and Improvement After Evaluation
- Student Learning Outcomes
- Philosophy, Degrees, and Certificates
- Leadership and Governance
8Program Discontinuance
- Faculty Role
- Where it began so should it end faculty and the
curriculum committee - Policy and Procedure Board Policy
- Ensure faculty, student and community role
- Did the program get a chance for improvement?
- Lots of criteria to look at
9Questions to Ask in Program Discontinuance
- Ask in development of process and on curriculum
committee - Who involved and their role
- Criteria
- How it effects students and other programs on
campus - How does this fit in with educational planning
and budget processes - Regional effects
- Transfer effects
- Community Effects
10Early Intervention is the Best Policy!
11One Example Butte College Proposed Program
Discontinuance Policy
- Started in 2002
- Approved by constituent groups and academic
senate in 2003 - Has been in administrations hands since then
awaiting approval - Now they want to change it and we are starting to
meet again!!
12One Example A Cautionary Tale from Santa Monica
College
- Budget Crisis, 2002-2003
- March 10, 2003 Special Board Meeting to
eliminate programs (to meet the March 15th
deadline)
13Programs proposed for elimination
- Architecture
- Fashion Design and Merchandising
- Geographic Information Systems
- Interior Architecture Design
- Office Information Systems
- Public Safety
- Recreation
- Respiration Therapy
- Tourism/Hospitality
- Transportation Technology
14Timeline
- March 7, 2003 Academic Senate leaders meeting
with Supt/President and senior administrators - March 10, 2003 meeting of Board of Trustees
resulted in vote to eliminate the programs
15Outside of process
- Program Review done by academic senate executive
committee and senior administrators, not Program
Review Committee - Conclusion No valid academic or educational
reasons to eliminate the programs all were
viable - Budget Committee voted to support a budget
scenario that pruned the programs and not
eliminate them College-wide Coordinating Council
never had opportunity to vote
16May 15, 2003 meeting
- Program Discontinuance voted on by Board
- Architecture
- Geographic Information Services
- Public Safety
- Recreation
- Respiratory Therapy
- Tourism/Hospitality
- Transportation Technology
- Fashion Design and Merchandising and Interior
Design were pruned (faculty here had other FSAs)
Office Information Services folded into Computer
Information Systems
17Outcomes
- Loss of tenured faculty student academic careers
disrupted - Anger of classified staff and faculty
- Academic senate call for vote of no confidence in
Supt/Pres resulted in 413 of 481 votes cast (86)
in favor - Classified staff also had vote of no confidence
- Loss of CTE programs from which the college has
not recovered not likely to return in near
future due to current economy
18Positive outcomes
- New Program Discontinuance Policy crafted during
good time - New Supt/Pres
19Pierce CollegeViability Review of Educational
Programs
20Pierce CollegeViability Review of Educational
Programs
- Instituted Under Normal Circumstances
- Sincere Process to Distinguish Need for Help from
Irrelevance. - Focus on Student/Community Need and Prospects not
Current State of Program. - Developing/Practicing the Process Routinely
Builds TRUST in the Process NOT Guaranteed
Outcomes.
21Pierce CollegeViability Review of Educational
Programs
- Existing Policy
- Special Process NOT PROGRAM REVIEW
- Possible Outcomes
- Program Initiation
- Discontinuance
- Modification and Improvement
- Departmental Reorganization
22Pierce CollegeViability Review of Educational
Programs
- Who Initiates and Who Conducts Viability?
- What is the Process?
- What to Consider Before Discontinuance?
- Who Makes the Decision?
23Recent History
- Registered Veterinary Technician Program, 2005
- Horticulture, May 2007
- Equestrian, November 2007
- CAD/CAM/CNC, Ongoing
24Sample Findings
- Examples of Modification and Improvement
- Horticulture Viability Review and Recommendations
for Improvement - Equestrian Viability Review and Recommendations
for Improvement
25Recommendation for Discontinuance
- Mule Handling Program Recommendation for
Discontinuance - A number of years ago, the department developed
a new program in mule handling that led to an
16-unit certificate in Mule Handling and
Management. While this innovative program
initially attracted students from great
distances, its popularity was not sustained.
Enrollments and course offerings in recent years
were extremely limited. Both department faculty
and the Statewide Visiting Committee recommended
that the program be eliminated.
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