students who received degrees in the past five years, and earlier graduates who have gained positions of significance within or without the academic discipline of the program. List of major professional activities sponsored by the department in the last five years, e.g. special colloquia, conferences, seminars, workshops; Comparative data for relative departments at peer institutions with a selection from other SUNY comprehensives and non-SUNY institutions. III. Site Visit: Review Team The is to evaluate the overall state of the department/program charge of the external review team and to assess its future needs. Where appropriate, the review team will make suggestions for improvement. As part of the site visit, the team will assess the accuracy of the self-study; interview faculty and students, both to understand their perspectives on the department and assess the state of their morale; examine facilities; review student work; discuss with administrators the in unit’s role fulfilling the overall mission of the institution, and ascertain the to the institution’s commitment programs and its financial, physical, and personnel resources. The key questions department’s posed for the self-study will provide the basis for the evaluation review. The team’s deans’ office will ensure access to a college catalog as well as other material the reviewers may require in order to evaluate the program. The unit being reviewed will send the external reviewers in electronic format: (1) the self-study, (2) vitae of the full-time faculty, (3) syllabi (core courses; others as requested), (4) program’s assessment reports; (5) Appendix B Guide for Reviewers; and other items as requested. Electronic copies of vitae for the external reviewers, self-studies and executive summaries should also be sent to the Dean’s secretary. Selection and Composition of the Evaluation Team The Chair will solicit possible external reviewers (i.e., ask for availability and vitae) from people in the discipline. "...[E]xternal review teams should consist of not less than two (2) persons who have no academic, professional or other significant relationship to full-time faculty in the program/department, no previous significant or formal affiliation with the institution, AND WHO COME FROM ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS BELONGING TO A PEER OR ASPIRATIONAL PEER GROUP (EQUIVALENT TO BEING IN THE SAME CARNEGIE CLASS AND HAVING SIMILAR PROGRAM
students who received degrees in the past five years, and earlier graduates who have gained positions of significance within or without the academic discipline of the program. List of major professional activities sponsored by the department in the last five years, e.g. special colloquia, conferences, seminars, workshops; Comparative data for relative departments at peer institutions with a selection from other SUNY comprehensives and non-SUNY institutions. III. Site Visit: Review Team The charge of the external review team is to evaluate the overall state of the department/program and to assess its future needs. Where appropriate, the review team will make suggestions for improvement. As part of the site visit, the team will assess the accuracy of the self-study; interview faculty and students, both to understand their perspectives on the department and assess the state of their morale; examine facilities; review student work; discuss with administrators the unit’s role in fulfilling the overall mission of the institution, and ascertain the institution’s commitment to the department’s programs and its financial, physical, and personnel resources. The key questions posed for the self-study will provide the basis for the evaluation team’s review. The deans’ office will ensure access to a college catalog as well as other material the reviewers may require in order to evaluate the program. The unit being reviewed will send the external reviewers in electronic format: (1) the self-study, (2) vitae of the program’s full-time faculty, (3) syllabi (core courses; others as requested), (4) assessment reports; (5) Appendix B Guide for Reviewers; and other items as requested. Electronic copies of vitae for the external reviewers, self-studies and executive summaries should also be sent to the Dean’s secretary. Selection and Composition of the Evaluation Team The Chair will solicit possible external reviewers (i.e., ask for availability and vitae) from people in the discipline. "...[E]xternal review teams should consist of not less than two (2) persons who have no academic, professional or other significant relationship to full-time faculty in the program/department, no previous significant or formal affiliation with the institution, AND WHO COME FROM ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS BELONGING TO A PEER OR ASPIRATIONAL PEER GROUP (EQUIVALENT TO BEING IN THE SAME CARNEGIE CLASS AND HAVING SIMILAR PROGRAM
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