Program Action Plan for Communication Implementation of Program Review Recommendations Developed from Program Review Conducted 2014-2019 The Program Action Plan is an agreement among appropriate AVPAA and Program to implement recommendations that emerged during the program review process. These recommendations were derived from the program’s self-study, the external review, administrator input, and the Continuous Improvement review. Through the Program Action Plan, the goal is to integrate program review results into Academic Affairs planning and budgeting. To the extent that resources and changes in program and division strategic priorities permit, the Action Plan identifies two-year and five-year targets for implementation of recommendations. FIVE YEAR TWO YEAR PLAN PLAN PROGRAM RESPONSIBLE RESOURCE REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS CITATION AND DELIVERABLE DELIVERABLE PARTIES IMPLICATIONS RATIONALE PROGRAM PURPOSE AND UNIVERSITY GOALS Chair review/evaluation process to External Review, Chair, Dean Bylaws Produce revised bylaws include more specificity in the bylaws p. 5 that identify the process for selecting and evaluating the Chair. Refer to SP 09-02. ACHIEVING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES/ASSESSMENT Re-evaluate the curricular content External Review, Faculty Curriculum; Begin discussions Based on program review and structure of the three current p. 6; Continuous catalogue regarding the program’s and assessment of all emphases; Examine emphasis Improvement commitment to its existing Program Learning electives and how they work with Committee emphases, as well as the Outcomes, Program other emphases; Promote emphases emphases relationships to faculty will produce a other than organizational the overall curriculum. Vision Plan that identifies communication Devise a plan for and justifies the promoting the health emphases (if applicable). communication and Implement and measure environmental the effectiveness of communication emphases. promotional efforts. Evaluate the role of internships and External Review Chair, Faculty Collaborate with UNIV Evaluate applied relationship to Capstone comments; faculty to ensure the nonprofit Capstone Continuous needs of Communication experience Improvement students are being met by Committee UNIV 494 course.
Program Action Plan for Communication Implementation of Program Review Recommendations Developed from Program Review Conducted 2014-2019 The Program Action Plan is an agreement among appropriate AVPAA and Program to implement recommendations that emerged during the program review process. These recommendations were derived from the program’s self-study, the external review, administrator input, and the Continuous Improvement review. Through the Program Action Plan, the goal is to integrate program review results into Academic Affairs planning and budgeting. To the extent that resources and changes in program and division strategic priorities permit, the Action Plan identifies two-year and five-year targets for implementation of recommendations. TWO YEAR PLAN FIVE YEAR PLAN REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS PROGRAM CITATION AND RATIONALE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS DELIVERABLE DELIVERABLE PROGRAM PURPOSE AND UNIVERSITY GOALS Chair review/evaluation process to include more specificity in the bylaws External Review, p. 5 Chair, Dean Bylaws Produce revised bylaws that identify the process for selecting and evaluating the Chair. Refer to SP 09-02. ACHIEVING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES/ASSESSMENT Re-evaluate the curricular content and structure of the three current emphases; Examine emphasis electives and how they work with other emphases; Promote emphases other than organizational communication External Review, p. 6; Continuous Improvement Committee Faculty Curriculum; catalogue Begin discussions regarding the program’s commitment to its existing emphases, as well as the emphases relationships to the overall curriculum. Devise a plan for promoting the health communication and environmental communication emphases. Based on program review and assessment of all Program Learning Outcomes, Program faculty will produce a Vision Plan that identifies and justifies the emphases (if applicable). Implement and measure the effectiveness of promotional efforts. Evaluate the role of internships and relationship to Capstone External Review comments; Continuous Improvement Committee Chair, Faculty Collaborate with UNIV faculty to ensure the needs of Communication students are being met by UNIV 494 course. Evaluate applied nonprofit Capstone experience
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