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Academic Program Review Committee (APRC) of the Faculty Senate

Role and Responsibility of APRC

Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article 5, Section 4. The Committee for Academic Program Review (October 2003)

The Committee for Academic Program Review shall:

• Develop criteria for recommending internal and external program reviews.
• Review, in depth, the requests for New and Expanded Program Proposals and make appropriate recommendations.
• Review, in depth, annual program reviews, status categories recommended by academic units, and any other reviews of similar nature and make appropriate recommendations.
• Review proposals for academic reorganization and make appropriate recommendations. Academic reorganization, for this purpose, is defined as a shift in any or all programs from one division, school, or college to another division, school, or college.
• Forward all recommendations concerning graduate studies concurrently to the Executive Committee and to the Graduate Studies Council.

APRC Members—2011–2014

Voting Members
 

• S. Gandy (2011-13) - COE, Chair
• F. Shaaban (2012-14) - BPA
• D. Xu (2011-13) - CAS
• J. Day (2011-13) - CHHS
• A. Christian (2012-14) - CHHS
• M. Nguessan (2012-14) - UL
• R. Sinclair (2012-14) - BPA
• C. Carr (2011-13) - CHHS  

Ex officio

Sandra Mayfield, Associate Provost

Procedures

1. Download the specific form; check to see which other forms and items must be submitted with it.
2. Secure approval signatures: Faculty initiator, faculty curriculum coordinator from the division/college, division chair, and dean.
3. Submit all documents, including the signed and scanned signature sheets, electronically to aprc@govst.edu and simultaneously to provostcurrchanges@govst.edu, and if appropriate simultaneously to ucc@govst.edu and gradcouncil@govst.edu.
4. Send the hard-copy documents and signature sheets to the attention of the Provost's Office.
   
   IMPORTANT!
   1.  Submit a hard copy of each form and attachments to the Provost's Office, Attention: Veronica Hunt. 
   2.  Submit e-copies of each form and attachments, as indicated on signatures forms, to the following:
   
   

        facultyaprc@govst.edu; ucc@govst.edu; gradcouncil@govst.edu; provostcurrchanges@govst.edu.

IAI Rationale Template  

New Program Requests (RNUIs, RMEs, Annual Listings)

• Table summarizing Annual Listing, RME, and RUNI Processes  
• RME Existing Out-of-Region: Streamline Part 5
   

IBHE RNUI Applications

In-Region

• In-Region RNUI: Part 1 of 5 
• In-Region RNUI: Part 2 of 5 
• In-Region RNUI: Part 3 of 5 
• In-Region RNUI: Part 4 of 5 
• In-Region RNUI: Part 5 of 5 

Out-of-Region

• Out-of-Region RNUI: Part 1 of 5 
• Out-of-Region RNUI: Part 2 of 5 
• Out-of-Region RNUI: Part 3 of 5 
• Out-of-Region RNUI: Part 4 of 5 
• Out-of-Region RNUI: Part 5 of 5 

APRC Forms

• Academic Program Priority Review Indices 
• IBHE Program Review Packet
• Instructions for Program Review 
• IBHE Program Review Template 
• IBHE 3-Year New-Program Template 
• Annual Listing Request (AL)
• Reasonable and moderate Extension Request (RME)

Documents

• Annual Program Status Review Spreadsheet 
• Criteria for Annual Program Status Review 

Related Links

• Profiles of Academic Majors 

> Faculty Senate
> Office of the Provost 

updated 9/29/10 pb