Action Plans for Improvement
In every three-year cycle, academic programs are required to identify action plans for those outcomes not meeting the achievement target, and/or the data reflect a need to improve enrollment, completion, and retention. The action plan requires additional information regarding business partnership councils/advisory boards, accreditation possibilities, curriculum improvements, changes in the PLO or course sequencing, etc.
The office of academic assessment office may be requested to provide occupational projections that may have implications for the future viability of the program as a whole or specific certificates embedded within the program. Program review may result in recommendations to revise or eliminate programs based on changing market needs.
The strategies written into improvement plans vary. Strategies might involve changes in a course, such as requiring students to practice more on a specific skill or revised instruction of that skill. Other strategies might involve the need for additional equipment, staffing, recruitment, or marketing. Still other plans might include revisions in the program curriculum. If the change involves program curriculum, it must undergo the Curriculum Review Process through the Curriculum Committee described below.