Bachelor’s Degree, Associates Degree, and College Career Programs
The table below shows the annual program review process and timeline for the degree programs and CCPs. Updates to this timeline are published as needed in an expanded table under the “Program Review Resources” heading on the College Effectiveness Web page.
Palm Beach State College Program Review: Actions, Participants and Completion Deadlines
| PROGRAM REVIEW ACTION |
RESPONSIBLE PERSON(S) |
DEADLINE |
| Data collection period for Program Learning Outcome (PLO) data |
Program Faculty (FT/PT)
Program Directors |
Ongoing (Summer-Fall- Spring) |
| Programs enter all PLO assessment results in Planning (formerly Compliance Assist). Associate Deans ensure that all PLO data are entered into Planning (except action plans that may need to be finalized in early fall with faculty). |
Associate Deans
Program Directors |
August 31 |
| IRE staff update PHI, Perkins, FETPIP, Occupational Projections, and Equity reports on the Assessment Resources Web page. |
IRE Staff |
August 15 |
Program Meeting: Associate Deans meet with all available program staff to:
1. Review all assessment data (PLO, PHI, Perkins, FETPIP, and Occupational Projections, other if available/applicable).
2. Review previous action plans and progress reports.
3. Determine which outcomes or measures need improvement and develop improvement strategies for new cycle, if not already done.
4. Update action plans for PLOs in Planning, if needed.
5. Draft Program Review Summary Form in Planning. |
Associate Deans
Program Staff (Directors, Faculty, Adjuncts, Staff) |
September 30 |
| Potentially Immediate Action Required: Academic Deans request new faculty positions (or reductions) if needed. |
Academic Deans |
September 309 |
First Campus Meeting(s): Academic Deans meet with Associate Deans to review summaries and recommendations.
1. Associate Deans present summary for each program
2. Academic Deans work with Associate Deans to finalize overall recommendations to include needs for additional resources, faculty, equipment, funds, etc.
3. Determine who will complete follow-up actions |
Academic Deans
Associate Deans |
October 15 |
Second Campus Review Meeting(s): VPAA/Provosts meet with Academic Deans to review program review summaries and recommendations to forward to President’s Cabinet as needed.
1. Academic Deans make summary presentations of overall program health and make requests for additional resources, faculty, equipment, funds, etc.
2. VP/Provosts make determinations for final recommendations regarding program termination to forward to President’s Cabinet as needed. |
VPAA/Provosts
Academic Deans |
November 15 |
9Estimated deadline is for subsequent academic year and subject to change annually; check the Faculty Hiring Process and Timelines”
schedule for updates
Associate in Arts Degree
The College has five ILOs to encompass communication, critical thinking, information literacy, S.T.E.M. (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), and socio-cultural understanding. Each ILO has an accompanying rubric for assessing the competencies associated with the outcome and with the related general education area (Communication, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, or Social Sciences.). The outcomes and rubrics may be viewed on the Institutional Outcomes and Assessment Web page.
Primary assessment of the ILOs is conducted at the course level with Signature Assignments. These are assignments that are required for the course grade and that can be scored by at least one dimension of the rubric for a given outcome. Faculty are asked to voluntarily submit assignments each fall which are reviewed by the College-wide Assessment Committee. If sampled, faculty are asked to submit student work on the selected assignment in either the fall or spring semester. That work is then scored in the summer by a trained faculty scoring team.
Review of the A.A. degree and general education begins annually in the fall semester by the General Education Council. A multi-measure approach is taken as the Council reviews results of student performance on the Signature Assignments, performance of PBSC students in the State University System, and graduation rates of PBSC students. This faculty group makes recommendations for improvement strategies which are then shared with the Strategy Council and College-wide faculty groups for additional feedback and revisions. A final report is shared with the Academic Deans’ Council to close the loop and begin implementation of improvement strategies.
Assessment Management System
Assessment data, improvement plans, and program review summaries are entered into Campus Labs Planning, an online application that systematically documents all of the College’s assessment and program review activities. Program faculty who are responsible for entering results will find the link to Planning on the Institutional Research and Effectiveness Web page. If access is needed, faculty and staff should contact IRE.