What sorts of data should program faculty be prepared to provide?
First, faculty should be prepared to provide data on their own activities (presentations, publications, grant proposals, public service, university service, professional service, consultation, etc.) for the five-year period covered by the program review. In addition, faculty should keep records of student successes (honors, achievements, publications, etc.) as well as student outcomes (employment of program alumni, admissions of alumni to graduate programs, etc.). In order to document student learning, faculty should regularly administer some sort of assessment of their majors, track the outcome data over the long term, and reflect upon the information provided by the assessment. Other helpful pieces of information can include such things as: results of alumni surveys; descriptions of unique features of the program (including innovative teaching methods, exemplary advising systems, cutting-edge delivery systems, etc.); national and/or regional data regarding employment; comparisons of
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