USAC Procedures and Review/Approval Process
January 2015
The University Studies Advisory Committee is committed to a transparent, fair and consistent
review process for all proposals. The review process is outlined below:
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All proposals submitted to the USAC are public and available for review to the UNCW
community
Sub-committees have been formed to improve the consistency of scoring by allowing the
same members of the committee to review proposals submitted for given University Studies
categories
At least two USAC members from category sub-committees are assigned to review each
proposal using rubrics available on the US website
The reviewers are given two weeks to review their assigned proposals and submit their
reviews through Select Survey to the committee chair
The reviewers’ ratings are compiled for each US component and all proposals are discussed
by the committee as a whole prior to making a decision
Proposals that received consistent 3-4 range scoring are generally recommended and sent
to the faculty senate as a motion to be approved
Proposals that receive low (1-2 range scoring) scores from reviewers are considered
carefully by the committee at large; borderline cases are sent to another group of reviewers
for a second round of review before coming back to the full committee
Proposals needing revisions and modification are sent back to department chairs by the
USAC chair with the reviewers’ feedback
Proposals re-submitted by departments will be re-considered by the original reviewers and
then discussed by the full committee.