Fiscal Year: 2011-12
CollegeoftheRedwoods
ProgramReviewCommitteeSummary AsperitsMission,theProgramReviewCommitteereviewsAnnualandComprehensiveProgramReviewstoprovidethefoundationuponwhichthedistrict
develops,identifies,anddocumentsthedirectionoftheprioritizationofplanning.OurobjectiveistoprovideanevaluativeExecutiveSummaryofeach
program’sreviewforauthors,IntegratedPlanningCommittees,andtheDistrict.
ProgramReviewSubjectArea: Agriculture
ProgramReviewAuthors:
Franz Rulofson, Noah Corp, Colette Beaupre, Gynden Kafholtz
JeffCummings
AreaAdministrator:
PerformanceIndicatorsforInstructionalPrograms
ProgramAccess/Demand
EnrollmentTrends
FTES(Comprehensivereviews
only)
JobAvailability(basedon
labormarketdata)
AdvisoryCommittee
Activities*
ProgramResources
Full‐time/Part‐timeFTERatio
(Comprehensivereviewsonly)
Funding/Grantsupport
Program
Efficiency/Productivity
FillRate(atCensus)
Program/CourseOutcomes
CourseRetention
CourseSuccess
SLOassessmentSchedule
PLOassessmentSchedule
GEassessment
Other:
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
NA
CommitteeComments
Fewersections,lowerenrollments. (15sectionsinthehorticulturalprogramand
theASdegreeandcertificateinhorticultureweredeactivated.)
X
N/A
X
X
X
N/A
X
Generalfundinadequate.ThisprogramreliesheavilyongrantfundingandtheCal
Transgrant.
X
X
X
X
X
N/A
Fillratesareacceptable,butfewersectionswereoffered
Atacceptableorhigherlevels.
Ag7had9studentsand7werenotsuccessful.Thiswasnotaddressedinthereview.
Someofthelowsuccessconcernswereaddressedbutnoplansonhowtocorrect
these.
Kudosassessmentisuptodate!
BasicSkills:followsthedistrictnorminEnglish,withhighersuccesswhentestingat
Engl1a.ThesamepatternforMath;thosetestinginoMath5,15,25or50Ahada
higherpercentofsuccess.
Curriculum:revisionsareduethisyear.
StudentServices:requestingincreasedmaintenanceservices.
Note:PRCwasconcernedbytheextremedirectionofmovingAGtoanimalfromplant
sciences.Thearticulationdoesnotseemtobeconsistentwithourlocalcultureand
resources.Thediscontinuationofthehorticultureprogramwasdoneoutside(and
priorto)currentprocess/procedures.Datawasnotusedtomakethedecision.PRC
recommendsreviewingthedataandthereasonthisprogramwasdiscontinued.The
twoplantsciencecoursesthatstillexisthadthehighestenrollments.Theplant
scienceprogramiscentraltoouridentityasacollegeandaregion;forstudents
movingonandthosewhograduatecangooutandstartabusiness.ThePRCis
concernedthattheseprogramsfelloutsidethenewprocessesandwouldlikethento
berevisited.Asacommittee,PRCwouldnothaveflaggedthehorticultureprogram
fordiscontinuance.PRCwillnotifythedeanandinstructorsthatwewouldliketo
includethisconcerninourmastersummary.TheCommitteeinagreementtodo
this.