Fiscal Year: 2011-12
CollegeoftheRedwoods
ProgramReviewCommitteeSummary AsperitsMission,theProgramReviewCommitteereviewsAnnualandComprehensiveProgramReviewstoprovidethefoundationuponwhichthedistrict
develops,identifies,anddocumentsthedirectionoftheprioritizationofplanning.OurobjectiveistoprovideanevaluativeExecutiveSummaryofeach
program’sreviewforauthors,IntegratedPlanningCommittees,andtheDistrict.
ProgramReviewSubjectArea: Economics&GeneralBusiness
ProgramReviewAuthors:
Chris Gaines, Michael Dennis, Martha Racine-Taylor
AreaAdministrator:
JeffCummings
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
X
N/A
X
N/A
N/A
X
X
X
X
X
X
N/A
CommitteeComments
Fillratefor onlinearelowerthananyotheronlineCRcourses– possiblereasonsnot
addressed.Thisisveryunusualasmostonlinesectionshaveveryhighfillrates.
CTE andInstructionalprogramcombined;Generalbusinesshaslaborstats
Fundinginadequatetosupplythebusinesslab – generalfundallocationshould
includeinstructionalsupplysupportforbusinesslab.
Retentionishigh,butsuccessseems tobelow (ECONclasses)
Indicatedlowerforonlinethanin‐seatclasses;
(Was currentyear assessmentinformationsenttoassessmentcommittee?)
(ECONwillhaveaGEassessmentfortheSocialSciencearea)
*1)ThecommitteewouldlikeclarificationonwhethertheDelNorteinstructors had
opportunitytoparticipateinthisprogramreview
2)SuccessratesinEconseemtobetiedtomathandEnglishskills;thecommittee
recommendationisthatthehigherendcoursesrequirebetterEnglishandmath
Process:
CompletedExecutiveSummaryformswillbesenttoprogramreviewauthors,whowillhavetwoweekstoprovidefeedbackandcorrectionsonerrorsoffactand/interpretation.
PRCwillforwardthesummariesandauthorresponses(ifavailable)totheappropriateintegratedplanningcommittee,EMCandtheIEC.AdoptedbyPRCApril29,2011
Summary
PRCRecommendations
AuthorComments
skillsorpre‐requisites.
3)Thereseemstobesomediscrepancybetweencommentsanddatasets.The
committeerecommendsBusinessandEconomicscoursesbeaddressedseparatelyin
comments
3)Somecurriculumdueforupdating
StudentSupportServices
X
Consideredinadequate,especiallyintheareaoftransferpreparationversusCTE
Process:
CompletedExecutiveSummaryformswillbesenttoprogramreviewauthors,whowillhavetwoweekstoprovidefeedbackandcorrectionsonerrorsoffactand/interpretation.
PRCwillforwardthesummariesandauthorresponses(ifavailable)totheappropriateintegratedplanningcommittee,EMCandtheIEC.
AdoptedbyPRCApril29,2011