Fiscal Year: 2011-12
CollegeoftheRedwoods
ProgramReviewCommitteeSummary AsperitsMission,theProgramReviewCommitteereviewsAnnualandComprehensiveProgramReviewstoprovidethefoundationuponwhichthedistrict
develops,identifies,anddocumentsthedirectionoftheprioritizationofplanning.OurobjectiveistoprovideanevaluativeExecutiveSummaryofeach
program’sreviewforauthors,IntegratedPlanningCommittees,andtheDistrict.
ProgramReviewSubjectArea: PolySci ProgramReviewAuthors:
Ryan Emenaker, Gary Sokolow, Jennifer Gardner, Toby Green
AreaAdministrator:
RachelAnderson
PerformanceIndicatorsforInstructionalPrograms
ProgramAccess/Demand
EnrollmentTrends
FTES(Comprehensivereviews
only)
JobAvailability(basedon
labormarketdata)
AdvisoryCommittee
Activities*
ProgramResources
Full‐time/Part‐timeFTERatio
(Comprehensivereviewsonly)
Funding/Grantsupport
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
NA
CommitteeComments
EnrollmentsconsistentinDelNorte slightlyincreaseinEureka,veryslightdecrease
inMendocino.Downsomewhatfortheonlineofferings.
X
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
X
Allocatedbudgetisonly$200attheEurekacampus.Notstatedifadequateor
inadequate.
Program
Efficiency/Productivity
FillRate(atCensus)
Program/CourseOutcomes
CourseRetention
X
X
CourseSuccess
X
SLOassessmentSchedule
X
PLOassessmentSchedule
X
FillratesincreasedinDNandEureka,veryslightlydowninMendo.
Fallswithinacceptabledistrictlevels.
PolySci12isasmallclassofferedrarely andhasbelowaverage success.Theonline
successesarealsobelowtheaverage.PRCrecommendstrackingtheonlinecourses
andfollow‐upwiththeobservationnotedintheprogramreview.Overall,success
withinDistrictaverages.
5yearplanssubmitted;boxcheckedthecourse/programassessmentformsare
submitted.Noclosingtheloop.
UsedSLOstoinformcurriculumrevisions.
GEassessment
Other:
N/A
BSI
X
Curriculum
X
X
StudentServices
StudentswhotestintoENGL150orlowerhavelowsuccessrates.Currently
recommendedstudentscompleteENGL150.Mathdoesn’tshowasextremea
correlation,butstudentswhoplacehigheroveralldobetter.Facultyfeelstrongly
thatstudentsshouldcompleteatleastEngl150,maybe1A,tobesuccessful.
StudentServices:LimitedtutoringservicesatDN.Wouldlikeawritinglab.District‐
widethereisaneedforbetterlibraryresources.DSPSserviceshavebeengreatat
DN.DNmakesgooduseofavailableresources.Wouldlikeadrop‐inwritingcenter
tohelpunder‐preparedstudents.
UptodatewiththeexceptionofPolySci12(beingsubmittedtothecurriculum
committeeinspring2012).
LimitedtutoringatDN.Awritinglabwouldgoalongwayinhelpingstudents.
District‐wideagreatneedforbetterlibraryresources.DSPShasbeenveryhelpful.