Fiscal Year: 2011-12
College of the Redwoods
Program Review Committee Summary
As per its Mission, the Program Review Committee reviews Annual and Comprehensive Program Reviews to provide the foundation upon which the district
develops, identifies, and documents the direction of the prioritization of planning. Our objective is to provide an evaluative Executive Summary of each
program’s review for authors, Integrated Planning Committees, and the District.
Program Review Subject Area:
Program Review Authors:
IT/CET
Mike Peterson, Steve Brown
Area Administrator:
Jeff Cummings
Performance Indicators for Instructional Programs
1. Program Access/Demand
Satisfactory
Enrollment Trends
Unsatisfactory
X
FTES (Comprehensive reviews
Job Availability (based on
labor market data)
NA
Advisory Committee
Activities*
2. Program Resources
Full-time/Part-time FTE Ratio
Courses in this program support other programs. Recommendation: it would
strengthen the program review if a list of programs these classes support were
included and provide labor market information for those particular
classes/programs.
NA
NA
(Comprehensive reviews only)
Funding/Grant support
There is no budget identified with this program. Printing costs are charged to DT by
faculty teaching in both areas.
X
X
Course Retention
X
Course Success
X
SLO assessment Schedule
PLO assessment Schedule
Committee Comments
Overall drop in enrollments from 123 (09-10) to 72 (10-11). One class with over 20
students, rest are in the 8 to 15 range. PRC recommends clarification of this trend.
NA
only)
3. Program
Efficiency/Productivity
Fill Rate (at Census)
Program/Course Outcomes
NA
NA
CET 10 is a GE course and required for the AS Degree in Manufacturing Technology
and is not offered every semester. IT courses are required across several applied
technology disciplines and retention meets acceptable levels.
CET 10 has no prerequisite, is a rigorous course, taken by students looking for
direction, which might account for the lower success rate. IT courses fall within the
acceptable range. IT 125 and IT 60B are at 100% success.
No closing the loop; not all courses have been assessed;
No IT or CET certificates specific to this program
Process:
Completed Executive Summary forms will be sent to program review authors, who will have two weeks to provide feedback and corrections on errors of fact and/interpretation.
PRC will forward the summaries and author responses (if available) to the appropriate integrated planning committee, EMC and the IEC. Adopted by PRC April 29, 2011
GE assessment
Other:
NA
Note: Only two CET courses: CET 10, CET 10L (which is a lab); the rest are IT courses.
CET is a transfer course for GE and Science
Basic Skills: Students with higher English and math proficiency tend to do better in
CET and IT. Faculty recommend students complete placement exams.
Curriculum: there seems to be a lack of clarity in understanding how program
assessment informs curriculum, which needs to be completed.
Curriculum is out of date, especially two classes (previously updated in1989)
Process:
Completed Executive Summary forms will be sent to program review authors, who will have two weeks to provide feedback and corrections on errors of fact and/interpretation.
PRC will forward the summaries and author responses (if available) to the appropriate integrated planning committee, EMC and the IEC.
Adopted by PRC April 29, 2011