Fiscal Year: 2011-12
CollegeoftheRedwoods
ProgramReviewCommitteeSummary AsperitsMission,theProgramReviewCommitteereviewsAnnualandComprehensiveProgramReviewstoprovidethefoundationuponwhichthedistrict
develops,identifies,anddocumentsthedirectionoftheprioritizationofplanning.OurobjectiveistoprovideanevaluativeExecutiveSummaryofeach
program’sreviewforauthors,IntegratedPlanningCommittees,andtheDistrict.
ProgramReviewSubjectArea: Sociology ProgramReviewAuthors:
Dana Maher, Phil Mancus
AreaAdministrator:
RachelAnderson
PerformanceIndicatorsforInstructionalPrograms
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
ProgramAccess/Demand
EnrollmentTrends
X
FTES(Comprehensivereviews
only)
JobAvailability(basedon
labormarketdata)
AdvisoryCommittee
Activities*
ProgramResources
Full‐time/Part‐timeFTERatio
(Comprehensivereviewsonly)
Funding/Grantsupport
NA
CommitteeComments
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
X
FillRate(atCensus)
X
Program/CourseOutcomes
CourseRetention
CourseSuccess
SLOassessmentSchedule
PLOassessmentSchedule
GEassessment
X
X
X
X
N/A
Program
Efficiency/Productivity
Other:
Notasignificantcourselevelbudget;mostimportantwouldbetheacquisitionof
DVD’sforsomeoftheclasses.ThisisproblematicinmostareasinAcademicAffairs;
supplybudgetstosupportindividualprogramsarebasicallynon‐existentfor
supportingcourses
(reminder: fillratesareendofsemester)MendocinoCoast islow,buthasan increase
frompreviousyears;thereisareductioninsectionsspreadthroughoutthedistrict
Fairlyconsistentthroughoutdistrict
Fairlyconsistentthroughoutdistrict
5yearplan,participation,coursedepartmentassessmentforms,noclosingloopyet
 BasicSkills:studentswhohavepassedEngl1Ahaveahighersuccessrate;
lowertheskilllevel,thelowerthesuccessofthestudent.Mathdoesnothave
Process:
CompletedExecutiveSummaryformswillbesenttoprogramreviewauthors,whowillhavetwoweekstoprovidefeedbackandcorrectionsonerrorsoffactand/interpretation.
PRCwillforwardthesummariesandauthorresponses(ifavailable)totheappropriateintegratedplanningcommittee,EMCandtheIEC.AdoptedbyPRCApril29,2011
Summary
PRCRecommendations
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AuthorComments
astrongcorrelation:studentsatlowermathlevelsarenotsignificantly
disadvantaged.
Studentservicesconsideredadequate.
Curriculumiscurrent,withexceptionof“experimental”courseswhichwill
bediscontinued,and“40”seriesclasseswhicharedesignedforstudentsand
andshouldnotbepartofregularcurriculumupdates.
Process:
CompletedExecutiveSummaryformswillbesenttoprogramreviewauthors,whowillhavetwoweekstoprovidefeedbackandcorrectionsonerrorsoffactand/interpretation.
PRCwillforwardthesummariesandauthorresponses(ifavailable)totheappropriateintegratedplanningcommittee,EMCandtheIEC.
AdoptedbyPRCApril29,2011