Fiscal Year: 2011-12
CollegeoftheRedwoods
ProgramReviewCommitteeSummary AsperitsMission,theProgramReviewCommitteereviewsAnnualandComprehensiveProgramReviewstoprovidethefoundationuponwhichthedistrict
develops,identifies,anddocumentsthedirectionoftheprioritizationofplanning.OurobjectiveistoprovideanevaluativeExecutiveSummaryofeach
program’sreviewforauthors,IntegratedPlanningCommittees,andtheDistrict.
ProgramReviewSubjectArea: EarthandAstronomicalSciences ProgramReviewAuthors:
Dave Bazard, Jon Pedicino, Mark Renner, Greg Grantham
AreaAdministrator:
RachelAnderson
PerformanceIndicatorsforInstructionalPrograms
ProgramAccess/Demand
EnrollmentTrends
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
NA
CommitteeComments
Enrollmentsdownfromlastyear.DNandEurekaaredown,whileMendocinoand
onlinecourseenrollmentsareupincrementally.
X
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
X
Adequatewiththeexceptionofnoequipmentandrepairbudget.
FillRate(atCensus)
X
Program/CourseOutcomes
CourseRetention
X
CourseSuccess
X
SLOassessmentSchedule
X
PLOassessmentSchedule
GEassessment
X
N/A
FTES(Comprehensivereviews
only)
JobAvailability(basedon
labormarketdata)
AdvisoryCommittee
Activities*
ProgramResources
Full‐time/Part‐timeFTERatio
(Comprehensivereviewsonly)
Funding/Grantsupport
Program
Efficiency/Productivity
Upoverallfromlastyearatallcampuses.Onlinefillrateisdownslightly.Active
sectionshavebeenreduced.Allarewithinacceptablelevels.
Retentionisgoodinallbutoneclass,and100%inthree.
Within acceptablelevelsforallcoursesexceptone.Fourcoursesareonthehigher
endofthestandarddeviationrange.
Meteorology noassessmentbutwasnotoffered;geographyis laggingbecauseitis
notofferedveryoften.Geoisgoodastronomyisgood.Oceanographyandastronomy
notsubmittedclosingloopreportyet;assessmentreportshavebeensubmitted.
Other:
BSI:studentshavebettersuccesswithhigherlevelskillsinmathandEnglish.
BSI
X
Followsthedistrictnormal
Studentservices: limitedservicesinDSPSare affectingstudents. Theysuggested
thatlistingcourseoutcomesandrecommendedpreparationinwebadvisorwouldhelp
StudentServices
X
studentsbetterunderstandthecourseexpectationsintermsofcontentand
preparation.
Curriculum:EveryoneisworkingonSLOs andusingassessmenttoinformtheir
Curriculum
X
curriculumrevisions.Severalcoursesaredeforrevisionthisyear.
PRCsuggeststhatserviceorientedcourses,notofferedregularly,shouldbemovedtocommunityed.
PRCrecommendscomparingthelargeformatclassestoregularsizeclasses.Themovetolargeformatwasdoneforbudgeting,butifwelosesuccess,weare
failingstudents.
Process:
CompletedExecutiveSummaryformswillbesenttoprogramreviewauthors,whowillhavetwoweekstoprovidefeedbackandcorrectionsonerrorsoffactand/interpretation.
PRCwillforwardthesummariesandauthorresponses(ifavailable)totheappropriateintegratedplanningcommittee,EMCandtheIEC.
AdoptedbyPRCApril29,2011