Anth,Soc,NAS
College of the Redwoods
Program Review Committee
Executive Summary
Adopted November 6, 2009
Mission Statement The College of the Redwoods’ Program Review Committee leads and facilitates authentic
assessment as it relates to student success and planning at the institution for all subject and service areas.
The committee reviews Annual and Comprehensive Program Reviews that provide the strong foundation
upon which College of the Redwoods develops, identifies, states and documents quality improvement plans
and goals including providing the direction of prioritization of funding, and support needs as organized under
the strategic planning objectives.
Objective: To provide an evaluative Executive Summary of this program’s review for authors, the
Integrated Planning Committees, and the District.
Program Review Subject/Service Area: ____Anthropology, Sociology/NAS_______________
Program Review Authors: ___Justine Shaw, Dana Maher, Toby Green______________________________
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Summary and Recommendations:
1. Program strengths:
Extremely strong retention rates across all three disciplines;
Associate Faculty in sociology building cohesive community
and sharing resources;
Additional Comments:
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2. Program challenges/obstacles:
Facilities – need updated audio-visual
Need updated classrooms (particularly with respect to
computers);
Discipline specific supplies updated;
Soc, NAS, and ANTH need access to technology to create pdf
files from hard copies on-the-spot;
Sociology/NAS full-time faculty;
Students without basic college writing are getting into most,
if not all, courses and are not successful;
Social work classes listed as sociology, but do not fit in
Sociology. Need to create a human services program;
DN: Lacking library and DVD materials to support faculty;
Need for PDF library for student access
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3. Commendations/Recommendations:
Associate Faculty in sociology building cohesive community
and sharing resources;
Process:
PRC will forward completed Executive Summaries to program review authors.
Authors will have two weeks to provide feedback and corrections on errors of fact and/interpretation
PRC will forward Executive Summaries and authors response (if available) to the appropriate integrated
planning committee and the CPC.
Anth,Soc,NAS
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4. Program Budget/Funding Sources:
None
Dedicated funding for Anthropology (lab)
5. Program Goals/Plans:
To move social work classes to a Human Services program;
Create a PDF library for student access;
Purchase printer, scanner, copier for division (that can create
PDFs through scanning)
Faculty for Addiction Studies/Soc and NAS/SOC
6. Program Outcomes Assessment (PLOs/SLOs):
Anthropology assessment moving along and improving;
NAS need full-time faculty to assess
Assessment training needed for new faculty
7. Student Success/Achievement Basic Skills
obstacles/challenges:
Success rate of students without basic skill have a low success
rate; Make English 150 a pre-requisition, since it correlates
directly to student success and retention;
In the past Anth 100 was linked to English 150 and it
worked really well; but is not regularly offered;
Good learning community opportunity;
Process:
PRC will forward completed Executive Summaries to program review authors.
Authors will have two weeks to provide feedback and corrections on errors of fact and/interpretation
PRC will forward Executive Summaries and authors response (if available) to the appropriate integrated
planning committee and the CPC.