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: ___History/Cinema_________________
Program Review Authors: ___Toby Green, George Potamianos________________________________
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Summary and Recommendations:
1. Program strengths:
Powerful online program developed for History across the
board;
Great adjuncts for history;
Cinema classes associated classes;
History courses incorporate a lot of writing
Additional Comments:
2. Program challenges/obstacles:
Online enrollments still low;
Retention of online classes is low;
High adjunct to full-time faculty ratio;
Challenge for the low number of full-time faculty to go
through the assessment cycle in great detail;
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3. Commendations:
History: increase in online programming across the board
Recommendations:
4. Program Budget/Funding Sources:
Funding is adequate, except the college needs to make sure
that there are projector capabilities in the classrooms in
which we teach and that spare bulbs are necessary to have on
hand. They cost about $300 each to replace.
5. Program Goals/Plans:
Increasing online History course enrollment and retention;
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.
6. Program Outcomes Assessment (PLOs/SLOs):
Ongoing; completed assessments for two semesters;
7. Student Success/Achievement Basic Skills
obstacles/challenges:
There is a clear correlation between student success in
History and Cinema courses and college-level reading and
writing;
Math seemed to correlate well to History success
Issues Across all Disciplines:
Facilities and technology is deficient;
Maintenance is deficient;
Staffing and faculty budget is deficient;
Deferred maintenance is a problem campus-wide
Lack of replacement of lost faculty; finding qualified faculty to teach
Challenge that IT doesn’t support Mac Computers; most science, math and arts use Mac computers
Need for transcript evaluator and document imaging system will support all disciplines.
Need for a college-wide process to gather and assess information from students directly, both those who
graduate and those who leave for other reasons, or from transfer institutions and employers. Entry and
Exit surveys to increase student success, retention and persistence;
General: Is there a budget set aside for bulb replacement for projectors, both campus and district wide?
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.