Undergraduate Program Review, Committee on - 2009-2010
Committee Charge
The Committee on Undergraduate Program Review (CUPR) reports to the Dean of Undergraduate Academic Programs and provides primary faculty oversight for the undergraduate academic program review process. The Dean of Undergraduate Academic Programs receives an annual report of the committee's activities.
CUPR schedules and manages the submission of portfolios submitted as part of the undergraduate program review process; identifies needed forms of support for the process including administrative, educational, technological, and financial support; and advises the Dean of Undergraduate Academic Programs on all issues related to the program review process.
Program review cycles are coordinated with a program's accreditation cycles whenever possible. Programs submit their reviews in at least seven-year cycles to the Provost and to CUPR. CUPR consults with faculty at the college and department level on preparing portfolios for review and reviews submitted portfolios, providing feedback on matters related to the process to the program's faculty and administration, the Dean of Undergraduate Academic Programs, and the Provost.
CUPR also determines whether the portfolios are complete and whether the process has been adequately carried out (i.e., quality issues have been adequately addressed, and required activities such as assessment of outcomes, communication at the various levels departmental, college, cross-college, etc. are being carried out). Regarding assessment of outcomes and reflecting the faculty-driven nature of this process, CUPR supports the faculty's expertise in understanding and pursuing the kinds of information that are most meaningful to each discipline that will clarify (1) the program's goals and objectives, (2) how well the program meets those objectives via observable and measurable student learning outcomes, and (3) the evidence to substantiate those outcomes.
dissolved as of 9/30/2005 - see attached letter (Word Document)