Taft College Program Review

 

Program Review is the process through which programs and departments on a campus take stock of their successes and shortcomings and seek to identify ways by which they can meet their goals more effectively. The process applies to all programs, instructional, support or any combination thereof, that perform program review to assess effectiveness in meeting college standards and in advancing the District’s mission.

Program review is about documenting the discussion and plans for improving student success or increasing effectiveness in the program and sharing that information with the college community. It is also about linking plans to decisions about resource allocations and evaluating the effectiveness of those allocations.

Program Review Reports and Program Review Goals are Taft College’s way of conducting program reviews in such a way as to have useful, sustainable program review and program planning processes while meeting accreditation requirements.

Starting in 2022-2023, the college implemented a three-year cycle of comprehensive program review. Separate program review templates are being used by Instructional Programs and Non-instructional Programs. The Office of Institutional Research & Planning schedules One-One meetings with each program at the beginning of the semester and offers Comprehensive Program Review Zoom drop-in sections every Friday afternoon. 

The elements of the Program Review reports and associated goals, if any, are described in this Guide. The forms used for comprehensive Instructional Program Review are:

  1. Comprehensive Instructional Program Review Report Form
  2. Comprehsensive Non-Instructional Program Review Report Form
  3. Program Review Annual Update Form
  4. Goal and Outcome Form

Forms are available on the Taft College Comprehensive Program Review SharePoint website and are available from the Taft College Institutional Research & Planning office at extensions 7978 and 7831.

Each program at Taft College undergoes a Comprehensive Program Review using a customized dataset. 

To access all Program Review Materials for the current cycle click here:

Comprehensive Program Review SharePoint Website

 All documents can also be found in MyTC: https://ct-prod-wp.taftcollege.edu/institutional-research-resources/