Academic Efficiency and Effectiveness Review
On this page:
- About Academic Efficiency and Effectiveness Review
- Communications
- Committees and Charge
- Timeline
- Data
About Academic Efficiency and Effectiveness Review
The Office of the Provost is charged with thoroughly evaluating the university’s academic programs to identify their relative effectiveness and efficiency with the goal of supporting more strategic resource allocation. This type of review is a best practice process that should be undertaken each year at the college level and every five to seven years at the institutional level to assess and determine the effectiveness of the programs offered at Wright State.
Communications
Deactivated Programs
The nursing programs in the list are ones that we have already been teaching out (i.e. ALT (accelerated); BSN Completion (for current RN’s pursuing a baccalaureate degree). Please be aware, the traditional 3-year and 4-year BSN programs are not being deactivated and are open for enrollment.
- February 15, 2024: Curricular Program Changes
- January 8, 2024: AEE Review Report: Faculty and Staff Feedback
- January 2, 2024: Deans and Chairs AEE Report & Feedback
- September 19, 2023: Academic Efficiency and Effectiveness Review website and rubric available
- August 7, 2023: Academic Efficiency and Effectiveness Review Process Update
- July 19, 2023: Academic Efficiency and Effectiveness Review
Committees
Executive Committee
An Executive Committee formed by the Provost oversees the review process.
- Burhan Kawosa, CFA, FRM, Associate Vice President for Financial Operations
- Bruce Mackh, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Assessment and Chief Accreditation Officer
- Greg Sample, M.P.A., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Committee Co-Chair
- Susan Schaurer, M.S., Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Success
- Amy Thompson, Ph.D., Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Committee Co-Chair
Review Committee
The Review Committee, formed by the Executive Committee, assists with evaluating academic programs and making recommendations for further consideration.
- Denise Anderson, M.S., Data Governance Manager, Institutional Research and Effectiveness
- Lance Cauley, M.B.A., Associate Director, Career Services
- Glen Cebulash, M.F.A., Professor of Art and Art History
- Dragana Claflin, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
- Mark Cubberley, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Lake Campus
- Jim Denniston, Ph.D., Dean, College of Health, Education, and Human Services
- Elissa Falcone, Director of Curricular and Strategic Initiatives
- Subhashini Ganapathy, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Biomedical, Industrial, and Human Factors Engineering, and Faculty Senate President
- Carol Loranger, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
- Laura Luehrmann, Ph.D., Chair, School of Social Sciences and International Studies
- Bruce Mackh, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Assessment and Accreditation, Committee Chair
- Aaron Skira, Ed.D., Director, Institutional Research and Effectiveness
- Patrick Sonner, Ph.D., Lecturer and Director, Undergraduate Neuroscience Program
- Amanda Spencer, M.S., Director of University Academic Advising
- Rachel Sturm, Ph.D., Interim Associate Dean, Raj Soin College of Business
- Sommer Todd, M.Acc., CPA, Controller, Office of the Controller
- Junjie Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Charge
The Review Committee’s primary purpose is to collect and examine data about our academic programs, considering four key questions:
- Mission: is the program critical to the university’s mission?
- Outcome: is the program of sufficient quality?
- Market: is there a demand for the program?
- Margin: is the program fiscally efficient?
After carefully completing the review process, the Review Committee will sort each program into one of four categories for further consideration:
- Program Enhancement: grow with additional resources
- Program Maintenance: continue at the current level of support
- Program Improvement: continue conditionally upon completion of a realistic improvement plan, redesign, consolidation, or restructuring
- Program Closure: suspend or deactivate the program
Timeline
As of November 15, 2023
Review Committee completes all program review activities no later than December 8, 2023
Review Committee draft report completed no later than December 15, 2023
Review Committee draft report sent to Deans and Chairs for feedback on January 2, 2024
Deans and Chairs provide feedback between January 2 and 7, 2024
Review Committee draft report made available to faculty and staff on January 8, 2024
Faculty and staff provide feedback between January 8 and 14, 2024
Executive Committee reviews feedback, Review Committee draft report, and completes its own report between January 15 and 29, 2024
President reviews Executive Committee report, the review committee’s draft report, and feedback—preparing a report to the board of trustees between January 30 and February 7, 2024
Final recommendations and report sent to the Board of Trustees on February 7, 2024, in preparation of the Board of Trustees’ meeting on February 16, 2024
