PURPOSES AND TYPES OF ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEWS
External
Reviews
The entire college and some of our pre-professional programs must undergo periodic accreditation reviews. The standards for these reviews are set by the professional group that conducts the reviews. The college or program prepares a self-study with appropriate supporting data, an external team reviews the self-study and data, usually with an accompanying on-site visit, and then the recommendations of the review team are submitted to the accrediting body’s board for appropriate action.
· Accreditation: Skidmore College
Middle States Association
· Accreditation: Social Work
Council on Social Work Education
· Accreditation: The Arts
NASAD, NAST, NASM
· Education
New
York State Regents’ Accreditation of Teacher Education
Internal Reviews
Skidmore College reviews academic programs
in several ways. When a program is
first proposed or when it undergoes major revisions, it is reviewed by the:
and the
Committee on Educational Policies and Planning.
In addition, each academic program is required to submit a periodic formal program review report, accompanied by a review by external reviewers, to the:
Office of the Dean of the Faculty.
External and Internal Reviews vs. Academic Assessment
External and internal reviews and
accreditation are much broader than academic assessment, but include
academic assessment as one component of the review.
Institutional Research and Assessment
The Office of Institutional Research conducts all-College assessment-related research that involves data collection and analysis. The Office provides timely, accurate, and reliable data to support assessment studies as needed. Note: Institutional Research does not assess the academic programs, but, rather, assists faculty in gathering and analyzing data as they apply to assessment.