Academic Program Review & Post-Approval Monitoring
This document highlights the academic program review activities and post-approval monitoring conducted by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission in 2015. It includes data on new program additions, terminations, modifications, and overall program success assessment. The review process focuses on enrollment, graduation rates, and financial benchmarks to ensure program quality and alignment with educational objectives. Additionally, the monitoring cycle for certificate, associate, bachelor, master's, and doctoral programs is outlined, emphasizing ongoing dialogue for program quality enhancement.
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Academic Program Review Program Activity and Post Approval Monitoring January 28, 2016 Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Academic Program Review Program Activity Depicts new programs added to the state inventory and terminated programs in 2015 Post Approval Monitoring Assesses success of new programs approved within the last five years against enrollment, graduation and financial benchmarks Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Academic Program Review Program Activity New Net Change 2015 Programs Modifications Terminations 8 4 6 2 -- 8 3 1 7 11 5 8 24 TBR Universities UT System 15 27 TBR Community Colleges Total Actions 11 New Programs approved remained stable in comparison to 2014. Terminations were slightly lower than 2014 when 15 programs were terminated. Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Academic Program Review Program Activity 2015 Program Modifications Institution Original Program Modified Program Accounting, BBA Finance, BBA Management, BBA Marketing, BBA Austin Peay General Business, BBA Middle Tennessee Mathematics, BS Actuarial Science, BS Administration and Supervision, MEd Middle Tennessee Library Science, MEd Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Nematology, PhD UT Knoxville Plants, Soils and Insects, PhD UT Knoxville Education, PhD Public Health, DrPH Program modifications are the result of the separation of a concentration to create a free standing program. Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Academic Program Review Post Approval Monitoring Certificate and Associate -- Bachelor Master s Doctoral Total TBR Universities 6 14 5 25 UT System -- 30 30 1 -- 7 2 -- 16 4 -- 9 7 TBR Community Colleges Total 30 62 Monitoring Cycle Certificate and Associate Programs -- 3 years Bachelor and Master s programs -- 5 years Doctoral -- 7 years Collaborative Process o Process results in an ongoing dialogue regarding program quality and continuous improvement Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Academic Program Review Post Approval Monitoring Under-Performing Programs: Monitoring Cycle Extended Institution Academic Program 2014-15 Graduates Austin Peay State University Chemical Engineering Tech, AAS Program Inactivated Update: Program was inactivated August 2015 as the demand decreased after the Hemlock plant closed. Middle Tennessee State University Update: Healthy enrollment of 25 seniors enrolled in the program in 2014-15. Middle Tennessee State University Forensic Science, BS 6 Computational Science, PhD 3 Update: Program met the minimum productivity requirement for doctoral programs. Middle Tennessee State University Molecular Biosciences, PhD 6 Update: Program exceeded the minimum productivity requirement for doctoral programs. Walters State Community College Clean Energy Tech, AAS 4 Update: Program recruitment continues to increase and received a grant from the Governor s office for equipment. Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Academic Program Review Strategies to Increase Program Productivity Promote and recruit by creating effective marketing materials Strengthen academic advisement Create and maintain partnerships with local industry Explore potential cooperative education opportunities Tennessee Higher Education Commission
