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Program Approval Process Information Session

Program Approval Process Information Session. September 2014 Office of Academic Affairs, Assessment and Institutional Research. Overview of Session. Submission and approval process Revised form Document requirements Posting of proposals New deadlines Concerns Raising concerns

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Program Approval Process Information Session

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  1. Program Approval ProcessInformation Session September 2014 Office of Academic Affairs, Assessment and Institutional Research

  2. Overview of Session • Submission and approval process • Revised form • Document requirements • Posting of proposals • New deadlines • Concerns • Raising concerns • Addressing concerns • Coming soon – workflow

  3. Decentralized Budgeting: Principles To encourage and facilitate innovation while promoting transparency and avoiding redundancy and inefficiency.

  4. Review of Process

  5. Revised Proposal Form(Establishing, Terminating or Changing Academic Programs) Four parts • General program information (r) • Additional required information (r) • Equivalence, Confusion, Overlap or Redundancy with Existing Programs (as identified or raised) • Signatures r = required

  6. Documents to be submitted • Request to Establish, Terminate or Change an Academic Program (word) • Executive Summary (template) (word) • Proposal (word preferred) • One page curriculum overview (pdf) • 8 semester grid (undergraduate) • Semester-by-semester or list of courses with titles (graduate and professional)

  7. Submission and initial review • Submit to courses@temple.edu • Review • Undergraduate Studies • Graduate Studies • Academic Affairs, Assessment & IR (professional courses)

  8. Responsibility of Proposer • Schools encouraged to address issues of redundancy/overlap/confusion in preparation and submission stages of proposal • Responsibility of proposer to • Seek endorsements • Address concerns

  9. Posting Period sites.temple.edu/trac TRAC: Temple Review of Academic Programs and Courses 10 day posting (aligned with BOT calendar) Basic information and curriculum grid

  10. Raising Concerns Any individual can post a concern, however, schools and colleges are strongly encouraged to raise concerns through Dean’s Office (designee) Concerns must fit one of the following criteria: • Proposed program equivalent/redundant with an existing program • Proposed program confusion/overlap with an existing program • Proposed program not aligned with areas/disciplines in the school/college

  11. Addressing Concerns • Concerns submitted via TRAC • Email notification to • courses@temple.edu • Individual responsible for proposal

  12. Approval No concerns program considered for AAC agenda Concerns addressed during posting period program considered for AAC agenda Concerns not addressed APAC

  13. Timeline Program proposals submitted according to BOT-driven deadlines Allow time for additional approvals (Graduate Board, tuition and fees) Academic program items will only go before the Board in October, December, February/March, April/May [NOT JULY]

  14. Resources • Resources • www.temple.edu/aaair • sites.temple.edu/trac • Contacts: • Jodi Levine Laufgraben • Michele O’Connor • Zeb Kendrick • Joan McGoldrick • courses@temple.edu

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