Practical Measures for Institutional Program Reviews: A Case Study of a Small Post-Secondary Institution

John Jayachandran
, Colin Neufeldt
, Elizabeth Smythe
, Oliver Franke

Abstract

Post-secondary institutions carry out cyclical program reviews (CPRs) to assess educational effectiveness. CPRs often use both qualitative and quantitative data analyses with the aim of improving teaching and learning. Though most of the CPR review studies identify various factors for this purpose, they fail to identify measures/indicators that are relevant and practical for the institutional decision-making process. Our main objectives for this article are two-fold: first, we identify and list variables that are measurable and sort them
into clusters/groups that are relevant to all programs, and second, we critically assess the relevance of these indicators to program review in a small-sized, post-secondary institution.

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2019-08-23



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Jayachandran, J., Neufeldt, C., Smythe, E., & Franke, O. (2019). Practical Measures for Institutional Program Reviews: A Case Study of a Small Post-Secondary Institution. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 49(2), 54–71. https://doi.org/10.47678/cjhe.v49i2.188229