{"id":102361,"date":"2024-01-08T11:36:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T19:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/?page_id=102361"},"modified":"2025-02-04T22:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T22:50:41","slug":"program-review-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/academicaffairs\/program-review-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Review &#8211; 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":462,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-102361","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"background_image_type":"custom","background":{"ID":105041,"id":105041,"title":"Fall-Mall-Flyover-better-1","filename":"Fall-Mall-Flyover-better-1.jpg","filesize":417956,"url":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/academicaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/Fall-Mall-Flyover-better-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/academicaffairs\/program-review\/fall-mall-flyover-better-1\/","alt":"","author":"425","description":"","caption":"","name":"fall-mall-flyover-better-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":85434,"date":"2025-02-04 16:47:03","modified":"2025-02-04 16:47:03","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/academicaffairs\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/academicaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/Fall-Mall-Flyover-better-1-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/academicaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/Fall-Mall-Flyover-better-1-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/academicaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/Fall-Mall-Flyover-better-1-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/academicaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/Fall-Mall-Flyover-better-1-1024x576.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":576,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/academicaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/Fall-Mall-Flyover-better-1-1536x864.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/academicaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/Fall-Mall-Flyover-better-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1080,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/academicaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/Fall-Mall-Flyover-better-1.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":169,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/academicaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/Fall-Mall-Flyover-better-1.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":225,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/academicaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/Fall-Mall-Flyover-better-1.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":338}},"background_vertical_alignment":"center","title":"Academic Affairs","bold_title":"Program Review","content":"","component_options_toggle":true,"component_options":{"component_options_toggle":true,"component_options":{"disable_component":false,"nickname":"","identifier":"","navigable":false}},"secondary_nav_menu_type":"menu","primary_content_copy":"<h2>Academic Program Review<\/h2>\n<p>The Strategic Resource Allocation is a continuation of the below 2020\/2021 Program Review process. As the university emphasized at the time, program review was just the start of a multi-year process designed to evaluate all of our academic offerings to ensure they align with student demand and workforce needs. The Strategic Resource Allocation is a continuation of that process, although now it expands beyond academics and includes non-academic\/support services as well. Information can be found on here on \u00a0<a class=\"fui-Link ___m14voj0 f3rmtva f1ern45e f1deefiw f1n71otn f1q5o8ev f1h8hb77 f1vxd6vx f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f9n3di6 f1ids18y fygtlnl f1deo86v f12x56k7 f1iescvh ftqa4ok f50u1b5 fs3pq8b f1hghxdh f1tymzes f1x7u7e9 f1cmlufx f10aw75t fsle3fq\" title=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/sra\/\" href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/sra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Link Strategic Resource Allocation \u2013 Eastern Washington University (ewu.edu)\">Strategic Resource Allocation \u2013 Eastern Washington University (ewu.edu)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Proposals for program discontinuation are reviewed by the EWU Faculty Organization, in keeping with <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/policies\/knowledge-base\/ap-303-35-program-and-course-management\/\">Academic Policy 303-35, Chapter 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary btn-md\" href=\"#faq\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/\">SRA Lastest Updates<\/a> <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/sra\/knowledge-base\/\">SRA Knowledge Base<\/a><\/p>\n","blocks":[{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion-with-notes","module_background_color":"white","accordion_position":"bottom","title":"Program Review","notes":"","include_spacing":true,"expanded":false,"sections":[{"label":"2020-2021","copy":"<p>Below are the report and supplemental documents that EAB delivered to EWU administration on October 1, 2020:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>EAB&#8217;s written report and analysis (PDF file): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Financial-Sustainability-EWU-Academic-Affairs-Budget-Analysis-and-Findings-FINAL.pdf\">Financial Sustainability &#8211; EWU Academic Affairs Budget Analysis and Findings &#8211; FINAL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>EWU majors analysis (Excel file): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/EWU-Undergraduate-Majors-Analyzed-FINAL.xlsx\">EWU Undergraduate Majors Analyzed &#8211; FINAL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>EWU majors, institutional value scores (Excel file): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/EWU-Majors-Institutional-Value-Scores-FINAL.xlsx\">EWU Majors-Institutional Value Scores -FINAL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Faculty workload opportunity\/efficiency assessment (Excel file): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Faculty-Workload-Opportunity-Assessment-FINAL-Anonymized.xlsx\">Faculty Workload Opportunity Assessment-FINAL Anonymized<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Course capacity opportunity\/efficiency assessment (Excel file): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Course-Capacity-Opportunity-Assessment-FINAL.xlsx\">Course Capacity Opportunity Assessment-FINAL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>EWU tripwire analysis (Excel file): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/EWU-Tripwire-Analysis-5.1.20.xlsx\">EWU &#8211; Tripwire Analysis &#8211; 5.1.20<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Below is the provost&#8217;s proposal for program review and discontinuation, delivered to the Program Review Committee on October 14, 2020:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Proposal for PRD (PDF file): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Proposal-for-PRD.pdf\">Proposal for PRD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Updates<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Music BME moved from II.A. Program Discontinuation list to II.B. Consolidation and Program Revision list because of high credit requirement (October 16, 2020)<\/li>\n<li>GWSS BA moved off II.A. Program Discontinuation list because of ongoing consideration of program structure (October 16, 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Athletic Training MS moved off II.A. Program Discontinuation list to allow time for this new program to develop (November 19, 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturing Technology BS moved off II.A. Program Discontinuation list because of discovered error in data related to program name change (January 8, 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>October 26, 2020: Report of fall 2020 declared majors, based on 10th-day census data (Excel file): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Fall-2020-CEN141_DeclaredMajors.xlsx\">Fall 2020 Majors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>May 14, 2021: Provost&#8217;s recommendation to the president on program review and discontinuation: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Provost-Recommendations-on-Program-Review-and-Discontinuation-051421-submitted-.pdf\">Provost&#8217;s PRD Recommendation May 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>May 19, 2021: President&#8217;s recommendation to the Board of Trustees on program review and discontinuation: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Program-Review-Presidents-Recommendations.pdf\">President&#8217;s PRD Recommendation May 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>June 24, 2021: The EWU Board of Trustees unanimously approved the administration\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ewu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Program-Review-Presidents-Recommendations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Program Review recommendation<\/a>.<\/p>\n"}],"component_options_toggle":false,"component_options":{"disable_component":false,"nickname":"FAQ","identifier":"faq","navigable":false}},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion-with-notes","module_background_color":"off-white","accordion_position":"bottom","title":"Program Discontinuation FAQ","notes":"<p class=\"x_p1\"><span class=\"x_s1\">On Thursday, June 24, 2021, the EWU Board of Trustees unanimously approved the administration\u2019s Program Review\u00a0recommendation. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ewu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Program-Review-Presidents-Recommendations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"1\"><span class=\"x_s2\">reduction plan<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is a mission-driven effort to eliminate certain programs and majors as the university reshapes its focus to serve the needs of students and the community.<\/span><\/p>\n","include_spacing":false,"expanded":false,"sections":[{"label":"Which degree options have been discontinued as of June 24, 2021?","copy":"<p><span class=\"x_s1\">On Thursday, June 24, 2021, the EWU Board of Trustees unanimously approved the administration\u2019s Program Review\u00a0recommendation. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ewu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Program-Review-Presidents-Recommendations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"1\"><span class=\"x_s2\">reduction plan<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is a mission-driven effort to eliminate certain programs and majors as the university reshapes its focus to serve the needs of students and the community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>College of Arts, Letters &amp; Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bachelor of Music-Jazz<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Arts-Musical Theatre<\/li>\n<li>Master of Arts-Music<\/li>\n<li>Master of Music-Performance<\/li>\n<li>Master of Music-Jazz Studies<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Arts-Journalism<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Science-Journalism<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Arts-Education-Secondary Art<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>College of Business:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bachelor of Arts-Business-Supply Chain Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>College of Social Sciences:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Master of Science-Communication Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"label":"How will discontinuation impact students who have already declared or who have begun coursework in the affected degree program?","copy":"<p>As stated in <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/policies\/knowledge-base\/ap-303-35-program-and-course-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Academic Policy 303-35<\/a>, \u201cAll proposals must specify mechanisms to protect the interests of students currently enrolled in such programs and to allow those students to complete their degrees in a reasonable time period.\u201d The university is also required by its accrediting body to develop a teach-out plan for students who might be affected. A teach-out plan describes the strategies that EWU will use to ensure any students in a discontinued degree program will have a reasonable opportunity to complete their degrees. Teach-out plans often include standardized schedules of courses to be offered during a specified period (usually two to three years) after the decision to discontinue a program.<\/p>\n"},{"label":"Why is EWU reviewing academic program offerings?","copy":"<p>EWU\u2019s academic program review is a multi-year process designed to evaluate our array of academic offerings to ensure they align with student demand and the regional need for graduates, while also addressing a significant budget shortfall. The process includes examining a number of data points for potential efficiencies, as well as gathering feedback from across campus and the community to inform the analysis. Many programs are also completing similar reviews, including Athletics. All programs will be participating to ensure a fair and equitable process as we adapt to a changing environment. No decisions have been made; the Board of Trustees will make a final decision in June of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>As interim President David May emphasized in his <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/news\/may-delivers-state-of-the-university-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 State of the University Address<\/a>, this is the time for Eastern Washington University to redefine what role we play as a regional comprehensive university for our community and state while maintaining our core mission to serve our students.<\/p>\n"},{"label":"What is the process for program discontinuation?","copy":"<p>The process for program discontinuation is outlined in <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/policies\/knowledge-base\/ap-303-35-program-and-course-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Academic Policy 303-35<\/a>. The process began with the provost\u2019s proposal for program review and discontinuation, delivered to the <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/program-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Program Review Committee (PRC)<\/a> on Oct. 14, 2020, for further consideration.<\/p>\n"},{"label":"Who makes up the Program Review Committee (PRC) and what is their role?","copy":"<p>Within the EWU Faculty Organization, the <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/program-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PRC<\/a> is a group of faculty representing each of the university\u2019s colleges that provides constructive feedback to programs for their improvement. The committee is now charged with reviewing programs that might be altered or discontinued as the next step in the program review process. The PRC will send its reviews and recommendations to the Undergraduate or Graduate Affairs Council, as appropriate, and those bodies will forward their recommendations to the Rules committee, which will also make a recommendation and forward all materials to the Academic Senate. The Academic Senate will then make a recommendation to the president in May 2021.<\/p>\n"},{"label":"How will the PRC review programs?","copy":"<p>The PRC will look at both quantitative and qualitative factors, including student demand, whether a program is in alignment with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/about\/fast-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EWU\u2019s mission<\/a> and opportunities for growth. Under the current criteria, the PRC must also seek broad consultations with groups or persons likely to be affected by a degree program\u2019s discontinuation, including students enrolled in the affected programs, the departments housing the programs and the appropriate deans.<\/p>\n"},{"label":"How can I share feedback, or questions related to program review?","copy":"<p>The program review feedback period has now ended. 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