Information Session September 2014 Office of Academic Affairs Assessment and Institutional Research Overview of Session Submission and approval process Revised form Document requirements Posting ID: 132338
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Program Approval ProcessInformation Session
September 2014
Office of Academic Affairs, Assessment and
Institutional ResearchSlide2
Overview of Session
Submission and approval process
Revised form
Document requirementsPosting of proposalsNew deadlinesConcernsRaising concernsAddressing concernsComing soon – workflowSlide3
Decentralized Budgeting: Principles
To encourage and
facilitate innovation while promoting transparency and avoiding redundancy and inefficiency.Slide4
Review of ProcessSlide5
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 = requiredSlide6
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)Slide7
Submission and initial review
Submit to
courses@temple.edu
ReviewUndergraduate StudiesGraduate StudiesAcademic Affairs, Assessment & IR (professional courses)Slide8
Responsibility of Proposer
Schools encouraged to address issues of redundancy/overlap/confusion in preparation and submission stages of proposal
Responsibility of proposer to
Seek endorsementsAddress concernsSlide9
Posting Period
TRAC:
Temple Review of Academic Programs and Courses
10 day posting (aligned with BOT calendar)Basic information and curriculum grid
sites.temple.edu/
tracSlide10
Raising Concerns
Concerns must fit one of the following criteria
:
Proposed program equivalent/redundant with an existing program Proposed program confusion/overlap with an existing programProposed program not aligned with areas/disciplines in the school/college
Any individual can post a concern, however, schools and colleges are
strongly encouraged to raise concerns through Dean’s Office (designee)Slide11
Addressing Concerns
Concerns submitted via TRAC
Email notification to
courses@temple.eduIndividual responsible for proposalSlide12
Approval
No concerns program considered for AAC agenda
Concerns addressed during posting period program considered for AAC agenda
Concerns not addressed APACSlide13
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]Slide14
Resources
Resources
www.temple.edu/aaair
sites.temple.edu/tracContacts:Jodi Levine LaufgrabenMichele O’ConnorZeb KendrickJoan McGoldrickcourses@temple.edu