The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), EWU’s institutional accrediting body, requires that all academic programs be reviewed on a regular basis.
Academic program review is designed to achieve the following:
- Accountability to students, faculty, staff, and the public-at-large
- An evaluation of the program’s strengths and challenges conducted by the following:
- Faculty in the program
- The Program Review Committee
- An external reviewer (i.e., a scholar in the discipline from another university)
- Program improvement
- Generation of data to inform decisions about the program, faculty, and students
- Curricular revitalization
- Planning
Program Review Guidelines
Download the Program Review Guidelines that describe the self-study process and five-year plan here.
Docket
Download the docket indicating when each program is scheduled to undergo program review here.
Timeline
Download the steps in the three-year program review process timeline here.
Program Review Committee
Download the composition of the Program Review Committee and the current members here.
