CPR	PRU	Dean's ALUR	VP's ALUR
WHAT	Comprehensive Holistic Review and Long - Term Plan for Programs	Focused Review and Update on Goals for Programs	Review and Update on Goals for Programs within a Division, and Division Level Goals	Review and Update on Goals for Instructional and Student Services
WHEN	Every seven years, due by Apr 1	Every other year between CPR cycles, due by Nov 15	Annually, due by Mar 1	Annually, due by Apr 1
WHO	Instructional and Student Service Program Faculty and Staff	Instructional and Student Service Program Faculty and Staff	Deans	Vice Presidents

 

What is Program Review?

Program review is a self-evaluation process by which programs assess the extent to which they are meeting their mission, consider the environment in which the program exists, and develop strategies to enhance program effectiveness.

 

CPR, PRU, ALUR: How do They Relate?

Skyline College uses three different instruments in an ongoing cycle of program review: Comprehensive Program Review (CPR), Program Review Update (PRU), and Administrative Leadership Unit Review (ALUR).

 

The CPR and PRU are completed by instructional and student service program faculty and staff. CPR is the most comprehensive and involves a thorough analysis of the program and its environment every seven years. It is a three – semester process to accommodate dialogue both within and beyond the program faculty and staff, including the Office of Planning, Research, and Institutional Effectiveness (PRIE), Institutional Effectiveness Committee (IEC), Curriculum Committee (CC), Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning (CTTL), and dean. PRU is a more focused annual update to the CPR. CPRs and PRUs completed by programs within the division inform the ALUR.

 

The ALUR is completed by administrative units on two levels. The approach varies based on unit structure but involves a summarized assessment of the unit as a whole by the Dean, and then by the Vice President (VP). The assessment may consolidate information across multiple programs (e.g., departments within an instructional division) or across the functions of the unit as a whole (e.g., PRIE). Drawing from the Annual Resource Requests (ARRs), the ALUR also includes a prioritization of division -level resource requests. The VP then prioritizes resource requests and forwards them for consideration by the relevant committees. The Integrated Planning and Resource Allocation Cycle   illustrates the aforementioned process.

  

CPRs, PRUs, and ALURs all result in action plans that inform and support resource requests submitted through the ARRs. In combination, all are intended to enhance program, unit, and overall institutional effectiveness.

 

How do CPR/ PRU/ ALUR inform annual resource requests (ARRs)?  

Resource requests are submitted through a separate process called the Annual Resource Request (ARR) that is linked to program review. Due by November 15, resource requests are submitted through the Improvement Platform (formerly Tracdat) and should be completed in consultation with the dean. They must be connected to the relevant program goal that was generated through the CPR/ PRU. 

 

Annual Resource Requests (ARRs) are optional: they need not be submitted if a program is not requesting funds or other resources.