| Summer each year | - Confirm the program review schedule for the next two academic years with SVPP Office. SVPP Office will schedule meetings with Associate Dean for academics in each college.
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Early spring (for fall visit dates) Summer/early fall (for spring visit dates) | - Department/College begins preparation and writing of self-study (allow 4-6 months)
- College forwards names and brief professional profile (100-200 words) of potential external reviewers to SVPP Office Director of Academic Quality and Undergraduate Education (DAQUE). DAQUE reviews/approves and communicates back to College.
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Late spring/early summer (for fall visit dates) Early fall (for spring visit dates) | Schedule date and time of SVPP entrance and exit meetings - Entrance Meeting (30 minutes): Associate Provost for Academic Programs and Director of Academic Quality and Undergraduate Education
- Exit Meeting (30 minutes): Senior Vice President and Provost; Associate Provost for Academic Programs; Associate Provost for Faculty; Dean of the Graduate College (if a graduate academic program is part of the review); and Director of Academic Quality and Undergraduate Education
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| Two weeks before external review visit | - Submit an electronic copy and one hard copy of the self-study to the assistant to the Associate Provost for Academic Programs.
- Submit a one-page executive summary which gives a high-level overview of the self-study findings.
- Submit review questions/guidance provided from the Dean to the external review team (if this was provided to the reviewers).
- Submit an external review committee roster (name, title, institution, brief professional profile).
- Submit a complete itinerary of the visit.
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| Post-visit and after receipt of the external review team report (typically within 4-6 weeks) | - Forward copy of external review team report to Director of Academic Quality and Undergraduate Education.
- Department chair meets with department faculty to discuss external review team report.
- Schedule follow-up meeting (1 hour): Dean, Associate Dean; Chair; Associate Provost for Academic Programs; and Director of Academic Quality and Undergraduate Education.
- Department chair submits Completed Iowa Board of Regents Annual Listing of Academic Programs Reviewed (Form B) to the Director of Academic Quality and Undergraduate Education.
- Program review process is completed.
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| 3-4 years following external review visit | - Department submits mid-cycle review report.
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