Practical Measures for Institutional Program Reviews: A Case Study of a Small Post-Secondary Institution

Post-secondary institutions carry out cyclical program reviews (CPRs) to assess educational effectiveness. CPRs often use both qualitative and quantitative data analyses with the aim of improving teaching and learning. Though most of the CPR review studies identify various factors for this purpose, they fail to identify measures/indicators that are relevant and practical for the institutional decision-making process. Our main objectives for this article are two-fold: first, we identify and list variables that are measurable and sort theminto clusters/groups that are relevant to all programs, and second, we critically assess the relevance of these indicators to program review in a small-sized, post-secondary institution.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Canadian Journal of Higher Education

• Publication date

  2019-08-23

• Fields of study

  Education, Psychology

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  DOI 10.7202/1063779ar
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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