Section A - Enrollment, Course Success and Equity

In this section, you are asked to review data dashboards to identify potential equity gaps in your courses and programs. You will look at course success and program enrollment, and develop potential action plans to address any gaps you've identified.

Section B - Environment

This section is designed to encourage faculty members to think about the next steps students will take once they complete their program at LCC, whether it's entering the workforce or transferring to another higher education institution. Ultimately, our students are preparing to enter the workforce whether they plan to transfer to another institution or go directly to work, and all faculty are required to address the labor market questions in this section.

Section C - Curriculum

Section C provides faculty with an opportunity to regularly review and evaluate several elements of their curriculum. We recognize that this work is ongoing; the Curriculum & Program Review template is just a way to document what is already happening and prompt faculty to make sure everything is current.

Section D - Outcomes and Equity

The outcomes section is absolutely critical, and should take the largest amount of time to complete. Faculty are encouraged to work on their outcomes every quarter. This section entails defining your outcomes, describing how that information is communicated to students, and addressing any noted equity gaps. This is also the section in which you are required to provide outcomes data. Your data does not necessarily need to be entered into the template, as long as it exists elsewhere. If you have other documents or reports that you use to store your information, just reference those in the template and make sure they are accessible. For example, you might have your information in an Excel spreadsheet, a Google document, etc., and that's totally acceptable as long as there is a link to it. Not providing any data, however, is unacceptable. Accreditation requires us to provide evidence that our students are learning the things we have identified for them to learn, and this is where we do that.

If you are new and unsure what the outcomes are for your program or discipline, please familiarize yourself with the relevant degree requirements pages in the LCC Academic Catalog. Faculty need to be assessing the outcomes identified on those pages. If the outcomes are incorrect or outdated, the degree requirements should be revised via the LCC Curriculum Committee process. For more information about developing and tracking outcomes, please see the "Student Learning Outcomes" module in this handbook.

Section E - Action Plans

Use this section to document any changes you've decided to make as a result of analyzing your data and/or curriculum. This critical step of the process is sometimes referred to as "closing the loop." Items listed in this section may or may not require resources and/or discussion with your dean or vice president.

Section F - Peer Sharing and Administrative Review

This section involves peer sharing, and feedback from your dean and vice president. Faculty have an opportunity to formally respond to any feedback they receive.