Types of Program Review
- Institutional Program Reviews
- Periodic reviews of each program initiated by school/college deans.
- Joint (five-year) Program Reviews
- A review of each new major approximately five-years after it is initially approved. Required as the final step in implementation of a new program. These reviews are conducted jointly between UW-Madison and UW System Administration.
- CSREES (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service) Reviews
- These reviews are required of a number of departments/programs in CALS. They are conducted jointly by the college and CSREES, and structured to fill the needs of both.
- Specialized accreditation reviews
- Many UW-Madison programs are subject to specialized accreditation reviews. Since accreditation reviews generally require a self-study and an outside evaluation team, most of the accredited professional schools use these reviews as "program reviews". Included here are Business, Engineering, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Law, and Veterinary Medicine. In some cases, (Engineering is a recent example), schools/colleges may conduct internal program reviews of programs that are also subject to accreditation reviews. In other cases (Medicine, Education, CALS, etc.), accreditation reviews of some programs, and internal reviews of others, constitute the program review activity. List of UW-Madison Specialized Accreditations
- Lateral Reviews
- Reviews conducted by UW-System that focus on an overview of the programs offered systemwide in a given area. In recent years, reviews have been conducted of business, agriculture, education and allied health programs.
- Programs Requiring Special Attention
- The "programs requiring special attention" exercise was initiated by UW-System in 1987
Updated October 8, 2001, Jocelyn Milner