(year) Program Review: (Program)

North Idaho College’s programs are accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (The NWCCU).  The NWCCU is an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.  Accreditation of an institution of higher education by the NWCCU indicates that it meets or exceeds criteria for the assessment of institutional quality evaluated through a peer review process. Accreditation by the NWCCU provides reasonable assurance about the quality of opportunities available to students who attend North Idaho College.  See North Idaho College – Accreditation for more information.

Program review is a continuous process that evaluates the status, effectiveness, and progress of NIC’s programs and helps identify the future direction, needs, and priorities of those programs. As such, it is closely connected to strategic planning, resource allocation, and other decision-making at the program, division, and college levels.

The goal of a program review is to articulate agreed-upon action plans for further development of the program. As a member of the external review team, you are invited to consider issues and challenges, and to consult with faculty and administration on future directions. The program review process should focus on improvements that can be made using resources that currently are available to the program. Consideration may also be given, however, to proposed program improvements and expansions that would require additional resources; in such cases, the need and priority for additional resources should be clearly specified.