Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Council
Council Members for 2016-2017:
- Eva Fernandez (Faculty, Department of Linquistics and Communication Disorders and Assistant Provost)
- Aaron Freundschuh (Faculty, Department of History)
- Julie George (Faculty, Department of Political Science)
- Ariela Herman (Faculty, Department of Family, Nutrition and Exercise Science)
- Craig Michaels (Dean, Division of Education)
- Sonia Rodrigues (Academic Programs and Accreditation Coordinator for the Division of Education)
- Dean Savage (Faculty, Department of Sociology)
- Janice Smith (Faculty, Department of Aaron Copeland School of Music)
- Amy Wan (Faculty, Department of English)
- Christopher Vickery (Faculty, Department of Computer Science and Director of General Education)
- Michael Wolfe (Dean, Division of Social Sciences)
Council Conveners:
- Cheryl Littman (Acting Dean, Office of Institutional Effectiveness)
- Lizandra Friedland (Research and Assessment Coordinator)
April 7, 2014 presentations:
- Julie George and Jason Tougaw: Writing Assessment at QC 2006
- Christopher Vickery: Assessment Council Material
- Steven Schwarz: Outcomes Assessment Forum
December 10, 2012 presentations:
Previous assessment forum presentations:
Academic Program Review
The Academic Program Review process is one of the primary means by which Queens College maintains the quality of our academic programs. While the process can be burdensome and demanding for departments, as well as expensive and time-consuming for the administration, the knowledge gained is vital to the improvement of programs and the allocation of scarce college resources. A good program review should yield an assessment of all major features of an academic department, including its faculty, students, curriculum, research, and support services, and provide the department with a plan for its future development.
Program Review is one of the ways in which Queens College satisfies the requirements for accreditation through the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, our regional accrediting body. The latest version of the MSCHE Standards is here.
QC Academic Program Review Schedule 2023-2038 (As of March 2024.)
The following documents are normally distributed to a department when it is charged with a review:
- A QUICK GUIDE TO THE SELF STUDY PROCESS.pdf
- Guidelines for academic program review
- Annotated outline of important elements in a self-study
- Sample student questionnaire (thanks to the Department of European Languages and Literatures), in html and Word
- Sample cover letter for student questionnaire, in html and Word
- Queens College Mission Statement
- Queens College Strategic Plan 2021-2026