Assessment

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

Click here to visit the Assessment Website.

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:

• Grace Davie
• Cathy Savage-Dunn
• Juan Caamano
• Steven Schwarz

Previous assessment forum presentations:

• September 16, 2011 (Middaugh)
• April 5, 2011 (Ondrus)
• April 9, 2010
• October 23, 2009
• May 14, 2009