Sec. 13b.02.03.06. Criteria for Program Review

A program proposal shall address the following areas:

A. Centrality to mission and planning priorities, relationship to the program emphasis as outlined in the mission statements, and an institutional priority for program development;

B. Critical and compelling regional or Statewide need as identified in the State Plan;

C. Quantifiable and reliable evidence and documentation of market supply and demand in the region and service area;

D. Reasonableness of program duplication, if any;

E. Relevance to the implementation or maintenance of high-demand programs at HBIs;

F. Relevance to the support of the uniqueness and institutional identities and missions of HBIs;

G. Adequacy of curriculum design, program modality, and delivery to related learning outcomes consistent with Regulation .10 of this chapter;

H. Adequacy of articulation;

I. Adequacy of faculty resources consistent with Regulation .11 of this chapter;

J. Adequacy of library resources consistent with Regulation .12 of this chapter;

K. Adequacy of physical facilities, infrastructure, and instructional equipment consistent with Regulation .13 of this chapter;

L. Adequacy of financial resources with documentation consistent with Regulation .14 of this chapter;

M. Adequacy of provisions for evaluation of program consistent with Regulation .15 of this chapter;

N. Consistency with the Commission's minority student achievement goals;

O. Relationship to low productivity programs identified by the Commission; and

P. Adequacy of distance education programs under Regulation .22 of this chapter.