Program Review

The Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) coordinates a statewide system for the review of instructional programs. The Program Review Manual 2007-2011 provides guidelines and describes reporting methods for statewide review of instructional programs by community colleges.

The Statewide Program Review System recognizes that individual colleges have the primary responsibility to evaluate instructional programs, to make decisions about improvement and continuation, assure that program review results are considered in campus planning and budget development, and to report results to the Illinois Community College Board. The purpose summarizing college program review submissions at the statewide level is to support campus-level planning and decision-making related to:

• Assuring the continuing need and improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of instructional programs;
• Assessing, improving, and updating programs on a regular basis;
• Discontinuing programs when there is no longer sufficient demand, quality cannot be maintained at an acceptable level, or they are no longer cost effective; and