“Academic program reviews” have become a standard best practice in higher education’s accountability world. Every five years or so, a department brings in outside professors to critique how well — or ...

Two dozen programs at the University of Connecticut have been identified for consolidation, suspension or closure and 18 more will remain under review, according to a new report from the provost’s ...

The note from the university provost to staff says multiple faculty have been informed of an intent not to renew their existing contract. That was wording used by Nancy Ortins Savage, provost at the ...

L.A. Unified is reversing a controversial decision to relax the admissions requirements for some of its most rigorous academic programs after furious debate over how to ensure equitable access to all ...

Every academic program at the University of Colorado Boulder is required to regularly conduct assessment of student learning outcomes. By engaging in this process academic units may work towards a ...