Academic Program Review
Academic Program Review
To allow deans additional time to complete their reviews, the spring 2024 APR Provost's Review phase has been rescheduled to run September 1 through October 31, 2023. Self-study participants, participating chairs and directors, and participating deans will continue to have "read-only" access to their program review reports during this phase.
APR is conducted using Anthology’s “Program Review” platform (formerly "Compliance Assist: Program Review"). Doing so allows participants to securely access their self-study templates from any browser using their Bronco NetID, as well as providing them with up-to-the-minute information during each of the successive review cycles. Once all reviews are completed, Program Review will be closed, and all reports will be downloaded as PDFs to the Integrated Program Review (IPR) Online Repository. Here, all reports remain available, in perpetuity, to all WMU faculty and staff with an active Bronco NetID.
Training Information
Training guides are available to all members of the WMU Community by clicking on the appropriate buttons, below. Each guide provides graphics-saturated, step-by-step instructions for accessing those areas of the Academic Program Review process for which they have responsibility. This site will provide, in perpetuity, access to the most updated version of each guide. In addition to the training guides, below, participants are invited to arrange for large- or small-group and one-on-one training by contacting Cathe Murphy at cathe.murphy@wmich.edu.
A copy of the Deans' Review version of the APR User Guide is available by clicking the following link. This is a step-by-step pictorial walk-through guide to assist academic deans in completing the Deans' Review phase.
A copy of the Chairs' & Directors' Review version of the APR User Guide is available by clicking the following link. This is a step-by-step pictorial walk-through guide to assist department chairs and school directors in completing the Chairs' & Directors' Review phase.
APR USER GUIDE: Chairs/Directors
A copy of the guide for accessing and maneuvering the "Program Review" online platform, is available by clicking the following link. This is a step-by-step pictorial walk-through guide for APR self-study completers.
A copy of the guide for retrieving Cognos data files, is available by clicking the following link. This is a step-by-step pictorial walk-through guide for APR self-study completers to accessing and retrieving their template-specific APR institutional data report(s).
If you would like to download an MS Word copy of the questions that will makeup the APR Self-Study, please click on the following link. As a reminder, the official self-study template will be located in Anthology's "Program Review" online platform. If you are using the MS Word copy to respond to questions, you will need to copy/paste your responses into "Program Review" prior to the end of the Collaborative Self-Study phase.
Frequently Asked Questions
Prior APR
Once the initial APR five-year rotation has been completed (expected December 2025), the Office of Institutional Effectiveness will publish its final report for the cycle, below.
APR Pilot Report—This report covers the redevelopment of the Academic Program Review process and spring 2020 pilot.
Academic Program Review and Planning (APR&P)—The 2014-15 fiscal-year review of all WMU academic programs is summarized in the following report. Of the 541 identified academic programs (i.e., graduate- and undergraduate-level majors, minors, concentrations, certificates and general education/service courses as a unit), 474 programs were reviewed.
ACCESS TO ARCHIVED REPORTS
Archived self-study, review, and final reports are available to all WMU faculty and staff with an active Bronco NetID. Simply click on the link below and enter your Bronco NetID. If this is your first time accessing the site, a request will be sent to the moderator, who will approve access upon receipt.