January 23, 2003

Sixteen units undergo program review this year

Economics Professor William Rogerson serves as chair in third year of third review cycle

William Rogerson

Program review, now in its 17th year, is underway with an ambitious schedule of reviews slated to take place this year. Sixteen units will undergo program review during the 2002-03 year. This year marks the third year of the third cycle of reviews.

Initiated in 1985, Program Review is a mechanism for the systematic review and evaluation of all academic and administrative units of the University. The overall purpose of program review has remained unchanged since its inception. Reviews are conducted to assess program quality and effectiveness and to stimulate program planning and improvement. Program review provides a systematic opportunity for all members of an administrative or academic unit to engage in thoughtful self-reflection about the unit’s mission, challenges, emerging opportunities, and to refine its strategic course in light of these.

With input from the Program Review Council subcommittees and external reviewers, the central administration has relied upon and successfully used program review as a key mechanism for identifying and aiding problematic units and for ensuring that excellent units can sustain their high level of performance and improve. Results of the program reviews are shared with members of the University’s senior and line administration and Board of Trustees, but are otherwise kept confidential within the respective units.

Since 1985, nearly 400 faculty and administrators have participated in the process as members of program review subcommittees, with some serving more than once, and 420 leading experts in their respective fields have visited campus from other universities and outside organizations to serve as external reviewers.

Program Review is overseen by the Program Review Council, an appointed steering committee composed of senior faculty and administrators who each serve a three-year term and also serve as chairs of the individual review subcommittees. The Council is appointed based upon a slate of potential members recommended by the GFC Committee on Committees, the deans and other administrative officers. The Program Review Council is representative of the various disciplinary and administrative interests within the University, but not all units in any single year are represented. Individual subcommittee members are appointed for one year for the specific review on which they are asked to serve.

Each year, a member of the Council is also appointed to serve as chair.

William P. Rogerson, professor of economics and director of Mathematical Methods in Social Sciences, chairs the Program Review Council for the 2002-03 year. Marilyn McCoy, vice president for administration and planning, serves as vice chair of the Council. Mai Lin P. Noffke, director of Program Review, oversees and coordinates the program review process.

The areas to be reviewed and the Program Review Council members and their subcommittee assignments are:

Classics
Martin M. Redish (chair), Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy, School of Law; Sarah E. Fraser, Associate Professor, Art History-Weinberg; Peter F. Hayes, Theodore Z. Weiss Professor of Holocaust Studies, History and German-Weinberg

Philosophy
Penelope C. Hunt (chair), Associate Vice President, Office of Development; G. Saul Morson, Frances Hooper Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures-Weinberg; Janet B. Pierrehumbert, Professor, Linguistics-Weinberg

Religion
Catherine T. Grimsted (chair), Associate Dean of Finance and Technology-Kellogg; Thomas A. Bauman, Professor, Music Academic Studies and Associate Dean-The Graduate School; G. Thomas Goodnight, Professor, Communication Studies-Communication

Jewish Studies
Ezra Getzler (chair), Professor, Mathematics-Weinberg; Michael C. Leff, Communication Studies-Communication; Bruce D. Spencer, Professor, Statistics-Weinberg

History
James S. Ettema (chair), Professor and Chair, Communication Studies-Communication; Fay Lomax Cook, Director, Institute for Policy Research and Professor-Education and Social Policy; J. Keith Murninghan, Professor, Management and Organizations-Kellogg

Chemistry and Center for Catalysis and Surface Science
John F. Disterhoft (chair), Professor, Physiology-Feinberg; L. Catherine Brinson, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering-McCormick; Prem Kumar, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering-McCormick and Physics and Astronomy-Weinberg; Andreas T. Matouschek, Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology-Weinberg

Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kevin E. McKenna (chair), Professor, Physiology and Urology-Feinberg; Bruce E. Ankenman, Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering and Management Science-McCormick; Gregory B. Olson, Professor, Materials Sciences and Engineering-McCormick

Mechanical Engineering
James E. Elsass (chair), Associate Vice President, Office of Budget Planning; Vinayak P. Dravid, Professor, Materials Sciences and Engineering-McCormick; Thomas O. Mason, Charles Deering McComick Professor, Materials Sciences and Engineering-McCormick

Information Technology
Heidi M. Schellman (chair), Professor, Physics and Astronomy-Weinberg; David S. Channin, Associate Professor, Radiology-Feinberg; John M. Franks, Professor, Mathematics-Weinberg; William C. Hayward, Director, Analytical Studies

Auditor
Timothy K. Earle (chair), Professor, Anthropology-Weinberg; Mary K. Desler, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs; Ronald A. Dye, Leonard Spacek Professor, Accounting Information and Management-Kellogg

Budget Office
Charles Manski (chair), Professor, Economics and Institute for Policy Research-Weinberg; Mark A. Satterthwaite, Professor, Managerial Economics and Strategy-Kellogg; Edward P. Kerros, Director, Administration and Finance, Law School Administration

Controller
Robert L. McDonald (chair), E P Nemmers Distinguished Professor, Finance-Kellogg; Heather J. Haberaecker, Associate Dean for Finance and Budget-Feinberg; Robert P. Magee, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs-Kellogg

University Services
Kimberly A. Gray (chair), Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering-McCormick; David A. Buchholz, Professor, Physics and Astronomy-Weinberg; Jean E. Shedd, Associate Provost for Budget, Facilities and Analysis

Office of the Senior Vice President for Business and Finance
Victoria H. Medvec (chair), A. B. Davee Associate Professor, Management and Organizations-Kellogg; Amy S. Kovalan, Associate Dean of Administration and Finance-School of Law; Mitchell A. Petersen, Associate Professor, Finance-Kellogg

Graduate School
Eric M. Friedlander (chair), Professor, Mathematics-Weinberg; Kathleen M. Hagerty, Professor, Finance-Kellogg; John B. Julia, Assistant Vice President for Change Management; Rex L. Chisholm, Professor, Cell and Molecular Biology-Feinberg