January 29, 2004

Sixteen units will undergo Program Review this year

Program review, now in its 18th year, is again underway with an ambitious schedule of reviews slated to take place this year.

Sixteen units or groups of units will undergo program review during the 2003-04 year. This year marks the fourth 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 un-changed 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.

Program Review is overseen by the Program Review Council (PRC), an appointed steering committee comprised 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. Victoria H. Medvec, Adeline Barry Davee Associate Professor of Manage-ment and Organization and director of the Kellogg Center for Executive Women, chairs the Program Review Council for the 2003-04 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.

PRC members serve as subcommittee chairs. This year’s Program Review Council, their assignments and subcommittee members are:

Mathematics

Charles Manski (chair), Professor of Economics and Institute for Policy Research;

Thomas A. Severini, Professor and Chair of Statistics;

Rakesh V. Vohra, John L. & Helen Kellogg Professor and Chair of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences

Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics

Heidi M. Schellman (chair), Professor of Physics and Astronomy;

Alok Choudhary, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering;

Debiao Li, Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering

Industrial Engineering and Management Science

Jeff Manza (chair), Associate Professor of Sociology and Institute for Policy Research;

Ehud Kalai, James J. O’Connor Distinguished Professor of Decision and Game Sciences, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences; Professor of Mathematics; and Director of Center for Strategic Decision Making;

Robert H. Porter, William R. Kenan Professor of Economics

School of Communication Administration

Robert L. McDonald (chair), E P Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Finance;

Richard P. Honack, Chief Marketing Officer, Kellogg School of Management;

Jay Walsh, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research and Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Communication Studies

Catherine T. Grimsted (chair), Associate Dean of Finance and Technology, Kellogg School;

Gary Fine, Professor of Sociology;

Cristina LaFont, Associate Professor of Philosophy

Radio/Television/Film

Sara Monoson (chair), Associate Professor of Political Science and Classics;

Jack Doppelt, Associate Professor of Journalism and Director of Global Journalism Program;

Alice M. Tybout, Harold T. Martin Professor of Marketing

Theatre (includes Music Theatre Program, Dance Program, MFA in Design and Directing, and Theatre and Interpretation Center)

Dan P. McAdams (chair), Professor of Human Develop-ment and Social Policy and Psychology and Director of The Foley Center for the Study of Lives;

Robert Barris, Associate Professor and Chair of Music Performance Studies;

Ahuvia Kahane, Associate Professor and Chair of Classics

Performance Studies and Interdisciplinary PhD in Theatre and Drama Program

Thomas A. Bauman (chair), Professor of Music Academic Studies and Associate Dean of The Graduate School;

Lucille Kerr, Professor and Chair of Portuguese and Spanish;

Surendra Shah, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Timothy K. Earle (chair), Professor of Anthropology;

Doug Medin, Professor of Psychology and Director of Program in Culture, Language, and Cognition;

John Troy, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Neurobiology and Physiology

Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery

Kevin E. McKenna (chair), Professor of Physiology and Urology;

Michael J. Avram, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology;

Jon W. Lomasney, Associate Professor of Pathology and Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry

Family Medicine

Kimberly A. Gray (chair), Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering;

Helen Binns, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine;

Alicia Loffler, Professor of Biotechnology and Director of Kellogg Center for Biotechnology

Radiology

Thomas P. Green (chair), Women’s Board Centennial Professor and Chair of Pediatrics

Kevin T. McVary, Associate Professor of Urology;

Giles A. Novak, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Accounting Information and Management

Prem Kumar (chair), Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics and Astronomy and Director of Center for Photonic Communication and Computing;

Joel Horowitz, Professor of Economics and Transportation Center;

Sanjay Mehrotra, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Science

Management and Organizations

Alan K. Cubbage (chair), Vice President for University Relations;

Galen Bodenhausen, Professor of Psychology;

Michael D. Whinston, Robert E. and Emily King Professor of Business Institutions and Economics

Student Affairs (includes Counseling and Psychologi-cal Services, Health Services, Career Services, Chaplain, and Services for Students with Disabilities)

James S. Ettema (chair), Professor and Chair of Communication Studies;

Roxanne Hori, Assistant Dean and Director of Kellogg Career Management Center;

William McKinney, Asher Professor of Psychiatry and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of Asher Center for the Study and Treatment of Depressive Disorders;

Mark Witte, Senior Lecturer of Economics;

Rick Zinbarg, Associate Professor of Psychology

Center for Public Safety

Mary Hunzicker-Dunn (chair), Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology;

Thomas Gibbons, Dean of School of Continuing Studies;

Elmer Lewis, Professor of Mechanical Engineering