Academic Program Review
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Introduction to QCC's Academic Program Review

Quinsigamond Community College Division of Academic Affairs has initiated an unprecedented review of curricular offerings. As part of QCC’s commitment to meeting the diverse educational needs of central Massachusetts, this Academic Program Review (APR) process will actively engage QCC faculty and administrators in professional research and consultation with their colleagues in business/industry and healthcare, higher education, and K-12 public education.  It will serve the singular purpose of strengthening the teaching/learning process by insuring that all of QCC’s curricular offerings respond specifically to regional workforce development needs and reflect state-of-the-art currency in instructional design, methodology, and assessment of student achievement.

          External agents such as the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education continue to demand greater institutional accountability.  It is increasingly common for these bodies to impose questionable measures of quality (i.e., loan default rates, retention rates, etc.) to determine the effectiveness of an institution.  QCC’s Academic Program Review will demonstrate this College’s commitment to insuring the success of every student by engaging in a proactive process of assessing curricular rigor and relevance. 

 

"The current economic and technological upheaval and the new forms of credentialing it inspires bring the nation's community colleges to a crossroad. It they are to maintain their currency in today's economy,  community colleges must update and expand the types of services, certificates, and training they offer their constituents. Otherwise, the may face a narrower future as some employers and job seekers turn elsewhere for the support and training they require. Community colleges can meet this challenge, ut thy must work harder than ever to balance their longstanding dual commitment to social equity goals on the one hand, and the needs of communities, employers, and individuals to adapt to changing economic and technological realities on the other."
-Excerpted from Help Wanted...Credentials Required Community Colleges in the Knowledge Economy, Anthony P. Carnevale and Donna M. Desrochers, 2001.