Graduate
Program Review
Ten-year review process
Graduate program review should begin with a self-study completed by the program. Graduate School guidance for the self-study is provided below. Programs should also respond to requirements of the home school/college when preparing the self-study documents. In addition, we encourage you to take into consideration the goals of the campus strategic plan and elucidate the relationship of program activities to the strategic goals of UW-Madison.
You may wish to refer to the program review overview flow chart (produced by the Office of Academic Planning and Analysis) to see how the Graduate School's role in program review fits into the overall process.
Written material to be provided to the GFEC representative:
- Department/program self-study.
- Guide for graduate study: copy of department's printed material for graduate students including guidelines for graduate study, assessment forms, process for selection of TAs, plus any additional information not included in guidelines (e.g., grievance procedures, process for selection of faculty mentors and committees, required course work, typical student program, preliminary examination process, defense process, and other applicable department material).
- Placement record: graduate student placement after graduation, if not already in self-study.
- Statistics related to the graduate program: e.g., enrollment figures, support rates, degree production, completion rates, etc. If not provided by department, this information is available from Graduate Program Profiles.
- Statistics related to the department: faculty and staff composition, credits generated, extramural awards (this information can be found in the Department Planning Profiles and provided by the college or school dean).
- Department/program web page