Program Review and Assessment Committee

formerly Committee on Assessment and Accreditation

The Program Review and Assessment Committee is responsible for guiding and coordinating academic and co-curricular program review and assessment of student learning. The committee is expected to:

• receive regular assessment reports and program reviews from academic and cocurricular units
• provide advice and guidance on methods to assess student learning outcomes
• provide advice and guidance on program review
• periodically assess the college learning goals and outcomes associated with the general education requirements
• work with the Curricular Policy Committee to ensure the mutual influence of assessment, curricular planning, and curricular policies.
• document assessment-driven decisions and actions for the Earlham community and the Higher Learning Commission.

Current members

• Rachael Reavis (Senior leadership, Office of Institutional Effectiveness, ex officio), convener
• Leanna Barlow (Provost’s office designate, ex officio)
• Corinne Deibel (Registrar, ex officio)
• Angie Hobkirk (Vice President for Student Life designate, ex officio)
• Shannon Barnes (Library and Archives representative)
• Vacant (Epic Centers Representative, ex officio)
• Peng Yu (Teaching & Learning Consultant, ex officio)
• Whitney Blackburn-Lynch (Teaching Faculty), 1/25 – 6/25
• Scott Hess (Teaching Faculty), 7/23-6/26
• Vacant, Student

Note: if the Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) to the Higher Learning Commission is not filled by one of the members listed above, this person would also serve on the committee.