Program Sustainability Check-up (PSC)

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The aim of WKU’s Program Sustainability Check-up (PSC) is to quickly and efficiently identify programs that may need help to improve their long-term viability. This process is not an attempt to identify programs for suspension, but a proactive effort to support programs that may have different types of challenges. Working with Institutional Research, the Academic Program Review Creation Committee has developed a suite of data pages with a dashboard that reports five years’ worth of data that program faculty will use to analyze their programs. The committee, composed of faculty from across the university representing diverse disciplines and program sizes, spent months developing a set of metrics and thresholds that programs should meet to demonstrate their sustainability. 

 

Instructions for Completing the Program Sustainability Check-up (PSC) Process:

Step 1.  Determining if the Program Sustainability Check-up (PSC) Self-Study is Required

Step 2.  Developing Your Initial PSC Self-Study Draft

Step 3.  Submitting the PSC Self-Study Draft for Initial Consideration

Step 4.  Receiving the Dean's Office Review of Your PSC Draft

Step 5.  Submitting the Final PSC Plan for Approval

Consolidated Instructions

Visual Analytics Log in and User Guide

Anthology-Portfolio Log in and User Guide

Instructions for opening the departmental Anthology-Portfolio account for the first time

Instructions for opening departmental portfolio email the first time

Dean's Guide to Reviewing Submissions in Portfolio

 

Timeline

Early July	Dashboard data released and notification sent to flagged programs
Mid-July	Training for programs that were flagged
Mid-August	Programs deliver draft reports to deans via Anthology-Portfolio
Mid-September	Deans will have responded to chairs via Anthology-Portfolio and met with chairs/program coordinators in person
October 1	Department chair and program coordinator send final self-study to dean for final approval via Anthology-Portfolio

 

College Concierges for Program Sustainability Check-Up:

College of Education & Behavioral Sciences	Jennifer Klemm	270.745.8723
College of Health and Human Services	Danita Kelley	270.745.7060
Gordon Ford College of Business	Alex Lebedinsky	270.745.3150
Ogden College of Science and Engineering	Stuart Burris	270.745.2973
Potter College of Arts & Letters	Jeff Budziak	270.745.6391

For additional questions or support on the PSC, please contact rob.hale@wku.edu.  For data related questions, please contact tuesdi.helbig@wku.edu.