Program Review
What is Program Review?
Program review is a self-evaluation process that requires all academic and non-academic
programs at Lake Tahoe Community College to reflect on their mission and goals. This reflection process allows faculty and staff to determine the relevance, effectiveness
and alignment of their programs to the goals of the college as a whole, and helps
identify areas that need improvement. The program review process allows LTCC to continuously refine its academic and non-academic
programs so they remain relevant to the changing world around them.
Annual Program Review and Resource Allocation Requests
Each year, every academic discipline will be charged with completing an Academic Program
Review (APR). Questions on the APR are intended to provide an opportunity for discipline
leads to analyze disaggregated data on student success and completion, curriculum
and scheduling, and to complete an overall analysis of the Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities and Threats for the discipline.
Completion of the APR is required for the completion of a Resource Allocation Request
(RAR), which is an opportunity for a program/discipline to request more funds in order
to better serve students.
Resource Allocation Requests are broken into two categories: personnel requests or
supply requests. They are then reviewed by division leads, deans and vice presidents,
and brought forward to the leadership team to create a college-wide prioritization.
The requests should align with the President and Board of Trustees goals. Projects, supplies, or personnel deemed a priority but not feasibly funded by the
college’s general fund become opportunities for LTCC to pursue grant funding to fulfill the
request. Division leads are responsible for following up with discipline leads with
the outcome of RAR requests. Final decisions can be found in the college’s budget
presentations to the LTCC Board of Trustees.
Comprehensive Program Review
Previously, all departments at LTCC were required to complete a separate CPR on a
six-year cycle. In an effort to create more cross-discipline collaboration and to better understand
how students are entering, moving through, and completing degrees within Meta Majors, LTCC is adapting its CPR Process. Going forward, all disciplines within a Meta Major will collaboratively complete a CPR every five
years. The goal of the CPR is to complete a thorough and intentional analysis of the disciplines,
degree programs, and Meta Majors. The CPRs will be reviewed by the College Learning and Enrollment Management Council (CLEMC), the President's Advisory Council (PAC), and the Institutional Effectiveness Council (IEC) before being forwarded to the Board of Trustees for final review and approval.
Pictured below is the diagram that describes how Comprehensive Program Reviews travel
through LTCC's governance structure. Separate areas such as the Instructional CPRs,
Student Service CPRs and Administrative CPRs see different levels of governance at
various times. The diagram below depicts such variety using distinctively colored
arrows.
Annual Program Reviews (APR)
2023-24 Annual Program Reviews (reviewing 2022-23 Academic Year)
| Program Name | 2023-24 APR |
| Addiction Studies | |
| Allied Health | |
| Art | |
| Biology | |
| Chemistry | |
| Commercial Music | |
| Communications | |
| Computer Information Systems | |
| Criminal Justice | |
| Culinary Arts | |
| Earth and Environmental Sciences | |
| Economics | |
| Fire Science | |
| Forestry | |
| Humanities | |
| Mathematics | |
| Philosophy | |
| Physical Education | |
| Physics | |
| Real Estate | |
| Religion | |
| Speech | |
| Wilderness Education | |
| Work Experience | |
| World Languages |
| Program Name | 2022-23 AY | APR Type |
| Athletics | Survey | |
| Bond Management | Survey | |
| Career Services | Survey | |
| Child Development Center (CDC) | Survey | |
| Computer Services | Survey | |
| DEI Taskforce | Alternative | |
| Distance Education | Survey | |
| Enrollment Services | Survey | |
| EOPS | Survey | |
| ESL | Survey | |
| Fiscal Services | Survey | |
| Fitness Education Center | Survey | |
| Foundation | Survey | |
| Institutional Effectiveness | Survey | |
| International Student Program | Alternative | |
| Student Housing | Alternative | |
| Library and Learning Services | Survey | |
| Promise Program | Alternative | |
| Rising Scholars Program | Alternative | |
| Safety and Security | Survey | |
| Student Life | Survey | |
| Transfer Center | Survey | |
| TRiO | Survey | |
| University Center | Survey |
2022-23 Annual Program Reviews (reviewing 2021-22 Academic Year)
| Program Name | 2022-23 APR | APR Type |
| Bond Management | Alternative | |
| Computer Service Information | Alternative | |
| Campus Safety and Security | Alternative | |
| CONNECT | Alternative | |
| Early Learning Center | Alternative | |
| Financial Aid | Alternative | |
| Forestry | Alternative | |
| Foundation | Alternative | |
| Library (Tutoring and Learning Center) | Alternative | |
| Maintenance and Operations | Alternative | |
| Media Services | Alternative | |
| Rising Scholars Program | Alternative | |
| Student Accessibility Services | Alernative | |
| Student Equity | Alternative | |
| Student Promise | Alternative |