Office of Academic Affairs

UM System Institutional Review Visit

UM System Institutional Review Visit
February 27, 2007
UM-St Louis
(Coincides with UMAO’s February 26th meeting)

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 425 Woods Hall
Invitees: Visiting team, Glen Cope, Judith Walker de Felix, Peggy Cohen   Introductions and expected outcomes

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 425 Woods Hall
  Invitees: Visiting team, Glen Cope, Judith Walker de Felix, Peggy Cohen
  Discussion of UMSL self-study

  • Overview of the review process at UMSL
  • Summary of findings/recommendations
  • Accomplishments, challenges, next steps

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 335, 411, and 426 Woods Hall
Invitees vary (see below for detail)
Breakout sessions

  • Linking budgeting with program review and assessment and the Program Viability process  (426 Woods Hall – Public Affairs conference room)
  • Invitees: Visiting team members, Glen Cope, Jim Krueger, Joann Wilkinson, Lori Morgan, Larry Davis, Mark Burkholder
    • Discussion of current and new review processes (411 Woods Hall)
      • Invitees:  Visiting team members,  Peggy Cohen, campus review team members from past three years (list attached)
    • Academic Audit Process (335 Woods Hall)
  • Invitees:  Visiting team members, Judith Walker de Felix, Bob Bliss, Brady Baybeck, Ed Bennett, Ta-Pei Cheng, Nancy Gleason, Rob Harris, Mary Beth Mohrman, Mike Murray, Joe Polman, Jim Richards

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. 425 Woods Hall
Invitees:  Visiting team, Tom George, Glen Cope, Judith Walker de Felix, Peggy Cohen, Jim Krueger, Tom Eschen, Dixie Kohn, Reinhard Schuster, Curt Coonrod, Nasser Arshadi, Jim Tom
Luncheon discussion of Administrative Review process at UMSL

1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 411, and 425 Woods Hall
Invitees vary (see below for details – lists attached)
Breakout sessions: Individual/small group discussions to explore lessons learned from the review process.

  • Department Chairs and faculty (411 Woods Hall)
  • Center Directors (425 Woods Hall)

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 425 Woods Hall
Invitees:  Visiting team, deans (list attached)
Discussion of how colleges and schools use program review process and what they hope to learn; how deans follow up on program review.

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 425 Woods Hall
Invitees:  Visiting team
Executive session: discuss initial reactions to prepare for exit interview

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 425 Woods Hall
Invitees:  Visiting Team, Tom George, Glen Cope, Judith Walker de Felix, Peggy Cohen

Exit Interview