Undergraduate Academic Program Review Professional Development Plan

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UG APR Professional Development Plan

The professional development plan for the undergraduate Academic Program Review (APR) process is designed to meet the following goals:

Provide detailed and personalized guidance through the APR process so programs are scaffolded for success
Provide opportunities for cross-campus collaboration in the APR process
Create an infrastructure that later APR coordinators can build upon to create a sustainable professional development process
Reach participating programs with clear, trauma-informed communications about the purpose and process of APR, including:

APR is a process of reflection and continuous improvement
APR is necessary for an accredited, functional university
At MSU, faculty control the curriculum. Therefore, the responsibility to review their own programs is an integral part of their job.

UGAPR Professional Development Workshops

In 2023, at the beginning of the formal revised UGAPR process, professional development that supports and explains its key elements were offered to participants in the first cohort. Those 30-40-minute workshops appear below with links to launch the presentations. Any of these workshops can be requested by individual departments as needed. After this early phase of APR, it may be possible to replace some of these workshops with an asynchronous, on-demand course covering the material.