Program Planning and Review to Promote Responsiveness to Public Needs. Report 09-31

This annual report provides a summary of program planning and review activities conducted by California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) during the 2008-09 academic year. During this period, CPEC staff conducted an extensive review of a proposal to establish a medical school at UC Riverside and a nursing school at UC Davis, and conducted independent reviews of 13 additional program proposals. Staff assessed the long-range plans of the public higher education systems, and updated and modified program review agreements between CPEC and the systems to enhance the review process. Appendices include: (1) CPEC Program Review Guidelines; (2) CSU Long-Range Program Plans; (3) UC Long-Range Program Plans, 2009-2014; (4) New Community College Programs; and (5) Commission Assignment of Degree Programs to Discipline Area.