Graduate Program Review Committee – Annual Report – 2024-2025

Members:

Name	Rank	Department	Div	E/A	Term Ends	Email
Suzanne Boyd	FAC	Mathematical Sciences	NS	E	2027	sboyd@uwm.edu
Mark Netzloff	FAC	English	AH	A	2027	netzloff@uwm.edu
Krishna Pillai	FAC	Mechanical Engineering	NS	E	2027	krishna@uwm.edu
Anne Pycha	FAC	Linguistics	SS	E	2027	pycha@uwm.edu
Lorena Terando	FAC	Translation & Interpreting Studies	AH	E	2027	terando@uwm.edu
Alexa Anderson	FAC	Nursing	PR	E	2026	andersoa@uwm.edu
Woonsup Choi	FAC	Geography	SS	E	2026	choiw@uwm.edu
Itziar Lazkano 1	FAC	Economics	SS	E	2026	lazkano@uwm.edu
Ora John Reuter	FAC	Political Science	SS	E	2026	reutero@uwm.edu
Philip Chang 2	FAC	Physics	NS	A	2025	chang65@uwm.edu
Lindsay McHenry	FAC	Geosciences	NS	E	2025	lmchenry@uwm.edu
Joshua Mersky, Chair	FAC	Social Work	PR	E	2025	mersky@uwm.edu
Victoria Moerchen	Assoc. Dean	Graduate School	x-o	o	2025	moerchev@uwm.edu

Charter:

A3.05.2 Graduate Program Review Committee

The Graduate Program Review Committee reviews existing graduate programs and makes recommendations to programs via a report submitted to the provost, the Dean of the Graduate School, and the relevant college.

1. Membership
   Thirteen (13) members as follows:
   1. Twelve (12) members elected from among the Graduate Faculty from the Divisions of Arts and Humanities, Natural Sciences, Professions, and Social Sciences. At least two members must come from each of these four Divisions, and no more than one member may serve from any one department or non-departmentalized school or college. Faculty members are elected to staggered, three-year terms, and no member may serve more than two (2) consecutive terms or portions thereof. Elected members of the committee should reflect the range of disciplinary competencies in the University and represent the colleges insofar as the size of the committee allows.
   2. The Dean of the Graduate School or designee serves as an ex-officio member.
   3. The Graduate Program Review Committee elects its Chair for the following year from among its Faculty membership at its March meeting.
   4. The Chair of the Graduate Program Review Committee also serves on the Graduate Faculty Committee.
   5. The Graduate Program Review Committee has the authority to declare vacant the seat of those committee members who fail to attend three (3) regular meetings in an academic year.
   6. Because the workload of the Graduate Program Review Committee can vary considerably from year to year, the Chair of the committee may request that the University Committee appoint up to three additional members for terms not longer than one-year each year as needed. These temporary appointments should reflect the range of disciplinary competencies in the University and represent the colleges insofar as the size of the committee allows.  In making such appointments, the University Committee should give preference to Faculty with previous experience reviewing graduate programs.
2. Functions
   1. Review graduate programs and certificates in accordance with existing University regulations, including the Procedures for Qualitative Reviews of Graduate Programs (Fac. Doc. No. 3197R1).
   2. Appoint two members to serve as internal reviewers of each program or certificate review. Internal reviewer assignments will be determined by the Chair of the Graduate Program Review Committee.
   3. Meet with the external reviewers of the program or certificate and receive reports of their recommendations and conclusions for each program reviewed, as specified in the Procedures for Qualitative Reviews of Graduate Programs (Fac. Doc. No. 3197R1).
   4. Provide additional recommendations or commentary from the internal reviewers in the reports for each program reviewed.
   5. Make appropriate recommendations on the frequency and nature of reviews of the various programs to the Graduate Faculty Committee. Any policy changes affecting general practices or impacting all programs (such as revisions to Fac. Doc. No. 3197R1) must be recommended to the Graduate Faculty Committee for consideration and approval.

Meetings:

In order to carry out its functions, five meetings of the Graduate Program Review Committee (GPRC) were held:

• Monday, September 9, 2024
• Monday, November 11, 2024
• Monday, December 9, 2024
• Monday, March 10, 2025
• Monday, May 12, 2025

Program Review Site Virtual Visit:

Committee members participated in virtual site visits for the following programs:

Non-Profit Management and Leadership, MS	October 28, 2024 – October 29, 2024
Biostatistics, MS	April 3, 2025 – April 4, 2025

Full Graduate Program Reviews:

The Graduate Program Review (GPRC) Committee discussed and recommended continuation of the following programs:

Art, MA, Art, MFA, Art Education, MS	November 30, 2023– December 1, 2023
Biomedical Sciences, MS	April 11, 2024 – April 12, 2024
Communication, MA/ PhD	May 9, 2024 – May 10, 2024
Computer Science, MS	April 15, 2024 – April 16, 2024
Cultural Foundations of Community Engagement and Education, MS	December 11, 2023 – December 12, 2023
Social Welfare, PhD	October 21, 2024 – October 22, 2024
Translation and Interpreting Studies, MA	March 11, 2024 – March 12, 2024
Business Administration, MBA (Hybrid Graduate Prog. Review)	March 26, 2023 – March 28, 2023
Management, MS (Hybrid Graduate Prog. Review)	March 26, 2023 – March 28, 2023
Management Science, PhD (Hybrid Graduate Prog. Review)	March 26, 2023 – March 28, 2023
Occupational Therapy, MS (Hybrid Graduate Prog. Review)	April 11, 2022 – April 11, 2022

Certificate Program Reviews:

The Graduate Program Review Committee (GPRC) reviewed and recommended continuation of the following certificate programs: NONE

Policy Reviews:

The Graduate Program Review Committee (GPRC) reviewed and recommended changes of the following policies: NONE

Endorsements:

The Graduate Program Review Committee (GPRC) reviewed and recommended changes of the following recommendations: NONE