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Time:<\/strong> Monday at 1:00 p.m. \u2013 2:20 p.m.
Location:<\/strong> Microsoft Teams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joshua Mersky, 2025-2026 GPRC Chair<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members Present:<\/strong> Alexa Anderson, Woonsup Choi, Jennifer Haas, Itziar Lazkano, Joshua Mersky, Erin Parcell, Krishna Pillai, Lorena Terando, Kay Wells, plus Victoria Moerchen (Graduate School Associate Dean, ex-officio), Bryan Porter (Graduate School Dean, ex-officio).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members Absent:<\/strong> Mark Netzloff, Ora John Reuter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guests:<\/strong> David Clark (Office of Academic Affairs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Call to Order, 1:00PM<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Announcements, none.\n
      \n
    1. Approval of meeting minutes from November 10, 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Continuing Business
      Updated Revisions to Faculty Doc. No. 3197R1 Graduate Program Reviews
      (Procedures for Qualitative Reviews of Graduate Programs) (Chair, Josh Mersky and Associate Dean Moerchen)\n
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      1. Chair Josh Mersky began the continued review of Fac Doc. No. 3197R1 with a reminder of decisions and discussions in past meetings. Today\u2019s discussion was then focused on the role of the IRT. Current options for the role of the IRT, included:

        Option 1 – IRT not required, but could be requested by a program or other (per committee discussion in October 2025)

        Option 2 – IRT required (as current practice\/policy) (per committee discussion in November 2025)

        Option 3 – IRT utilized once report received (UW-Madison’s policy supplement for review of accredited graduate programs was provided ahead of the meeting as an exemplar)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Associate Dean Moerchen introduced Option 3, in follow-up to the details Dave Clark provided at the last GPRC meeting. The committee discussion focused on this option as: (a) efficient, (b) aligned with governance, so that program review is not entirely in the hands of an external accrediting body, (c) consistent with the committee\u2019s value of having the report reviewed at a GPRC meeting, and (d) supportive of (potential) IRT\/GPRC recommendations beyond those of the accreditation review (E. Parcell and K. Pillai).

        Motion-1 was made to accept Revisions to the policy including Option 3 and as amended to specify that the final report will be reviewed by the IRT with the committee at an upcoming meeting (motion and second, EP, KW).

        Motion-1 passed (9,0,0).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. A second discussion focused on the appendices from Fac. Doc No. 3197R1.

        Motion-2 was made to separate Appendices A-C from the primary policy and to accept the edits to each, as proposed (KW, EP).

        Motion-2 passed (9,0,0).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. Other Business
        Chair Josh Mersky welcomed Jennifer Haas who is taking the place of Anne Pycha \u00a0for spring semester, 2026. Jennifer introduced herself and was welcomed by the committee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      5. Adjourned 1:38PM<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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