Program Review Committee
About the Committee
Charge
In support of the College's mission, the Program Review Committee (PRC) facilitates an annual, systematic self-assessment of institutional effectiveness for instructional, student services, administrative, and operational areas. PRC provides training, feedback, commendations, and recommendations related to the program review process. The committee contributes to "Closing of the Loop" by disseminating resource allocation requests to responsible committees. The committee reports monthly to Academic Senate and annually to College Council and Administrative Council at their last meetings of the calendar year.
Role & Purpose
Act as a resource to administrative, instructional & student services programs to develop their assessment plan and program review. Makes recommendations based on program reviews to President, College Council, and Curriculum Committee.
Goals
- To review Annual Program Reviews and personnel requests ensuring that departments follow a data-informed needs assessment and have set measureable goals for improvement that align with College goals and budget criteria
- Create a review and reporting mechanism for personnel requests and report to College Council and the President whether requests were data-informed and embedded in APRs
- Analyze and adopt APR checklist to provide useable feedback to departments, the President and College Council
- Compile Recommendations, Commendations, and Trends and report to College Council and President
Members
Chairs
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Administrative Co-Chair | Emmanuel Mourtzanos |
| Administrative Co-Chair | Stephen Waller |
| Faculty Co-Chair | Kimberly Nickell |
| Classified Co-Chair | Kristin Rabe |
Faculty
| Role | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Library Rep | Mindy Wilmot | |
| Philosophy Rep | Anna Collins | |
| Performing Arts Rep | Brian Sivesind | |
| FACE Rep | Brenda Nyagwachi | |
| Mathematics Rep | Andrea Tumblin | |
| Agriculture Rep | Heather Baltis | |
| Foreign Language Rep | David Neville | |
| Fire Technology & EMS Rep | Brent Burton | |
| Communication Rep | Neeley Hatridge | |
| Biology Rep | Katie Ganster | |
| Nursing Rep | Nicole Hernandez | |
| English Rep | Keri Wolf | |
| Curriculum Liaison | Jennifer Johnson | |
| Industrial Tech & Engineering Reps | Klint Rigby/Jason Dixon | |
| Health & PE Rep | Scott Dameron | |
| Assessment Liaison |
Brent Wilson |
Administrators
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Child Development Center | Sue Vaughn |
Classified
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Meg Stidham | |
| CTE Rep | Vacant |
Students
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| SGA | Elisabeth Sampson |
Program Reviews
Each academic year, the Program Review Committee reviews the Program Review documents from the Administrative Units, the Instruction areas, Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and other areas on campus. These can be found on the Program Reviews page.
Committee Resources
Kern Community College District: Program Review
Program Review Handbook, 08/01/17
Resources
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 Completing your Program Review.pptx | 71.33 KB |
 Program Review and the Budget Connection3.docx | 20.96 KB |
| Program Review Annual SummaryFall2017_12_05.docx | 32.64 KB |
| Program Review Annual Summary 2017finalac.pptx | 1.32 MB |
Links
Media
A Better BC
Bakersfield College is improving the main Panorama campus through a series of projects resulting from the voter approved Measure J bond of 2016. Our website, A Better BC has all of the information to keep you updated.
This video is an aerial view of our campus, before Measure J construction updates.
Committee History
Contact Information
Please contact Emmanuel Mourtzanos (Program Review Administrative Co-Chair), Kimberly Nickell (Program Review Faculty Co-Chair), or Kristin Rabe (Program Review Classified Co-Chair) for more information.