Program Review Committee
About the Committee
Charge
In support of the College's Mission and Institutional Learning Outcomes, the Program Review Committee (PRC) facilitates a transparent and broad annual, systematic self-assessment of institutional effectiveness and budget planning for instructional, student services, administrative, and operational areas. PRC provides feedback and training related to the program review process. The committee contributes to "Closing of the Loop" by disseminating resource allocation requests to responsible committees and by improving our own processes. PRC advises on the inclusion of new programs into the Program Review process. The committee communicates out to the campus and the community. PRC 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 | Kristin Rabe |
| Faculty Co-Chair | Kimberly Nickell |
| Classified Co-Chair |
Faculty
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Library | Ariel Dyer |
| Philosophy | Anna Collins |
| Performing Arts | |
| FACE | Anna Melby |
| Mathematics | Andrea Bridges |
| Agriculture | Jalisca Thomason |
| Foreign Language | Thomas Moran, Sara Palasch |
|
Fire Technology & EMS Public Safety |
Brent Burton Nathan Kline |
| Communication | Neeley Hatridge |
| Biology | Katie Ganster |
| Chemistry | James McGarrah |
| Nursing | Nancy Mai |
| English | Keri Johnson |
|
Curriculum Liaison Assessment Liaison Adjunct Rep |
Michelle Hart/Scott Dameron Faith Bradham Holly Watt |
| Industrial Tech & Engineering |
Klint Rigby/Jason Dixon |
|
Social Sciences: History Psychology Counseling Education Athletics/Health & Kinesiology BMIT |
F. Javier Llamas/Misty Stowers Isaias Hernandez Aneesha Awrey Maria Wright Vayron Martinez/Cassie Goodman/Tina Cummings Keith Wolaridge |
Administrators
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Dean | Lora Larkin |
|
EAC Rep BC Southwest |
Stephen Waller
|
Classified/Management
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
|
Reps
Budget |
Kimberly Arbolante
Cristal Rios |
|
Academic Technology |
Kalina Hill
|
Students
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| SGA |
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 are all in eLumen and SharePoint. Program Review documents dated before 2019 can be found on the Program Reviews page.
If you need a hard copy of your Program Review documents, please contact Kim Nickell or Kristin Rabe.
Committee Resources
Committee History
Meeting Times
Last Meeting
Resources
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 Program Review Resources link to Google Docs.docx | 12.16 KB |
 Program Review Flex Fall 2021.pptx | 45.5 KB |
 Spring 2020 Report - v1.xlsx | 66.65 KB |
| Program Review and the Budget Connection2 (1) (1).docx | 21.44 KB |
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 Kimberly Nickell (Program Review Faculty Co-Chair), or Kristin Rabe (Program Review Admin Co-Chair)