[POST-CEIT-facultycouncil] Fwd: Criteria for Program Closings

[Jeongeun Rhee]

a follow-up email about program closings


Jeong-eun Rhee, Ph.D
Professor
College of Education, Information, & Technology
LIU Post
320 Library
720 Northern Blvd
Brookville, NY 11548-1300
(O)516-299-2193
(F)516-299-3312

Editor of Educational Studies
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From: John Lutz <John.Lutz at liu.edu<mailto:John.Lutz at liu.edu>>
Subject: Criteria for Program Closings
Date: March 15, 2017 at 1:14:08 PM EDT
To: Abby Dress <Abby.Dress at liu.edu<mailto:Abby.Dress at liu.edu>>, Albert DeVivo <Albert.DeVivo at liu.edu<mailto:Albert.DeVivo at liu.edu>>, Alexander Henderson <Alexander.Henderson at liu.edu<mailto:Alexander.Henderson at liu.edu>>, Anke Grosskopf <Anke.Grosskopf at liu.edu<mailto:Anke.Grosskopf at liu.edu>>, Brian Sweeney <Brian.Sweeney at liu.edu<mailto:Brian.Sweeney at liu.edu>>, Carol Boyer <Carol.Boyer at liu.edu<mailto:Carol.Boyer at liu.edu>>, Cheng Zhang <Cheng.Zhang at liu.edu<mailto:Cheng.Zhang at liu.edu>>, David Jank <David.Jank at liu.edu<mailto:David.Jank at liu.edu>>, Edward Raven <Edward.Raven at liu.edu<mailto:Edward.Raven at liu.edu>>, Haeryun Choi <Haeryun.Choi at liu.edu<mailto:Haeryun.Choi at liu.edu>>, Heather Parrott <Heather.Parrott at liu.edu<mailto:Heather.Parrott at liu.edu>>, Jennifer Snekser <Jennifer.Snekser at liu.edu<mailto:Jennifer.Snekser at liu.edu>>, Jeongeun Rhee <Jeong-eun.Rhee at liu.edu<mailto:Jeong-eun.Rhee at liu.edu>>, John Lutz <John.Lutz at liu.edu<mailto:John.Lutz at liu.edu>>, Kathleen Feeley <Kathleen.Feeley at liu.edu<mailto:Kathleen.Feeley at liu.edu>>, Lynn Cohen <Lynn.Cohen at liu.edu<mailto:Lynn.Cohen at liu.edu>>, Maria Zarycky <Maria.Zarycky at liu.edu<mailto:Maria.Zarycky at liu.edu>>, Mark Pires <Mark.Pires at liu.edu<mailto:Mark.Pires at liu.edu>>, Nancy Frye <Nancy.Frye at liu.edu<mailto:Nancy.Frye at liu.edu>>, Patrick Aievoli <Patrick.Aievoli at liu.edu<mailto:Patrick.Aievoli at liu.edu>>, Selenay Aytac <Selenay.Aytac at liu.edu<mailto:Selenay.Aytac at liu.edu>>, Seung Yeon Lee <SeungYeon.Lee at liu.edu<mailto:SeungYeon.Lee at liu.edu>>, Sheila Gunther <Sheila.Gunther at liu.edu<mailto:Sheila.Gunther at liu.edu>>, Stephanie White <Stephanie.White at liu.edu<mailto:Stephanie.White at liu.edu>>, Suzanne Thomas <Suzanne.Thomas at liu.edu<mailto:Suzanne.Thomas at liu.edu>>, Terry Odaly <Terry.Odaly at liu.edu<mailto:Terry.Odaly at liu.edu>>, Vincent Scovetta <Vincent.Scovetta at liu.edu<mailto:Vincent.Scovetta at liu.edu>>, Willie Hiatt <Willie.Hiatt at liu.edu<mailto:Willie.Hiatt at liu.edu>>

Dear Colleagues,

I’ve received questions from several people about the criteria used to close academic programs. I attended a Dean’s meeting this morning and was able to get a more detailed response. There were a number of stages to the process of making these decisions, and the process has been ongoing since the fall semester. The first step was identifying programs that have had five or fewer new students enrolled since Fall 2010. In some cases, there may have been a few more than five over the past five years; however, five or fewer was the starting point. From the initial identification of a program having as fewer than five students enrolled since 2010, the following considerations may have been applied depending on the program:

>  A combination of low enrollment and curriculum exclusive to the program
>  General enrollment patterns
>  Nuanced aspects of individual programs related to state requirements and accreditation

In all cases, chairs and program directors were consulted by their deans about the program closings. In some cases, programs that were originally slated to be closed were kept open because of the considerations above. For example, some had courses in their curriculum that served other areas and it therefore made sense to keep them open. My understanding is that the decisions were sometimes very nuanced and part of a process that was still going on up until late last week when I received the list.

This seems to be the most that can be said generally about these decisions, so I’ve been asked to let everyone know that additional questions about specific  programs should be directed to deans who oversee the program in question.

If you’re a communications officer, please pass this along to your constituents. Thanks.

Best wishes,

John

John Lutz, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor of English
Co-Chair, Outcomes Assessment Steering Committee
Director of the First-Year Experience and Learning Communities
LIU Post
720 Northern Blvd
Brookville, NY 11548
Phone: (516)299-2391
Fax: (516)299-3325

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