CCIS Program Review

In April of 2002 the CCIS Board of Directors authorized the implementation of the CCIS program review process which subjects all CCIS-approved programs to a periodic review by the Program Review Subcommittee (PRS) of the Academic Programs Committee (APC). To date, all programs in the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 review cycles (see link below) have been assigned reviewers who are working on or, in some cases, have completed the review process.

The PRS and CCIS Washington office continue to work together to refine the review process and work to resolve issues that are being encountered in the initial reviews of the process.

CCIS and the PRS would like to thank everyone who submitted their information for consideration as program reviewers for the initial review cycles. If you have not been contacted to participate in a review for the current cycles, continue to check this section of our web site as we will be calling for reviewers again in the future. The PRS has made the decision to start fresh with recruitment for each cycle of reviews and therefore, will not maintain your information from cycle to cycle. Should you continue to wish to serve as a CCIS program reviewer, we ask that you submit your letter of interest and resume at each call for reviewers.

The PRS has outlined the minimum qualifications for reviewers as current or past members "who have international education and program review experience. Whenever possible, this experience should be in the country and/or area of study to be reviewed. The reviewer may not be directly associated with the program under review." The responsibilities of the reviewers include following the program review time line, reviewing the self-study materials (or program review portfolio submitted by the sponsoring institution), participating in site visits as warranted and presenting the final report to the PRS via CCIS Washington.

For further information on program review, please do not hesitate to contact CCIS Washington at (202) 223-0330.