The Faculty Committee on Program Review (FCPR) is a university-wide committee of professorial faculty responsible for overseeing Cornell’s academic program review process. Members are appointed jointly by the provost and Faculty Senate and serve staggered three-year terms. The committee chair is also selected jointly by the provost and Faculty Senate.
Functions of the FCPR include the following:
- Determining (after consultation with appropriate deans) the cycle for reviews of departments, fields, and centers
- Monitoring the quality of the review process by
- Commissioning reviews of selected centers, fields, and cross-departmental groupings to be carried out by the dean of the Graduate School, the vice provost, or a college dean
- Receiving and reviewing the department’s self-study and any comments on the plan for review, and reviewing and approving the dean’s (or other administrator’s) detailed plan for each review, including the ad-hoc evaluation committee’s composition and charge
- Establishing and maintaining minimum criteria for reviews to ensure the regular collection of uniform data from the entire university,
- Receiving copies of the individual program reviews, including the self-study, the ad-hoc evaluation committee’s report, a response by the department being reviewed, and a response by the dean stating the action(s) to be taken as a result of the review
Overview for New FCPR Members (PDF)
FCPR Talking Points for Opening External Review Session (PDF)
Membership of FCPR
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Name |
Department |
College/School |
Term Begin |
Term End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Economics |
Brooks School of Public Policy |
October 23, 2023 |
June 30, 2027 |
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|
Law |
Cornell Law School |
July 1, 2026 |
June 30, 2029 |
|
|
Accounting |
SC Johnson College of Business |
July 1, 2026 |
June 30, 2029 |
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|
(On sabbatical until January 2027) |
Information Science |
CornellTech |
October 23, 2023 |
June 30, 2029 |
|
Music |
College of Arts and Sciences |
July 1, 2019 |
June 30, 2027 |
|
|
Qi Wang, Chair |
Human Development |
College of Human Ecology |
November 12, 2024 |
June 30, 2027 |
|
Math and Statistics and Data Science |
Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science |
November 5, 2024 |
June 30, 2027 |
Avery August, Deputy Provost; FCPR ex-Officio
Kristin Walker, Academic Program Review and Planning Associate; FCPR Staff Liaison