Academic Program Assessment Committee (APAC)
Committee Charge
The Academic Program Assessment Committee (APAC) is responsible for making recommendations to the Provost to maintain a robust culture of assessment at the university. The committee reviews the quality of assessment plans submitted by academic units within colleges, encourages assessment to be used to improve student learning, and regularly reports to the Provost the status of the academic assessment processes at the institution. Committee members are liaisons to their college on academic assessment matters.
Specifically, this committee reviews and makes recommendations to the Provost regarding:
- Actions to maintain a robust academic assessment process at the university.
- Ways to assist academic units with assessment of student learning and development. The committee reviews the quality of and provides feedback on assessment plans and the use of assessment results for the improvement of student learning.
- Educational and training needs related to academic assessment.
- Actions that are critical for sustaining the assessment process and promoting the culture of assessment at the university.
Committee Membership
The voting membership of APAC is comprised of full-time faculty representatives from the university’s colleges. Faculty members are nominated by their respective Dean to the Provost for a committee service term of one year, renewable for a second year. Nominated faculty members must be full-time faculty members in the college. Faculty may serve for up to two consecutive years. After two consecutive years the Dean must nominate a new faculty member. A faculty member is able to be re-nominated for service on the committee following a one-year hiatus.
AY2023-2024 Voting Members:
College of Aeronautics (COA)
- Dr. Debbie Carstens, Professor
- Dr. Warren Pittorie, Assistant Professor
Nathan M. Bisk College of Business (COB)
- Dr. Christian Sonnenberg, Associate Professor & Associate Dean
- Dr. Phyllis Okrepkie, Assistant Professor
College of Engineering and Science (COES)
- Dr. David Fleming, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace, Physics & Space Sciences (APSS)
- Dr. Khaled Slhoub, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS)
- Dr. Ilya Mingareev, Assistant Professor & Mechanical Engineering Program Chair, Department of Mechanical & Civil Engineering (MCE)
- Dr. Steven Lazarus, Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering & Marine Sciences (OEMS)
College of Psychology and Liberal Arts (COPLA)
- Dr. Catherine Nicholson, Assistant Professor, School of Behavior Analysis (SoBA)
- Dr. Lars Jones, Assistant Professor, School of Arts and Communications (SAC)
Evans Library
- Dr. Wanda Perez, Assistant Librarian
General Education
- Liberal Arts: Dr. Andy Stanfield, Assistant Professor & English/ESL/Languages Program Chair, School of Arts & Communications (SAC)
- Mathematics: Dr. Michael Shaw, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Systems Engineering (MSE)
- Science: Dr. Pavithra Pathirathna, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (CCE)
AY2024-2023 Non-Voting, Ex-Officio Members:
APAC Chair
- Dr. Mark Archambault, Associate Provost for Assessment and Accreditation
Ex-Officio Members
- Dr. Hamid Rassoul, Interim Provost and Senior VP for Academic Affairs
- Dr. Munevver Mine Subasi, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
- Dr. John Deaton, Dean, College of Aeronautics
- Dr. Theodore Richardson, Dean, Nathan M. Bisk College of Business
- Dr. John Harris, Dean, College of Engineering and Science
- Dr. Robert Taylor, Dean, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
- Nancy Garmer, Interim Dean, Evans Library
- Charles Colley, Assistant Director, Institutional Research and Effectiveness
Meeting Calendar
APAC meets at least monthly all calendar year. Periodical meetings may focus on general education. Members are expected to be available throughout the year to regularly attend meetings.
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Meeting Schedule | Agenda Items Due |
|---|---|
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023, 11:00 am-12:00 pm |
Wednesday, September 6, 2023 |
| Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 11:00 am-12:00 pm | Wednesday, October 4, 2023 |
| Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 11:00 am-12:00 pm |
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 Deadline for new programs |
| Wednesday, January 10, 2024, 11:00 am-12:00 pm | Wednesday, January 3, 2024 |
| Wednesday, February 14, 2024, 11:00 am-12:00 pm | Wednesday, February 7, 2024 |
| Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 11:00 am-12:00 pm | Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
| Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 11:00 am-12:00 pm | Wednesday, April 3, 2024 |
Guests & Open Meetings
The Academic Program Assessment Committee (APAC) may regularly invite faculty and other guests who are subject matter experts in the academic program being discussed to provide context and answer questions from the committee members.
APAC meetings are open to all Florida Tech faculty, administrators, and staff. Non-committee members in attendance can contribute to the discussion and provide questions, comments, and other information for the committee to consider as part of their deliberations. After the open discussion, the committee deliberates and votes. Guests may not disrupt final committee deliberation and voting.
Non-committee members are welcome to bring forward prospective items for the committee’s consideration. Those items should be submitted in advance to the chair or brought up at the end of the meeting as other business and will be considered for a future agenda.
