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GUIDELINES FOR DECENNIAL REVIEWS

Sample Schedule for Visiting Committee

(Schedule may vary slightly according to department request)

First evening

5:30-6:30 p.m. Cocktails with the Provost and Dean of the Faculty, Dean for Academic Development, Assistant Dean of the Faculty, members of the department and members of the Subcommittee of  the Committee on Academic Priorities
6:30-8 p.m Dinner with the persons listed above
8 p.m. Time to review supporting documentation supplied by the department (available at the hotel)

Day 1

7:45-8:45 a.m. Breakfast meeting of visiting committee
8:45-9:30 a.m. Meeting with the Provost and Dean of the Faculty, Dean for Academic Development, and the Assistant Dean of the Faculty
9:40-10:30 a.m. Meeting with the department chair to review department facilities
10:30-11:30 a.m.  Individual meetings with department members
11:30 a.m.-noon  Meeting with department’s untenured faculty members
12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch with representatives of related departments and programs
1:30-3:30 p.m.  Individual meetings with department members
3:30-4 p.m.  Meeting with majors, minors, liaisons, other appropriate students
4-5 p.m.  Meeting with full department
5-6 p.m. Unscheduled
6 p.m.   Visitors’ working dinner and time to review supporting documentation

Day 2

8-9:30 a.m. Breakfast with the CAP Subcommittee
9:30-11:30 a.m. Individual meetings with department members
11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Visitors’ lunch and session to draft report
2-2:30 p.m. Final meeting with department chair
2:30-3 p.m. Exit meeting with Provost, Deans, and the CAP Subcommittee

CAP’s Criteria for Academic Priorities

Sample Schedule for Visiting Committee

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