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Tennessee Higher Education Commission

This report evaluates the performance of new academic programs approved by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission from 2005 to 2010. It details the Post Approval Monitoring process for programs exceeding 24 credit hours, assessing expenditures, enrollment, and graduation outcomes against institutional projections. The findings indicate that many programs failed to meet expectations, with 20% showing insufficient enrollment to maintain viability. This analysis provides critical insights for resource allocation and future program development strategies.

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Tennessee Higher Education Commission

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  1. Tennessee Higher Education Commission Performance of New Academic Programs: 2005-2010 1

  2. Tennessee Higher Education Commission Post Approval Monitoring: Background • Post Approval Monitoring is carried out on all new academic • programs of greater than 24 credit hours • Bachelor, Master’s, Doctoral- 5 years • Associate and below- 3 years • Monitors expenditures, enrollment and graduation in • comparison to institutionally developed projections • - Post Approval Monitoring classes are depicted in Appendix A 2

  3. Tennessee Higher Education Commission Post Approval Monitoring: 2005-2010 • 24 programs concluded Post Approval Monitoring in • 2010 3

  4. Tennessee Higher Education Commission Post Approval Monitoring: Graduation Projections • Developed by institutions during program proposal 4

  5. Tennessee Higher Education Commission Post Approval Monitoring: Graduation Projections 5

  6. Tennessee Higher Education Commission Post Approval Monitoring: Enrollment Projections • Serves as a gauge of future graduate production 6

  7. Tennessee Higher Education Commission Post Approval Monitoring: Conclusions • In most cases, new academic programs did not meet • all projections developed by the institution • In 5 of 24 (20%) new programs, there is insufficient enrollment • to indicate future attainment of low producing standards • Important consideration for both resource allocation • and consideration of starting additional new programs • Per recently revised policies, institutions now have additional • tools to make an early assessment of need and projections for • new academic programs 7

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