Section
1: Program overview
The program overview provides a brief context and a snapshot of
the program. No more than two or three pa ges, it is an advance
organizer for the
Inquiry Brief and alerts the reader about
what can be expected in the document.
The program overview includes the program’s age, general
history, and distinguishing features; summary of requirements
(elaborated in Appendix D of the Brief);
a table of some straightforward demographics about the institution
and the program (e.g., number of students, graduates, number of
program faculty); the program’s place in the institution.
The program overview should also describe succinctly the train
of reasoning behind the program: what theories, literature, thinkers,
arguments, experiences, or traditions the faculty members rely
on to support their beliefs about the program. In addition, the
program overview might portray how the local market and political
contexts have shaped the program.
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Section 1, the program overview to the Inquiry Brief, should
include the following items:
- General history of the program and the place of the
program in the institution
- Distinguishing features of the program
- Requirements for admission; for graduation
- Demographics associated with the students in the program,
such as admissions, graduates, SAT/ACT scores, diversity
indicators, and the like
- Description (and numbers) of program faculty
- An explanation of the logic of the program
- Outline of the Brief as a whole, including the programs
presented in the Brief
- Statements that faculty accepts the goal of preparing
competent, caring, and qualified educators; and has read,
discussed, and approved the Brief (and the date on which
this occurred).
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