APPENDIX E: RESEARCH PLAN TEMPLATE

DePaul University Academic Program Review

[Unit name]

Megacycle 3, Cycle []

May [year]

Self-Study Team Members

[List]

Research Question #1:

Rationale for asking Question #1 (where applicable, reference Program Profile and/or Response to Data):

How will answering Question #1 improve the quality of your academic program?

Data Collection Method and Analysis Techniques for Question #1 (be specific as possible):

Timeline for proposed work:

Example survey, focus group, or interview prompts, where appropriate:

Please copy and paste the Research Question prompts (the Table above) for additional questions

(Question 2, 3, 4, and so on) you have.

In Appendix A, to be provided by June 1, please provide a prioritized annotated list of external reviewers

that includes the following information:

 Contact information

 Explain how each reviewer will be able to assess intellectual currency of your academic program

and the overall currency of faculty scholarship, as well as help the unit reflect on issues

important to it.

In Appendix B (sent as a separate document and provided by June 1), please attach recent CVs for full-

time faculty members of your unit.