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2025 Master of Public Administration Cyclical Program Review Implementation Plan Update of Cycle 2

Implementation Plan

Recommendation	Proposed Follow-up	Responsibility for Leading Follow-up	Timeline for Addressing Recommendation
1. Review course offerings and relevance of the three “streams” every three years.	Draft a working plan for Standing Advisory Committee (SAC) Start collecting information (enrolment, average grades, student satisfaction, exit surveys) on past three years for stream-specific courses	Chair and Associate chair Program rep and Qa Rep	Starting in summer 2026 Summer 2025
2. Strike a Standing Advisory Committee that can be convened periodically to provide feedback as to the value of the program.	Initiate a conversation with DGS regarding support for such a committee Delineate the committee’s role Decide who or which entities should be represented on the SAC Enlist external representatives to sit on this committee to ensure useful input and continuity List tasks for the committee, determine timelines	Chair Associate chair DGS Regular faculty in the MPA program	Starting in Summer 2026
3. Formalize the relationship between Departments and the program chair.	Initiate a discussion with the Dean of SSH, Dean of Graduate Studies, and relevant heads of department on possibility of an agreement	Associate chair	Winter 2025
4. Explore accreditation by CAPPA, participation in CAPPA activities.	Initiate a discussion with CAPPA on the steps required in the accreditation process	Chair and Associate chair	Fall 2026
5. Integrate a more explicit emphasis on public administration competencies through the re-orientation of one or more of the core courses.	Initiate a review of learning outcomes and competencies for each core course to assess gaps Propose possible changes to core courses to address gaps	Chair and Associate chair SAC and Chair Graduate Studies Council	Winter 2027 Spring 2027
6. Encourage faculty to share their syllabus with the library prior to the start of the semester	Remind instructors to share their syllabi with the library at the start of each semester	Chair	Starting August 2025
7. Undertake a periodic review of the core courses to ensure alignment with the RMC mission.	To be addressed concomitantly with Recommendation 5	Chair, Associate Chair, SAC, and Graduate Studies Council	Starting Winter 2027
8. Convene a comprehensive orientation session for new students at the start of their program, including a clear articulation of the project and thesis options for degree completion.	Advertise the existing orientation session more widely among our faculty at the beginning of the year so the information gets to our students.	Chair and Regular and contract faculty	Starting August 2025
9. Develop and implement an enhanced system for student progress monitoring.	Initiate discussion with program rep to understand what the present process is and how it could be optimized to monitor more closely student progress Set up a process for regular check-ins	Vice-chair, Program rep, and Quality Assurance	Winter 2026
10. Establish a permanent part-time faculty position to coordinate and support content development across electives while maintaining delivery by contract faculty.	Discuss with the VPA to see what is possible considering RMC’s budgetary constraints.	Chair, VPA and DGS	Summer 2026

Date modified:: 2025-11-06