"Published in cooperation with the Council of Independent Colleges."

Part 1: Standards and strategies for ensuring program quality -- Seven criteria for a high-quality academic program -- Achieving quality through effective planning -- Part 2: A systematic model for academic planning -- Targeting a program for development or improvement -- Determining desirable program outcomes -- Designing the program to achieve desired outcomes -- Pilot testing, reviewing, and refining the program -- Implementing and evaluating the program -- Part 3: Reviewing the success of the planning model -- Using the planning model to facilitate academic change.