The following templates are for the report of external reviewers for a combined Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Sections may be inserted or deleted to address various other constituencies within a department:

The templates were prepared by Henry Walker and are available through his website.

The Council on Higher Education Accreditation provides what is arguably the most over-arching look at accreditation issues, and also maintains a directory of regional accrediting organizations.

The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education produces standards for teacher preparation programs.

The American Chemical Society provides recommendations for chemistry programs.

ABET maintains resources for assessment and criteria for accreditation for engineering departments.

The Association of Computing Machinery maintains recommendations for computer science curricula.

The National Science Foundation gathers a wide range of science and engineering statistics. The annual Science and Engineering Indicators may be of particular interest.

For those with a taste for the more esoteric discussions of issues in higher education, the following links may be of interest.

• National Center for Higher Education Management Systems maintains The Information Center for State Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis

• The Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System maintained by the National Center for Education Statistics.

• SREB Fact Book on Higher Education produced by the Southern Regional Education Board.