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While external program reviews have been completed for decades, there has been little work to ensure that meaningful change occurs as a result. Assessment of outcomes at the department level are limited and research specifically considering external academic program review as a primary quality assurance activity is scant. Each of these limitations is even more significant when considered atthe institutional level. From our experience, there is minimal consideration in research or practice to ensure that external review recommendations have an impact on educational planning at the institutional level. To help address this concern, in this paper we describe an approach involving secondary research and thematic document analysis that can be leveraged to enhance institutional decision-making processes by uncovering institutional themes evident across external reviews. We suggest that our approach may be helpful for other higher education institutions striving to make sense ofprogram review recommendations from an institutional perspective.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nExternal program review, sometimes referred to as curricular review, is a requirement of publicly funded higher education institutions, programmatic regulatory bodies, and regional accreditors in North America. Program review is a “critical, evidence-based examination of an academic program (and/or department) for the purpose of optimizing student learning and student experience”(DiPietro et al., 2022). Yet, scholars have noted a disconnect between program review findings, strategic planning (Conrad & Wilson, 1985; Coombs, 2017), and academic development (Gosling & D’Andrea, 2001; Harvey, 2022; Lucander & Christersson, 2020) . As Lemoine and Richardson (2020) noted, higher education institutions are in a state characterized by chaos and confusion regarding institutional goals and competing priorities have led to fragmented planning efforts and resource allocation; therefore, they argued,“higher education institutions need to seize this opportunity to strengthen their evidence-based practices, including planning” (p. 51) . This is particularly important, they predicted, as stakeholders are increasingly calling for institutional flexibility, innovation, and responsiveness, which could inevitably lead to reduced quality assurance activities.  \nCurrent and Historic Practices in the Sector  \nExternal academic program review atthe department levelis a resource intensive process that requires substantial commitment in terms of both human and financial resources, from the requesting institution and from the external reviewers who temporarily vacate their academic obligations at their home institutions to participate in program review as a service activity. Unfortunately, despite  \nEducational Planning | Spring 2024 39 Vol. 31, No. 2  \nthe substantial cost and energy required to complete academic program review, these reviews are often perceived as having limited impact, especially with respect to outcomes experienced at the institutional level. While some scholars have penned recommendations for improving the effect of reviews and assessment at the department level, it appears the conversation has failed to reach the institutional level. Consequently, although external program reviews provide significant, high quality, and meaningful data for the institution, they are seldom accessed as a source of information to inform educational planning. 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