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QEP Overview

QEP Overview

Fall 2023

  • Provost/President give short presentation on the purpose/scope of a QEP and formally initiate our QEP topic and development discussions among students, faculty and staff. (Aug/Sept). Find that presentation here.
  • Members of campus community are invited to serve on QEP exploratory team(s) to generate initial ideas for consideration. (Sept)
  • SACSCOC Leadership Team is formed and shares charge with exploratory teams (Sept)
  • Exploratory team(s) begin identifying and collecting data sources to inform topic/proposal development. (Oct/Nov/Dec)

Spring 2024

  • Exploratory teams submit draft proposal(s) to SACSCOC Leadership Team. (Jan 8th)
  • SACSCOC Leadership Team shares with campus draft proposal(s) from exploratory teams. (Jan 11th)
  • Exploratory team(s) presents their draft proposal(s) to campus. (Jan 18th)
  • Revise QEP proposals based on forums/survey feedback. (Feb)
  • Revised QEP proposals shared with Executive Council and associated councils and committees. (Feb/Mar)
  • Bring 2 or 3 final proposals back to campus for final (non-binding) vote (essentially a formal recommendation to the AC/BoT). (Mar)
  • BoT formally approves/endorses final QEP proposal. (Apr)

Summer 2024

  • Identify members who will serve on QEP development committee. (May)
  • Baseline assessment data collection; virtual focus groups and individual interviews; literature review (Jun-Aug)

Fall 2024

  • QEP development committee (hereafter referred to as the “Committee”) continues work.
  • Campus wide communication continues regarding QEP development.
  • Committee continues to solicit input from campus stakeholders. (Oct/Nov)
  • Committee begins identifying topic experts who could potentially serve as the QEP reviewer for the onsite visit. (Nov/Dec)
  • Committee shares with campus an outline of the final QEP. (Dec)

Spring 2025

  • Committee works on preparing initial draft of QEP that includes the context, rationale, supporting evidence, detailed description of plan components, initial budget, and initial assessment plan. (Jan/Feb)
  • Initial draft is shared with key stakeholders (e.g., AC, SST, SPC, etc.) (Feb)
  • Committee revises draft of QEP based on feedback from key stakeholders. (Feb)
  • Committee narrows search to two topic experts who are willing to serve as the QEP evaluator for the onsite review (Feb/Mar) – their names are to be forwarded to SACSCOC along with the Compliance Certification. (Mar)
  • Committee shares revised draft with Campus community and invites final comments/feedback. (Mar)
  • QEP draft presented to the Board of Trustees for formal approval. (April)

Summer 2025

  • Finalize QEP budget. (May/Jun)
  • Finalize QEP assessment plan. (Jun)
  • Continue any necessary revisions of QEP. (Jul/Aug)
  • Final draft of QEP is submitted. (Aug 18th)