Present by:

Marcus Lewis, QEP Director/Research Associate

Meeting Agenda

Southern Association of Colleges & Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)

Purpose of the SACS QEP Advisory Team

The Fifth Year Interim Report and the QEP

QEP Impact Report & its Components

QEP Impact Report Timeline

Possible Results

SACS Liaison Visit – March 18, 2014

SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND

SCHOOLS - COMMISSION ON COLLEGES

Regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting

higher education institutions

Mission is to assure the educational quality and

improve the effectiveness of its member institutions

SACSCOC requires an institution to develop and

implement a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) which is

a core requirement institutions must meet to be

accredited. The focus is on enriching student learning.

• The QEP is a core-requirement for accreditation:

2.12 The institution has developed an acceptable

Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) that includes an

institutional process for identifying key issues

emerging from institutional assessment and

focuses on learning outcomes and/or the

environment supporting student learning and

accomplishing the mission of the institution....as

well as...

Quality Enhancement Plan

• One of the comprehensive standards: 3.3.2 The

institution has developed a Quality Enhancement

Plan that (1) demonstrates institutional capability

for the initiation, implementation, and completion

of the QEP; (2) includes broad-based involvement

of institutional constituencies in the development

and proposed implementation of the QEP; and (3)

identifies goals and a plan to assess their achievement.

Quality Enhancement Plan

Edit Report

Proof Report

Offer suggestions

Assist with collecting documentation

Be a guiding light throughout the process

I. Signatures Attesting to Integrity

II. Institutional Summary Form Prepared for Commission Reviews

III. Fifth-Year Compliance Certification

IV. Fifth-Year Follow-up

V. Impact Report of the Quality Enhancement Plan

QEP Impact Report

1. Succinct list of initial goals and

intended outcomes

2. Discussion of changes made and

why

3. Description of impact on student

learning and achievement of identified goals

(unexpected outcomes)

4. Reflection of what the institution

learned from the QEP experience

Must be convincingly and effectively presented

Use tables, graphs, and other illustrations to

explain data

Should include narratives to help reader

understand what is illustrated

Must be evidence-based

Guidelines for the QEP Impact Report

(10 pages)

2014 QEP Timeline Feb 2014

Mar 2014

Apr 2014

May 2014

Jun 2014

Jul 2014

Aug 2014

Sep 2014

Oct 2014

Nov 2014

Dec 2014

Review of goals and intended

outcomes of the QEP

Complete review of implementation

grid to determine extent to which

intended outcomes were met or not

met

Meet with Dean of Curriculum to

discuss ACA 085/111 merger

Meet with Arts & Sciences Chair to

discuss recommended changes

Present 2010-2013 QEP outcomes

and proposed changes to QEP

Advisory Board

SACS Liaison Visit

Present 2010-2013 QEP outcomes to

HCC Executive Board and solicit

support for proposed changes

Present proposed changes college-

wide

Present proposed changes to

curriculum committee for approval

Celebrate Milestone Accomplishment

Prepare logistical and structural

plan for implementation of

approved changes for Fall’14

2014 QEP Timeline cont. Feb 2014

Mar 2014

Apr 2014

May 2014

Jun 2014

Jul 2014

Aug 2014

Sep 2014

Oct 2014

Nov 2014

Dec 2014

Draft report narrative listing goals and

discussing changes made to the QEP and

reasons for making those changes

Draft description of QEP’s impact on

student learning (achievement of

identified goals & outcomes, &

unanticipated outcomes from 2010-

Spring 2014)

Present report narrative of QEP’s goals,

changes made and reasons, & its impact

on student learning (achievement of

identified goals & outcomes, &

unanticipated outcomes 2010-2014)

Implement revised QEP

Evaluate impact of revised QEP

2015 QEP Timeline Jan 2015

Feb 2015

Mar 2015

Apr 2015

May 2015

Jun 2015

Jul 2015

Aug 2015

Sep 2015

Oct 2015

Nov 2015

Dec 2015

Celebrate Milestone

Accomplishments

Evaluate impact of revised QEP

Complete impact report for Fall

2014

Implement improvement

recommendations to revised QEP

Evaluate impact of revised QEP,

review revised implementation

grid

Complete impact report for Spring

2015

Draft reflection on what the

institution has learned as a result

of the QEP experience

Present draft of reflection on what

the institution has learned as a result

of the QEP experience

Celebrate Milestone

Accomplishments

Implement improvement strategies

needed to the revised QEP

Evaluate impact of revised QEP

and review revised

implementation grid

2016 QEP Timeline Jan 2016

Feb 2016

Mar 2016

Apr 2016

May 2016

Jun 2016

Jul 2016

Aug 2016

Sep 2016

Oct 2016

Nov 2016

Dec 2016

Complete impact report for Fall

2015

Implement improvement strategies

needed to the revised QEP

Evaluate impact of revised QEP

and review revised

implementation grid

Complete impact report for Spring

2016

Begin and complete final draft of

QEP Impact Report

Final review of QEP impact report

Submit 5th Year Report to

SACSCOC

SACS decision at Annual Meeting

Review Procedures by the Committee on Fifth Year Interim Reports

• Committee E (standing committee of the SACSCOC

Board of Trustees)

• Composed of special readers not members of the

Board of Trustees

• Do not recommend action on the accreditation status

of an institution, including the imposition of sanctions

Review Procedures by the Committee on Fifth Year Interim Reports

• Accept with comment The institution has adequately described the initial goals and intended outcomes of its QEP, discussed the

limited changes made in the QEP, and discussed the impact on student learning and/or the environment

supporting student learning, and described what the institution has learned as a result of the QEP

experience.

• Refer to C & R (Committee on Compliance & Reports) The institution did not adequately document the implementation of its Plan, and/or summarize the level of

success in achieving the desired impact on student learning and/or the environment supporting student

learning, and/or reflect upon the implementation of the QEP as a learning experience for the institution.

Institution is requested to provide an additional report in 12 months that documents progress in

implementing its QEP. This report will be forwarded to C & R who can either monitor the institution

through additional reports or may take other action.

Dr. Charles Taylor

SACSCOC, Vice President

1:15 pm - 2:00 pm – SACS QEP Advisory Team /Fifth-Year Report Committee