What is a Quality Enhancement Plan?
A QEP, or Quality Enhancement Plan, is a plan of action to improve student knowledge, skills, attitudes, values or behaviors, or to impact the student learning environment and student success.
SACSCOC defines the QEP as “an integral component of the reaffirmation of accreditation process and is derived from an institution’s ongoing comprehensive planning and evaluation processes. It reflects and affirms a commitment to enhance overall institutional quality and effectiveness by focusing on an issue the ‘institution considers important to improving student learning outcomes and/or student success (Resource Manual for The Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, p. 58).
The QEP has the following characteristics:
- A topic identified through ongoing, comprehensive planning and evaluation processes
- Broad-based support of institutional constituencies
- Focuses on improving specific student learning outcomes and/or student success
- Commits resources to initiate, implement and complete the QEP
- Includes a plan to assess achievement
For more information on QEP, see:
- Resource Manual for the Principles of Accreditation, Section 7.2
- Reviewing the Quality Enhancement Plan, an Evaluative Framework
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2019 |
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November |
Form Development Committee |
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First committee meeting and determine approach to develop QEP theme selection |
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End of fall term |
Develop detailed timeline |
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2020 |
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Beginning of spring term |
Develop questions for campus survey |
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Spring term |
Deploy campus survey |
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Collect data from survey and post results to QEP webpage |
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Focus groups to narrow topic |
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Announce QEP Topic |
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Marketing materials and logistics has begun |
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Fall term |
Determine timeline for implementation |
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Develop the broad-based implementation actions |
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Develop implementation matrix – with actions, objectives, person responsible for deliverable, outcomes, measures, budget and timeline. |
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2021 |
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Spring |
Create assessment plan |
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Create monitor process |
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Fall |
Refine QEP based on feedback from committee, outside committee and other constituents. |
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Market QEP to ASU Community |
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Identify 2-3 content area experts for SACSCOC site visit |
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2022 |
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January |
Begin writing QEP Report |
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May |
Give report to editor |
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November |
QEP Report Due |
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2023 |
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April |
On-site visit |
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Summer |
Finalize modifications of QEP based on feedback from SACSCOC Review Committee |
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Fall |
Implement QEP; Begin Year 1 Implementation |
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Begin monitoring/collection of relevant data. (Baseline data) |
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Expand marketing of QEP |
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2024 |
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May |
Update relevant data measures relevant to QEP |
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Complete year-end QEP update report |
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Adjust QEP as necessary |
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Fall |
Begin Year 2 Implementation |
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2025 |
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May |
Update relevant data measures relevant to QEP |
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Complete year-end QEP update report |
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Adjust QEP as necessary |
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Fall |
Begin Year 3 Implementation |
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2026 |
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May |
Update relevant data measures relevant to QEP |
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Complete year-end QEP update report |
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Adjust QEP as necessary |
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Fall |
Begin Year 4 Implementation |
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2027 |
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May |
Update relevant data measures relevant to QEP |
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Complete year-end QEP update report |
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Adjust QEP as necessary |
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Fall |
Begin writing Impact Report |
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Begin Year 5 Implementation |
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2028 |
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April |
Submit Impact Report in-house for editing |
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Submit Impact Report to SACSCOC |