Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)

Call for Topic Proposals to All Members of the Lindsey Wilson College Community

Submit your suggestion online by October 1, 2010.

As part of the SACS reaffirmation process, Lindsey Wilson College must submit to the Commission a proposal to improve student learning. The SACS Leadership Team invites all members of the Lindsey Wilson community - faculty, students, and staff -  to submit suggestions by OCTOBER  1 for a plan to enhance student learning.   The plan is called a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP).  

What is SACS?

     Lindsey Wilson College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur Georgi 30033-4097; Telephone number 404-679-4501) to award associate, baccalaureate and masters degrees.

 What should I know about QEPs?

• A QEP (Quality Enhancement Plan)  must focus on an issue directly related to student learning.
• The topic must be significant but something that the institution can effectively implement.
• The topc will be a focus of attention and resources for five or more years.

Who can submit QEPs?

          Any member of the College community.

 What have other colleges done?

Examples include strengthening the general education curriculum, developing creative approaches to experiential learning, enhancing critical thinking skills, introducing innovative teaching and learning strategies, increasing student engagement in learning, writing across the curriculum, globalization of the curriculum, sustainability and exploring imaginative ways to use technology in the curriculum. 

 For a list of sample titles of QEPs previously submitted for Commission review, go to the list of   QEP Summaries at  http://www.sacscoc.org/2007TrackBQEPSummaries.asp

How can I submit a suggestion?

Submit your suggestion online by October 1, 2010.

Where can I find more information?

Read about the QEP Guidelines for a better understanding of how the process works.