Quality Enhancement Plan
Overview
Shaw University is committed to helping our students successfully persist, progress, and complete their collegiate career.
Persistence + Progression = Completion: Retention, Graduation, and Career Readiness is the focus of the Quality Enhancement Plan. A set of success outcomes and action items have been developed to meet the overall goals of the project. The QEP’s primary goals are: (1) to increase retention; (2) increase the four-year and six-year graduation rates, and (3) prepare students for the future by providing experiential learning and improve career readiness competencies. Retention, graduation, and career readiness were part of the University’s previous strategic plan (EPIC, 2015-2020) and are part of the current University’s strategic plan (2020+ EPIC, 2020-2025). Not only has student retention, time to graduation, and career readiness been part of the strategic plan, it has also been an institutional priority. The University has tracked retention, time to graduation, and career readiness for a number of years. The University plans to enhance student success and improve retention by providing adequate resources, a socially and intellectually nurturing environment, and facilitating training and mentorship opportunities that support students career preparation through academic integration. Thus, retention, graduation, and career readiness has been key components in the measure of the success for the University.
QEP Frequently Asked Questions
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A Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is a plan that a university develops to improve student learning in a measurable way.
The QEP is an accreditation requirement for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) that represents a “carefully designed and focused course of action that addresses a well-defined issue or issues directly related to improving student learning.” While it is technically a mandate from SACSCOC, the QEP represents an exciting opportunity for us to work together as a community to best support our students.
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According to SACSCOC, in order to maintain accreditation, all schools must satisfy Core Requirement 2.12:
The institution has developed an acceptable Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) that (1) includes a broad-based institutional process identifying key issues emerging from institutional assessment, (2) focuses on learning outcomes and/or the environment supporting student learning and accomplishing the mission of the institution, (3) demonstrates institutional capability for the initiation, implementation, and completion of the QEP, (4) includes broad-based involvement of institutional constituencies in the development and proposed implementation of the QEP, and (5) identifies goals and a plan to assess their achievement.
Contact Us
Dr. Vanessa Raynor
Dean, Academic Support/QEP Committee Chair
Estey Hall #308
(919) 719-2284
vraynor@shawu.edu