What is a QEP?
It’s the Quality Enhancement Plan, a significant component of our SACS reaccreditation process. A QEP, as defined by SACS, is “a carefully designed and focused course of action that addresses a well-defined topic or issue related to enhancing student learning.” Our QEP provides us the opportunity to develop an active and targeted five-year plan to improve some aspect of the education of USC Upstate students. Our QEP proposal must be submitted to SACS in late 2011.
Who is involved?
One of the SACS requirements for the QEP is that the entire university community – faculty, students, staff, and administrators— be involved in the selection of the QEP topic.
Where are we in the process?
We are at the very beginning. We are just starting to work on our QEP. We have formed the QEP Topic Selection Committee, we are developing ways to inform the University community about the topic selection process, and soon we will be asking for your ideas concerning the topic of our QEP. What our QEP becomes is up to you!
qep@uscupstate.edu