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- WHAT IS QEP?
A QEP is the Quality Enhancement Plan. It is
required by SACS in order to demonstrate
the University's commitment to ongoing quality
enhancement of student achievement.
Therefore, the QEP is a plan to improve the curriculum and instruction of
the University. In A&T's case, Critical
Thinking is the focus of our QEP.
- WHAT DOES
QEP HAVE TO DO WITH SACS?
The QEP is one of the many principles that
has to be addressed regarding SACS compliance.
Much of the re-accreditation is related
to what we have done in the
past, but the QEP is about what we will do in the future. The QEP will have
to be approved by SACS when it sends a
visiting team this spring.
- WHAT
IS SACS?
SACS is the Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools. It is the accreditation
organization that A&T earns its accreditation. Accreditation means that A&T
meets quality standards. If an institution does not maintain its accreditation,
then its students will not qualify for federal aid and they will have trouble
getting accepted into other graduate programs.
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- HOW WILL THIS AFFECT OUR STUDENTS?
The QEP, focusing on Critical Thinking, will
cause our faculty and staff to teach critical
thinking in deliberate and explicit fashion.
Therefore,
our students should grow in critical thinking skills over the course of
their four-year stay at A&T. This will make students more competitive
in job seeking and more effective as employees and citizens in a 21st century
global economy.
- HOW WILL THIS AFFECT OUR ACADEMIC
CULTURE?
Hopefully, because of the assessment requirements that go along with any
QEP, our QEP will contribute to the development of a culture of scholarship
and assessment.
- WHAT DOES SACS AND QEP HAVE
TO DO WITH ME?
Because we all have a role in the education of our students (students included),
everyone has a responsibility to improve the University community. We all
influence each other. Therefore, faculty, staff, students, administrators,
and alumni need to make sure that we are all aware of the QEP. Remember:
QEP = Critical Thinking. Upon implementation, we will all challenge each
other to become engaging critical thinkers through both formal instruction
and informal interaction.
- WHY IS MY INPUT IMPORTANT?
- The more people who look at the details
of the QEP, the better it will become.
Already in the past two input sessions,
we have vastly improved the plan.
- The QEP is a University community plan,
that we will all have a role in carrying
out. The process of providing input also
helps the participant to learn the QEP's
details and importance.
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