Quality Enhancement Plan

QEP Overview

The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is 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 that the institution considers important to improving student learning outcomes and/or student success. The document submitted by the institution demonstrates that its QEP (a) has a topic identified through its ongoing, comprehensive planning and evaluation processes; (b) has broad-based support of institutional constituencies; (c) focuses on improving specific student learning outcomes and/or student success; (d) commits resources to initiate, implement and complete the QEP; and (e) includes a plan to assess achievement. The On-Site Reaffirmation Committee reviews the document and conducts interviews to determine whether the institution has demonstrated compliance with Standard 7.2. ( Quality Enhancement Plan).

  • Developing the QEP

  • QEP Timeline

  • QEP Committees

  • QEP Topic Selection Process and Campus Engagement

The SACSCOC Handbook for Institutions Seeking Reaffirmation (pp. 34-40) suggests eight critical steps in the development of a QEP:

  1. Selecting a Topic
  2. Defining the Outcomes
  3. Researching the Topic
  4. Identifying the Actions to be Implemented
  5. Establishing the Timeline for Implementation
  6. Organizing for Success
  7. Assessing the Success of the QEP
  8. Preparing the QEP for Submission