QEP Process
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) requires institutions to develop a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) with each decennial review. A key component of the reaffirmation of accreditation process, the QEP provides a three- to five-year plan of action to improve student knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, or behaviors. The requirements for the QEP are defined in the SACSCOC Principles of Accreditation: Core Requirement 2.12 and Comprehensive Standard 3.3.2. The chart below outlines key activities in developing the QEP, Sustainability Literacy as a Bridge to Addressing 21st Century Problems.
Key QEP Development Activities
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November 2014 |
Quality Enhancement Plan Request for Proposals (RFP Announcement) |
Students, Faculty, Staff |
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December 2014 |
QEP proposal deadline (Summary of submitted proposals) |
Students, Faculty, and Staff |
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April 2015 |
QEP Steering Committee appointed (link to Steering Committee membership page) |
President McConnell |
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August 2015 |
Proposal Development Committees appointed |
President McConnell |
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October 2015 |
QEP topic selected (QEP draft proposal) |
QEP Steering Committee, Reaffirmation Leadership Team, President McConnell |
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November 2015 |
Focus groups (Report) |
Students |
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December 2015 |
Topic Feedback Survey (Report) |
Faculty and Staff |
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February 2016 |
QEP Director appointed |
Reaffirmation Leadership Team |
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March 2016 |
Site visit to Furman College and the Shi Center for Sustainability |
QEP Director and representatives from the QEP Subcommittees |
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July 2016 |
David Orr campus visit (Agenda) |
College Executive Team, QEP Directory, QEP Steering Committee and Subcommittees, SACSCOC Liaison, Community members |
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August 2016 |
Sustain.cofc.edu website launched |
Division of Marketing and Communications |
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September 2016 |
Triple Bottom Line (TBL) panel featuring CofC faculty representing each of the three systems of the TBL (Flyer) |
Faculty |
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September 2016 |
William Throop campus visit (Agenda) |
Provost, SACSCOC Liaison, QEP Director, QEP Steering Committee and Subcommittees, Faculty |
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October 2016 |
Call for year 1 course proposals (Course proposal form) |
Faculty |
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November 2016 |
Pilot test UN Sustainability Literacy Quiz in FYE (Report) |
Students |
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January 2017 |
Pilot test Sustainability Literacy Survey in Residence Halls |
Students |
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January 2017 |
Call for Sustainability Literacy Institute (SLI) Faculty Fellows |
Faculty |
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January 2017 |
QEP poster campaign begins |
Division of Marketing and Communications |
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January 2017 |
Implementation Committee appointed |
President McConnell |
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February 2017 |
Addlestone Library exhibit on sustainability literacy (Flyer) |
QEP Director, Anthropology 319, Student and Faulty contributors |
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February 2017 |
QEP Submitted to On-site Review team |
SACSCOC Liaison, QEP Director, QEP Steering Committee and Subcommittees |
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March 2017 |
SACSCOC On-site Review |
Campus community |