Quality Enhancement Plan
A Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is a multi-year plan developed by the institution that,
- addresses a topic identified through its ongoing, comprehensive planning and evaluation processes;
- has broad-based support of institutional constituencies;
- focuses on improving specific student learning outcomes and/or student success;
- commits resources to initiate, implement, and complete the QEP; and
- includes a plan to assess achievement.
How and Why We Chose Read, Write, Achieve
The QEP Leadership Team created a Focus and Development Team in Fall 2018 to review institutional data and engage ATC’s campus and community in selection of the College’s topic. This broad-based team reviewed a variety of institutional reports (APER, CCSSE, SENSE, Desktop Audits, Graduate Surveys, and Student Achievement Data, among others) and consulted with the ATC Area Commission and the ATC Student Leadership Council on their findings. This data review process led to the development of two leading QEP topics: Reading and Writing and First-Year Experience. Concerning the topic of Reading and Writing, the review of institutional data indicated that only 58% of 2018-19 students in either RWR 032 or ENG 101 were achieving success (As, Bs, and Cs) in those courses. Further, only 37.6% of students who required Transitional Reading and Writing (RWR 032) were completing their college-gateway English course (ENG 101 or 160) within two years. In a College-wide vote, 117 of 211 respondents (55.5%) selected Reading and Writing as ATC’s QEP topic.
