The Quality Enhancement Plan Steering Committee will conduct a survey today through May 5 asking for feedback from the UTRGV campus community on three brief proposals.
âAs part of our SACSCOC accreditation, every 10 years, we have to put together some kind of an initiative to help improve student learning or the student learning environment,â said Laura Saenz, associate provost for Accreditation and Assessment. âWeâve come up with a couple of proposals that have some really good ideas that weâd like to get students, faculty and staff feedback on.â
Saenz said the three themes are a community engagement proposal, a proposal to help struggling students succeed in STEM courses and a proposal about writing and improving writing.
âWe had 15 proposals that were submitted some time in February,â she said. âThrough a committee selection process, we narrowed it down to three proposals. With these three proposals, we would really like the campus communityâs feedback and one of the expectations of our regional accreditor is that we have input from our faculty, staff and students. Weâre trying to comply with that, but weâre really interested in what everyoneâs views are on the value of each one of these particular proposals.â
The QEP describes a carefully designed course of action that addresses a well-defined and focused topic or issue related to enhancing student learning and/or supporting student learning and accomplishing the mission of the institution, according to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Handbook for Institutions Seeking Reaffirmation.
âWe value faculty, staff and studentsâ opinion on this particular initiative, but weâre really most interested in what students believe because this impacts students directly,â Saenz said.
The survey is available at www.utrgv.edu/qep.
For more information about the survey, call 665-4062 or email reaffirmation@utrgv.edu.
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