Response Report

Core Requirement 2.12

The institution has developed an acceptable Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) that (1) includes a broad-based institutional process identifying key issues emerging from institutional assessment, (2) focuses on learning outcomes and/or the environment supporting student learning and accomplishing the mission of the institution, (3) demonstrates institutional capability for the initiation, implementation, and completion of the QEP, (4) includes broad-based involvement of institutional constituencies in the development and proposed implementation of the QEP, and (5) identifies goals and a plan to assess their achievement. (Quality Enhancement Plan)

Recommendation 1: The Committee recommends that the institution align student learning goals with the curriculum and instructional focus detailed in the QEP.

Response:

The QEP Coordinating Committee has submitted a revised version of student learning outcomes for Writing. Realized. Developing Writing Literacies in a Technological Age [1] . This revision aligns the Quality Enhancement Plan with one overarching goal aligned with the curriculum and instructional focus detailed in the QEP: Students enrolled in the QEP classes will demonstrate enhanced writing competencies in five writing literacies : information acquisition (research), critical thinking, technological applications, visual constructs, and reflective practice.

Supporting documentation:

[1] Writing. Realized. Developing Writing Literacies in a Technological Age, Revised August 2008.