Quality Enhancement Plan
今日看料 (SCC) has selected 鈥淭ransformational Entry Engagement鈥� (TEE) as its Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The College鈥檚 Mission Statement is 鈥渢o provide educational opportunities of the highest quality to all we serve.鈥� Through the College鈥檚 ongoing, comprehensive, strategic planning and evaluation processes, entry advising gaps鈥攂ased on student populations鈥攚ere identified. As such, the College seeks to better align its entry advising strategies to its mission: identify and implement equitable entry advising strategies (鈥渆ducational opportunities of the highest quality鈥�) to meet the needs of various student populations (鈥渁ll we serve鈥�). The primary focus is to increase student success through student-centered entry engagement.
How did we get here?
QEP topics initially emerged and were selected from the College鈥檚 2020-2024 Strategic Plan of Operations, which is based on college strengths, needs, and concerns gleaned from annual program reviews and outcomes assessments. The College used both quantitative (institutional data and surveys) and qualitative (focus groups, surveys, campus meetings) research methods to develop the QEP. College stakeholders鈥攕tudents, faculty, staff, SCC Board of Trustees, and the community鈥攚ere actively engaged in the process; faculty and staff were asked to cast the final vote on topic selection.
Primary QEP Goal
The primary goal of the QEP is to increase student completion by creating equitable entry advising strategies for all students. To do this, the College has formalized a front-end, intentional entry advising model for all incoming students through three specific strategies:
- Entry Engagement
- Entry Support & Resources
- Program Selection
QEP Measurements
Student Self-Efficacy
Students will feel more confident in mapping their career goals with academic programs and/or workforce credentials.
Credit Completion Rate
Students will be accurately placed in programs at the beginning of their academic careers to increase credit completions.
Program/Career Cluster Changes
The number of times a student changes program (career) clusters will decrease.
Curriculum Student Completion
Long-term student completion will increase.
"I am incredibly excited about the work we are accomplishing with QEP. It's the right thing to do for our students. They deserve to be at the center--not at the end--of all that we do. With our new entry advising strategies, the College is recognizing that students must be a forethought and not an afterthought--including in how we welcome them into our wide-open doors and help them recognize their unique "superpowers." The time, energy, personnel, and financial resources the College has devoted to QEP is evident through the excitement of our people and the purposeful connections with our students."
Cary Greene - Purpose Center & QEP Director
QEP Contacts
Cary Greene
Purpose Center & QEP Director
greenec@sandhills.edu
Taylor Mashburn
Purpose Center Associate
mashburnt@sandhills.edu
Resources