The Role of the Quality Enhancement Plan in Engendering a Culture of Assessment

Autor/inn/en	Loughman, Thomas P.; Hickson, Joyce; Sheeks, Gina L.; Hortman, J. William
Titel	The Role of the Quality Enhancement Plan in Engendering a Culture of Assessment
Quelle	In: Assessment Update, 20 (2008) 3, S.3-5 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1041-6099
DOI	10.1002/au.203
Schlagwörter	Strategic Planning; Institutional Evaluation; Performance Based Assessment; Total Quality Management; Community Involvement; Management by Objectives; Performance Tests; Accreditation (Institutions); Accountability; Higher Education; Student Writing Models; Writing Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Leistungsermittlung; Quality management; Qualitätsmanagement; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsmessung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Verantwortung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit
Abstract	During the past two decades, colleges and universities have used best practices from corporate management such as total quality management, strategic planning, management by objectives, benchmarking, data warehousing, and performance indicators. Many institutions of higher learning now have adopted comprehensive and multifaceted approaches to institutional planning, performance assessment, and accountability. In addition, appropriate data to improve institutional performance, especially direct measures of student learning, are now required by regional accrediting bodies. In this context, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) now requires all of its member institutions to create a quality enhancement plan (QEP) as part of the accreditation process. Key elements of the QEP established by SACS include the following: (1) Focus; (2) Institutional capability and the initiation and continuation of the plan; (3) Assessment of the plan; and (4) Broad-based community involvement. This article describes the development of the QEP at Columbus State University. Through its focus on engendering a culture of assessment, the university's QEP promises several important benefits. Through its recommendation that the administration establish an Office of Institutional Effectiveness, the plan encourages a university-wide focus on assessment. (Contains 1 figure.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10