North Carolina Wesleyan College

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North Carolina Wesleyan College Quality
Enhancement Plan
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• QEPs generally use Student Learning
• Outcomes (SLOs) to enhance student
• learning

• Edgecombe Community College, Tarboro, NC
• "Reading Excellence"
• Lon Morris College, Jacksonville, TX
• "Improving Oral Communication"
• Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, NC
• "Critical Thinking
• Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Wesson, MS
• Ensuring Math Success
• Clayton College and State University, Atlanta, GA
• Student Performance through Faculty/Staff
  Development

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QEPs may have different themes and agendas, but
they are really about how well people at your
institution can work together.
Nancy Floyd Associate Professor of Computer
Information Systems Jeff Kuglitsch Assistant
Professor of Geology Kathy Winslow, Director of
the Library Associate Professor Cameron
Matthews,Assistant Professor of Political
Science Stephen M. Bahnaman, Reference
Electronic Services Librarian John Dismukes,
Admissions Counselor Triangle Campus
Jon L. Wiggs, Director of Institutional Research
Vivienne M. Anderson, Professor of English
Fred W. SanbornAssistant Professor of
Psychology John TempleAssociate Professor of
Biology Erica Kosal, Division ChairAssociate
Professor of Biology Ed ShearinDirector, NCWC
Triangle Campus
Others.
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• NC Wesleyan Colleges QEP focuses on
• Information Literacy

Information Skills refer to the set of skills
needed to find, retrieve, critically evaluate,
and ethically use information.
-Association of College and Research Libraries
(ACRL) Information Literacy Competency Standards
for Higher Education
Our Student Government Association helped to
name NC Wesleyans QEP GIST Getting Information
Skills Today
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Graduation
Business ACCT 482, BUS 481, CIS 410 Math and
Science BIO/CHM 321, BIO 402, BIO 412, CHM 412,
JUS/POL/SOC 308, EXS 450 Social Sciences PSY
410, SOC 410, JUS 410, HIS 427, POL 308, EDU 310,
SPE, 326, 327 Humanities ENG 427, ENT, 492, REL
309
Advanced Information Skills (majors) Faculty-drive
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Basic Information Skills (General
Education) Library-driven
Freshmen
GIST builds on basic information literacy
skills students learn in Gen Ed
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Teaching and learning implications
Lower-level tasks
Library

• Understand the nature and extent of the
  information needed
• Find and use search tools effectively
• Locate and obtain the information regardless of
  format

Higher-level cognitive skills - more complex and
abstract
Faculty

• Critically evaluate the information retrieved
  before applying it
• Use information ethically

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SACS requires multiple measurements of all QEPS
Standardized tool RRSA
(Research Readiness Self Assessment)
College
Embedded Assessment
Classroom
QEP Committee
Aggregate, summarize, report data
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A Course Packet is an orderly collection of
materials assembled by an authority in the
department for use by all future teachers of the
course (including ADP instructors). It is a
versatile tool that is strict enough to institute
program objectives, but versatile enough to allow
the instructor freedoms in teaching style and
selection of supporting materials.
Some benefits of developing Course Packets
Creates a benchmark for instruction delivery that
is developed by senior department faculty who are
particularly devoted to the content.
For institutions without course instructor
rotation schedules, the Course Packet provides
exceptional guidance for future instructors in
the department.
Extends to adjuncts Department? Division?
Administration assurance