Student Learning Outcome Revision Notification
From: Michelle Boyer-Pennington
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 2:38 PM
To: Chris Brewer; Carol Swayze; Terry Goodin; Tim Graeff; Michael Hein; NT Johnson;
ksr3p@mtmail.mtsu.edu; Kari Neely; Martha Weller; Sheila Otto
Cc: Dianna Rust
Subject: A QEP update
Hi Everyone,
Hope everyone is having a relaxing and low stress summer. I want to thank everyone for all of their hard
work and dedication last year. I also wanted to take a few minutes and update everyone on the QEP
progress since we last met. The subcommittee chairs and Faye Johnson met with our SACSCOC
liaison/consultant last month, and he was very complimentary of our QEP. He did note that we were very
ambitious. After using that word a few times, we realized that he was really saying too ambitious. He
noted that any one of our three student learning outcomes would be enough to provide the foundation
for a good QEP. He was also concerned that we did not have stronger links among our three student
learning outcomes and ties to academic engagement. Dianna, Jason, Lara, and I have spent the last
month narrowing and refining the focus of the QEP. To that end, we are proposing to scale back to one
large student learning outcome with multiple indicators. I am attaching a draft of a document I have
been working on with their assistance. We are proposing to keep integrative thinking and reflection and
to use the AACU value rubric with some additional modifications. The rubric has 5 indicators, one of
which is the ability to communicate and one of which is self-assessment. Those two indicators will
be modified/tweaked so that we don't completely lose the focus on communication and personal and
professional development. We are not proposing to drop the ePortfolio component of the QEP, which is
needed for assessment purposes. We are also proposing to scale back to two program outcomes. Let me
know what you think.
Thanks, Michelle