Frequently Asked Questions

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A Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is a long-term, college-wide project focused on the improvement, enrichment, and enhancement of the student learning experience – and a major part of our reaffirmation process through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), a regional accreditation agency for higher education institutions in the Southern states.

 

What does QEP stand for?

Quality Enhancement Plan

 

What is a QEP?

The QEP is a new initiative at Navarro College that will impact student learning; involve all campuses; and be measurable, institutionally data driven, and financially sustainable.

 

Why is the QEP important to me?

It is an opportunity to improve student learning at Navarro College.

 

What is the Navarro College QEP topic?

Through the involvement of faculty, staff, students, and community members, Navarro College identified its Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) topic as a student success program called RISE—Reaching for Inspiration, Success, and Excellence.

RISE has two key components:

• Rise Launch – A voluntary student success program designed for first-time-in-college students and students returning to college for the first time. Launch provides resources, guidance, and structured support to help students transition successfully into college life.

• Rise Restore – A required student success course for students whose academic suspension appeals have been approved. Restore offers targeted support, skills development, and strategies to help students re-engage with their education and progress toward completion

 

Who is actually involved in the Navarro College QEP?

Everyone was involved! All full-time faculty, adjunct faculty, staff, administrators, and students on every campus, including online, as well as community members, shared in the development and campus awareness required by this QEP initiative.