About the QEP

What is a QEP?

QEP stands for Quality Enhancement Plan and presents an opportunity for Wake Forest to enhance student experiences. It is a multi-year investment in a focused set of initiatives that arise from our Strategic Framework and aim to improve student learning and/or success. The QEP is a requirement for SACSCOC accreditation, and it provides an effective structure to implement a project and make it sustainable as a long-term gain for our students. We hope you will take part in the QEP topic selection this year.

What was our previous QEP?

Wake Forest’s 2016 QEP Transcending Boundaries: Building a Global Campus Community established four key initiatives: Arrive@Wake (retitled, Connect@Wake) continues to be offered at the beginning of each academic year for incoming international students to facilitate the ease and success of their transition across cultures; Global AWAKEnings, designed to develop global mindsets through a first-year abroad program, was offered for four years and is currently being revamped to better meet student interest and needs; Global Villages are living and learning communities focused on global mindedness and have been thriving in the residence halls for five years; and the Global Laureates Academy, which is a network of faculty and staff who aim to make an impact on the Wake Forest community by exploring topics and challenges associated with global learning, has certified five cohort groups since 2017.

SACSCOC requires each university, during its reaffirmation, to develop a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The QEP is to reflect and affirm the institution’s commitment to enhance overall institutional quality and effectiveness.

SACSCOC standard 7.2 states the QEP:

  • has a topic identified through its ongoing, comprehensive planning and evaluation processes;
  • has broad-based support of institutional constituencies;
  • focuses on improving specific student learning outcomes and/or student success;
  • commits resources to initiate, implement, and complete the QEP; and
  • includes a plan to assess achievement.