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QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PLAN - Discovery: WEB SITES

Designed as a starting point for research to support development of a Quality Enhancement Plan, this guide contains links to resources in many formats. Use the tabs below to navigate through web sites, books, and journal databases.

INFORMATION LINKS FOR QEP PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT

***SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS.  Commission on Colleges - http://www.sacscoc.org/

***MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE

 Mission Statement & Strategic Goals http://www.mc.edu/about/offices/assessment/policy.pdf

Linkages Between Mission Statement & Strategic Goals http://www.mc.edu/about/offices/assessment/missgoal.pdf

Office of Institutional Research – Assessment Plans & Reports, Common Data Sets, Fact Book, Key Point Performance Indicators, Peer Data, and Unit & Committee Accomplishments http://www.mc.edu/about/offices/institutional_research/

Strategic Planning Framework – Data Information http://www.mc.edu/faculty_staff/MCplan/framework.html

QEP Home Page http://www.mc.edu/qep/

 

 

Alliance for Excellent Education – many free publications on different levels and areas of education http://www.all4ed.org/publication_material

American Council on Education - http://www.acenet.edu//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

APPA – reports dealing with educational physical facilities http://www.appa.org/tools/measures/tls.cfm

Association of American Colleges and Universities - click on any of the topics on the left side of the screen to see publications http://www.aacu.org/index.cfm

Association of American Colleges and Universities.  Greater Expectations  -  a “multi-year initiative to articulate the aims of a 21st century liberal education and identify comprehensive, innovative models that improve learning for all undergraduate students.”  http://www.greaterexpectations.org/

Cal Poly’s Learning Assessment Planning Guide – http://www.academicprograms.calpoly.edu/assessment/assessplanguide.htm

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching – many free reports on different aspects of education http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/publications/

College Board – publications on access and success in higher education, writing, diversity, and other topics http://professionals.collegeboard.com/policy-advocacy/pubs-resources/archive

The Community College of Baltimore County – Guide for Learning Outcomes Assessment & Classroom Learning Assessment http://www.ccbcmd.edu/media/loa/loa_booklet.pdf

The Conference Board – a few  reports (especially under Key Findings) that discuss higher education and the emerging workforce http://www.conference-board.org/publications/keyfinding.cfm

Mark Taylor.  Learning Resources (Jan. 23, 2009)  http://www.taylorprograms.com/learningresourceslinks.html  Click on pdf link

Middle States Commission on Higher Education- mostly free standards, manuals, and guidelines from a different regional accrediting agency http://www.msche.org/publications.asp

Mississippi Department of Education – state, district, and school-level information http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/  

National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment – http://www.LearningOutcomesAssessment.org

National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education – articles and case studies on the intersection of teaching and digital technologies http://www.nitle.org/www/site/resources

Partnership for 21st Century Skills – free reports of survey findings http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=82&Itemid=185

Pew Internet – reports on the results of various Pew Research Center’s studies http://www.pewinternet.org/Topics.aspx

Policy Center on the First Year of College http://www.firstyear.org/

Southern Regional Education Board - http://www.sreb.org/

State University of New York – Stony Brook.  Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University – Reinventing Undergraduate Education http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/publications/

UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.  Higher Education Research Institute – free pdf and PowerPoint documents on many different higher education topics.  Click on Publications http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/index.php

U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/ 

State and County QuickFacts http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book http://www.census.gov/compendia/smadb/ 

Statistical Abstract of the United States http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

U. S. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics – tables and figures http://nces.ed.gov/quicktables/  also try the drop-down menus under Data Tools and Annual Reports.  You can also create tables and choose data sets at http://nces.ed.gov/datalab/

U. S. Department of Labor.  Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/

USC Center for Excellence in Teaching – Course Assessment and Student Learning Outcomes http://www.usc.edu/programs/cet/private/ppt/Assessment_Sept_07_Final_.ppt

 

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