According to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges’ website, “the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is a document developed by the institution that (1) includes a process identifying key issues emerging from institutional assessment, (2) focuses on learning outcomes and/or the environment supporting student learning and accomplishing the mission of the institution, (3) demonstrates institutional capability for the initiation, implementation, and completion of the QEP, (4) includes broad-based involvement of institutional constituencies in the development and proposed implementation of the QEP, and (5) identifies goals and a plan to assess their achievement” (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, 2022).

 At Cleveland State Community College, the Quality Enhancement Plan is defined as an institutional-wide, opportunistic plan for enhancing and improving student success, student learning, and institutional outcomes over a five-year period.