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The compliance audit for our reaffirmation of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) will be submitted in the coming weeks. Importantly, the development of our new Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), as part of the reaccreditation process, is well underway. A draft of the plan, branded MT Engage—which was announced in the fall of 2014—is available to the campus community on the QEP web site http://www.mtsu.edu/QEP/submission_draft.php.

As part of the ongoing effort to have broad-based involvement into the plan, I invite faculty, staff and administrators to read the plan to provide feedback to the QEP chair, Dianna Rust, or subcommittee chairs, Jason Vance, Lara Daniel and Michelle Boyer-Pennington. The on-site review of the QEP will be March 29-31.

MT Engage seeks to create a culture in which students become actively engaged in their learning. This will be accomplished by supporting faculty who seek to incorporate high-impact engagement pedagogies into their teaching. The second key piece of MT Engage is getting students to reflect and think about their learning. Each MT Engage-designated course will require students to complete at least one assignment that fosters integrative thinking and reflection. Examples of this work will be collected in personalized ePortfolios, which will become showcases for students’ integration of the knowledge, skills, and abilities gained during their time at MTSU.

I would like to thank each member of the MT Engage Development Committee for their efforts to create a successful plan that will enhance student’s satisfaction with their learning and improve student learning outcomes.