QEP Timeline

Planning for Georgia Tech’s next QEP engaged campus stakeholders in a multi-year process that will culminate with the SACSCOC Reaffirmation of Accreditation visit in April 2025. The following timeline reviews the major milestones achieved throughout the planning process.

2022

  • September: Provost McLaughlin charged the Topic Selection Committee
  • November/December: QEP Topic Selection Committee chairs facilitated listening sessions with school chairs

2023

  • January/February: QEP Topic Selection Committee collected 47 topic suggestions from the campus community that aligned with the 2020-2030 Institute Strategic Plan
  • February/March: QEP Topic Selection Committee reviewed submissions and selected three topics as finalists
  • March: QEP Topic Selection Committee shared topic finalists with the campus and collected nearly 200 pieces of feedback from faculty, staff, and students
  • May: QEP Topic Selection Committee submitted the QEP topic recommendation to Provost
  • May: Provost approved the topic “Leadership in Progress and Service"
  • June: QEP topic announced to the campus community
  • Summer: QEP Development and Planning Committee (QEP DPC) formed
  • Fall: QEP DPC served as search committee for QEP Faculty Director

2024

  • January: Faculty Co-Directors Slieper and Williams joined the QEP team
  • February/March: QEP Development and Planning Committee developed learning outcomes, experiential learning criteria, and credential design proposal
  • March/April: Campus outreach to share the QEP design with college leaders, faculty senate executive board, student government, employers, experiential learning programs, and other constituents totaling 28 meetings with nearly 500 participants
  • May: First QEP draft submitted to QEP Development and Planning Committee for feedback
  • June: Engaged 75 faculty and staff in Faculty Design Charettes and Experiential Learning Program Summits to collaboratively envision the foundation course and immersive learning components
  • Fall: Tested rubrics on student artifacts gathered from collaborating courses and experiential learning programs
  • Fall: QEP Report revised and submitted for executive review

2025

  • April 7 – 11: SACSCOC Reaffirmation of Accreditation site visit
  • December: SACSCOC provides final reaffirmation decision

More on the timeline:   

Visit Georgia Tech’s Office of Academic Effectiveness to see the 2022-2025 SACSCOC reaffirmation timeline.