Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)

Career Readiness through Experiential Learning

From Classrooms to Careers

The University of West Georgia’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)—Career Readiness through Experiential Learning—seeks to strengthen the connection between experiential learning and the development of career readiness competencies for undergraduate students, beginning in their very first semester and continuing through their senior-level courses as they transition to their careers.

The QEP supports high-impact, career-connected learning experiences that help students apply what they learn in the classroom, reflect on that learning, and better understand how their academic work connects to future goals.

Explore High-Impact Practices

High-Impact Practices (HIPs) are a central part of UWG’s experiential learning work. Explore the pages below to learn more about practice areas, course designations, criteria, and application processes.

High-Impact Practices (HIPs)

QEP Student Resources

QEP Grants and Newsletters

Find additional resources connected to the Quality Enhancement Plan, including grant opportunities, program updates, and newsletters highlighting ongoing work across campus.

QEP Grants

QEP Summer Institute

Rebekah Teal – Experiential Learning and Belongingness

Maria Doyle – Experiential Learning and First-Generation College Students

QEP Goals and Outcomes

UWG’s proposed QEP sets forth the following goals and outcomes that will direct the plan’s work:

Institutional Goal 1 – ACCESS: Increase student access to experiential learning opportunities.
Institutional Goal 2 – CONNECT: Increase educational development opportunities for faculty and staff to learn and engage in evidence-based teaching strategies that connect experiential learning to students' development of career readiness competencies as defined by National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).
Student Learning Outcome 1 – ENVISION: Within their first year, students will identify and describe experiential learning opportunities and career readiness competencies relevant to their professional goals.
Student Learning Outcome 2 – ENACT: Students will analyze and reflect on the career readiness competencies cultivated through their participation in experiential learning opportunities.
Student Learning Outcome 3 – SHOWCASE: Before graduation, students will write a metacognitive reflection that articulates the integration between experiential learning activities they participated in throughout their time at UWG and the career readiness competencies that they developed.
Student Success Outcome – ACHIEVE: Increase the percentage of graduates who pursue employment, additional education, or other experiences that make use of career readiness competencies.