Ensure understanding of and support for the QI among faculty/staff and students;

  • Present QI project to faculty, staff, and students and answer questions
  • Use regular governance and administrative processes to implement project
  • Assign taskforce liaisons to work with involved campus groups
  • Distribute annual reports to campus

Ensure understanding of and support for the QI among faculty/staff and students;

  • Present QI project to faculty, staff, and students and answer questions
  • Use regular governance and administrative processes to implement project
  • Assign taskforce liaisons to work with involved campus groups
  • Distribute annual reports to campus

Develop eight-semester degree maps, publish maps in catalog, and publicize in recruiting, advising, and orientation materials;

Note: This activity, originally a strategic plan action item, was escalated into a matter of compliance with state statute in Fall 2012. Per the Colorado Department of Higher Education, all FLC programs must be in compliance on length of degree in the 2013-14 catalog. After the degree maps are completed, the QI will see this activity through in terms of ensuring their publication in the catalog and inclusion in recruiting, advising, and orientation materials.

Implement a degree planning and tracking technology to enhance support for student decision-making about course selection and sequencing and student self-monitoring of progress toward degree;

  • Identify and screen available products for functional and technical suitability
  • Present products that meet functional and technical requirements to faculty, staff, and students for their review
  • Make budget request for purchase
  • Develop a request for proposals and procure the technology
  • Implement the technology, followed by training for faculty, staff, and students

Develop four-year instructional plans so degree tracking technology functionality related to course sequencing can be programmed;

  • Develop scheduling policy to complement the four-year degree maps
  • Enhance support for department chair decision-making about number of sections to offer
  • Develop policy and procedure for department chairs to request funds to hire temporary instructors in response to enrollment growth
  • Develop policy and procedure to lengthen current six- to nine-month instructional planning horizon to four years and re-evaluate calendar for schedule building

Create institutional encouragements for students to graduate on time;

  • Determine which form the encouragements will take, e.g., recommendations, incentives, monitoring & advising protocols, and/or requirements.
  • Based on that discussion, develop encouragements related to:
    • Pace: Course loads and completion
    • Getting and staying on track for graduation: Declaration of a major at 45 credits; processes to add majors, change majors, and add minors after declaration of major; degree conferral

Clarify roles and responsibilities of faculty and professional advisors;

Note: This activity incorporates into the QI the work by the Faculty Advising Committee on roles and responsibilities of faculty and professional advisors that began in Summer 2012, and which is explicitly addressing the advising of students who are declared vs. those who are undeclared.

Create data reporting and data collection systems to evidence the QI;

Note: The report to the QI must be evidence-based. The Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment will be consulted about how to best provide that evidence using existing and new data reporting and collection systems.