QEP Scholars Spring RFP Is Ready!

Friday, 12 March 2010 19:31 Last Updated on Friday, 12 March 2010 21:42 Written by QEP Director

The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Scholars program kicks off this month with the Spring award cycle. Proposal solicitation runs from March 9, 2010 through April 10, 2010, with award announcements made no later than April 25, 2010. A downloadable grant application can be found on the QEP website under Documents.

QEP Scholars Grants

Wednesday, 17 February 2010 14:27 Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 03:10 Written by QEP Scholars Review Board

South University (SU) has adopted Critical Thinking and Information Literacy as the focus of its QEP. The QEP Scholars program is an essential component of the QEP that promotes a sustained focus and improvement of best practices within South University, including the Art Institute of Dallas. This award provides the time and structure for faculty to promote scholarship, learning, and service to the university.

Teaching for Critical Thinking: Q&A

Wednesday, 10 February 2010 02:45 Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 February 2010 02:49 Written by Administrator

Teaching for Critical Thinking: Q&A

The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is a required component of South University's reaffirmation of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Find out some answers to related questions about the QEP and the role it plays at South University.

QEP Student Learning Outcomes

Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:21 Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 03:15 Written by Administrator

South University's Quality Enhancement Plan is focused on achieving four Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs).

-Develop the intellectual tools that will enable students to ask good questions, reason out answers to those questions, and believe and act on the results of their reasoning

-Enhance learning by giving students the opportunity to practice critical writing and critical reading.

-Equip students with the skills to assess their own work by using elements of reasoning and intellectual standards of critical thinking.

-Access, and evaluate the quantity, quality and usefulness of information

Welcome to the South University Quality Enhancement Plan Web site.

Monday, 08 February 2010 14:35 Written by Administrator

In some settings, critical thinking is nothing more than a popular buzz word or a transient academic fad. We would argue that it should be the native language of the academy and the sustaining substance of education students should not simply be learning about a discipline or subject matter, they should be learning instead how to think critically in terms of that discipline or subject. Critical thinking is not something that can be added on to what is already occurring in the classroom.