Mission: The general goal of UHD’s QEP (read the whole revised document here) is to engage students more deeply in the learning process through active learning strategies, helping them gain the knowledge, skills, and behaviors needed to make the most of their college experience. The plan consists of a series of coordinated initiatives designed to intervene at vulnerable points in the student’s academic career, in particular as the student transitions into and within the university or takes challenging core courses. Once fully implemented, the QEP is expected to accomplish the following major objectives:

• New students will gain an understanding of the importance of being an informed and active member of the University community, by participating in enhanced transition programs. With a better understanding of University policies and procedures, students will move more efficiently from University College into the degree-granting college of their major. • Students will become more engaged in the learning process through active learning strategies implemented in class, through participating in activities outside the classroom, and by interacting with peer tutors (supplemental instruction a.k.a. SI). • Students will demonstrate improved mastery of the learning objectives established for courses that baseline data identify as significant barriers to student success at UHD. These are large enrollment, high attrition core courses (called the bottleneck courses) whose learning outcomes are important for success in the broader undergraduate curriculum. An underlying assumption of the QEP is that improved performance in these courses will have a positive impact on the University’s basic academic performance measures.