A significant new feature of the SACS Reaffirmation process is the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) which takes the place of the traditional Self-Study prepared for past reaffirmations. The objective of the QEP is to lead to a course of action for institutional improvement by addressing a question or questions that contribute to institutional quality with special attention to student learning. The QEP should be an outgrowth of the institution's ongoing planning and evaluation process related to the institutional mission and should be based on comprehensive and thorough analysis of effectiveness of environment for student learning. The QEP supplements the institution's ongoing, integrated, institution-wide planning and evaluation processes and is not intended to supplant or replace these ongoing processes.

The QEP will draw on LSU Health Sciences Center's established institutional effectiveness process for ideas and will build on the recently developed Strategic Plan (Link) as well as individual school plans. The QEP will be a concise document limited to a maximum of a 75 page narrative and a 25 page appendix. Many elements of both the QEP and the Compliance Certification will be hyperlinked to different resources in electronic format.