Explore our QEP
What is QEP?
The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is an integral component of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on College's reaffirmation of the accreditation process and is derived from our ongoing comprehensive planning and evaluation processes.
It reflects and affirms SMU's commitment to enhancing overall institutional quality and effectiveness by focusing on an issue that the institution considers important to improving student learning outcomes and student success. At SMU, our QEP branded as SMU in Four, is a five-year initiative that began in 2020.
Learn more about our commitment to improving the undergraduate learning environment to improve undergraduate student success.
Explore Our Commitment to Mustangs
You can view full details of the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), SMU in Four, by downloading the full proposal.
Annual Progress Reports
Published each summer, we report our progress improve first-year student retention and graduation rates within four years by improving the undergraduate learning environment while also reducing equity gaps. Explore how we are improving the undergraduate learning environment year-by-year.
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Year-One Progress (2021 - 2022)
You can view details of our year-one progress to improve the undergraduate learning environment. Highlights include: launch of Advising Notes, use of Booking.SMU, Department of Economics course redesign, policy changes, HighPoint Student Dashboard and Schedule Builder deployment.
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Year-Two Progress (2022 - 2023)
You can view details of our year-two progress to improve the undergraduate learning environment. Highlights include: Department of Chemistry course redesign, Student Leadership Institute, catalog updates, and emergent trends in retention and graduation rates.
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Year-Three Progress (2023 - 2024)
You can view details of our year-three progress to improve the undergraduate learning environment. Highlights include: advising and records survey results, recommendation for professional advising, detailed assessment of early alert tools, Critical Reasoning expansion into disciplines, and more.