Implementation Timelines
Goal One
Broaden participation and enhance capacity for experiential education opportunities that require engagement with communities external to the university.
During the summer and fall of 2024, the QEP Management Team will focus on building relationships across campus, preparing the audit of experiential activities, and developing assessment instruments.
- Audit of experiences across all four colleges
- Equity research
- Survey alumni and seniors to determine reasons for (or for not) participating
- Revise targets as appropriate from audit
- Communications to students:
- Website
- Orientation, ECS/DCS 101
- Social media, testimonials, marketing campaigns
- Creation and enhancement of programs and courses
- Experiential Learning Week
- Build faculty/staff capacity
- Incentives
- Education/open houses
- Continue communications to students
- Increase offerings across all activities by 5%
- Revise GER guidelines
- Experiential Learning Week
- Continue to build faculty/staff capacity
- Continue communications to students
- Increase offerings across all activities by 5%
- Experiential Learning Week
- Continue to build faculty/staff capacity
- Continue communications to students
- Increase offerings across all activities by 5%
- Experiential Learning Week
- Continue to build faculty/staff capacity
Goal Two
Develop, deepen, and sustain mutually beneficial collaborations between Emory University and external stakeholders.
- Audit of existing partnerships across all four colleges
- Determine stakeholder needs (survey, focus groups)
- Create formal guidelines for partnerships
- Written guides, PD, online modules, MOUs
- Experiential Learning Week
- Begin training, open houses with stakeholders and faculty
- Experiential Learning Week
- Training/open houses with stakeholders and faculty
- Launch stakeholder appreciation program
- Experiential Learning Week
- Training/open houses with stakeholders and faculty
- Continue stakeholder appreciation program
- Experiential Learning Week
Goal Three
Prepare faculty and staff to create and facilitate high-impact experiential learning opportunities.
- Professional development planning
- Best practices in experiential learning, reflection, working with external entities
- Execute professional development (10% goal)
- Develop resource kit on website
- Experiential Learning Week
- Launch Academic Learning Communities
- Increase number of faculty participating in one or all types by 10%
- Experiential Learning Week
- Continue Academic Learning Communities
- Increase number of faculty participating in one or all types by 5%
- Experiential Learning Week
- Continue Academic Learning Communities
- Increase number of faculty participating in one or all types by 5%
- Experiential Learning Week