The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Task Force is comprised of members representing a variety of constituent groups related to the selected QEP topic who are charged with developing the Quality Enhancement Plan.
Teams and Committees
Teams are comprised of the Leadership Team, the Compliance Certification Team, and the Quality Enhancement Plan Task Force.
Texas State Leadership Team
The Leadership Team manages and validates the internal institutional assessment of compliance with the Principles of Accreditation. The Team has the following responsibilities:
- Coordinate and manage the internal review process
- Oversee the institutional review of the extent of compliance
- Ensure that the institutional community is engaged and informed in the review process
- Oversee completion and accuracy of the Institutional Summary Form
- Develop Focused Reports, if the institution so chooses
- Oversee the development and implementation of the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
- Oversee arrangement for the on-site visit
- Ensure the appropriate follow-up activities are in place to address compliance issues
Dr. Denise Trauth, President, Chair
Dr. Beth Wuest, Associate Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and SACSCOC Liaison
Dr. Gene Bourgeois, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Mr. Eric Algoe, Vice President for Finance and Support Services
Mr. Ken Pierce, Vice President for Information Technology
Dr. Mary Ellen Cavitt, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs
Dr. Lisa Lloyd, Vice President for University Administration
Dr. Barbara Breier, Vice President for University Advancement
Dr. Larry Teis, Director, Athletics
Ms. Stella Silva, Interim Chief Diversity Officer
Dr. William Chittenden, Presidential Fellow
Dr. Peter Golato, Co-Chair, Quality Enhancement Plan
Dr. Alejandra Sorto, Co-Chair, Quality Enhancement Plan
Dr. Alex White, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Faculty Representative
Compliance Certification Team
The Compliance Certification Team is a fifteen-member team of persons who have a key role in addressing issues and drafting narratives related to SACSCOC Principles of Accreditation. The team has the following responsibilities:
- Interpret Principles of Accreditation
- Identify evidence to support each standard
- Assign specific tasks to staff and faculty, not on the Compliance Certification Team, who have been identified as having responsibility for a particular area addressed in a specific standard
- Certify the quality and integrity of the data and information
- Conduct the analysis of compliance to ascertain extent of compliance (compliance, partial compliance, or non-compliance)
- Prepare draft narrative
Dr. Beth Wuest, Associate Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and SACSCOC Liaison, Chair
Dr. Gene Bourgeois, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Mr. Eric Algoe, Vice President for Finance and Support Services
Mr. Ken Pierce, Vice President for Information Technology
Dr. Mary Ellen Cavitt, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs
Dr. Lisa Lloyd, Vice President for University Administration
Dr. Barbara Breier, Vice President for University Advancement
Dr. Larry Teis, Director, Athletics
Dr. Debbie Thorne, Associate Provost
Dr. Walt Horton, Associate Vice President for Research and Federal Relations
Mr. Gary Ray, Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management and Marketing
Dr. Vedaraman Sriraman, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Ruth Welborn, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, Round Rock Campus
Dr. Peter Golato, Co-Chair, Quality Enhancement Plan
Dr. Alejandra Sorto, Co-Chair, Quality Enhancement Plan