IMPACT & QEP
This is the name of the program designed to improve freshman success through co-requisite support.
What is the IMPACT Program?
In a co-requisite model, this happens at the same time as a college-level course.
What is developmental support or instruction?
This subject supports College English with reading strategies and grammar basics.
What is Developmental Reading or English?
Morris College was founded in this year to serve African American students in South Carolina.
What is 1908?
Students use this college portal to access grades, schedules, and assignments.
What is MyMorris or the Morris College portal (LMS)?
The QEP stands for this phrase that guides Morris College's student success initiative.
What is the Quality Enhancement Plan?
The co-requisite courses at Morris College pair a credit-bearing class with this type of support class.
What is a non-credit developmental or lab class?
In the Religion and Reading co-requisite, students learn about this foundational section of the Bible.
What is the Old Testament or the Pentateuch?
The mission of Morris College includes developing intellectual and moral leaders in this tradition.
What is the Baptist or HBCU tradition?
This type of course evaluation helps the QEP team improve instruction.
What is a student survey or course feedback form?
This team leads efforts in implementing and monitoring the IMPACT program across departments.
Who is the IMPACT Team?
This benefit of co-requisite education shortens the time it takes for students to complete these requirements.
What are gateway courses or core courses?
In College Math co-requisite, students may receive extra support using this online adaptive platform.
What is ALEKS?
This title is held by the individual leading the Office of Academic Affairs and the IMPACT initiative.
Who is the Chief Academic Officer or Dr. Lewis Graham?
In co-requisite support classes, students often complete this type of structured writing tool.
What is a graphic organizer or outline?
One key goal of the QEP is to improve these two types of college readiness for students.
What are academic and social readiness?
These two professors typically team-teach a co-requisite course at Morris College.
Who are the core instructor and the support instructor?
In English composition, students are taught to build these types of structured arguments in essays.
What are thesis statements or evidence-based arguments?
As an HBCU, Morris College focuses on building excellence in this supportive environment
What is a culturally affirming or student-centered learning environment?
One tool used to help students improve reading comprehension is this strategy for guessing unknown words.
What are context clues?
The QEP at Morris College focuses on this group of incoming students to help increase retention and graduation rates.
Who are first-time freshmen?
One success measure of the co-requisite model includes this increase in passing rates for courses like Math and English.
What is an improvement in student performance or completion rates?
A major goal of the Religion + Reading co-requisite course is helping students apply Biblical lessons using these types of reading skills.
What are critical thinking and comprehension skills?
These two campus groups often work together to support students academically and emotionally.
What are faculty and student support services (or counselors/advisors)?
Student success is tracked using these measurable outcomes such as GPA, course pass rates, and retention.
What are key performance indicators (KPIs) or academic metrics?