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Head to ACC Campuses October 10 to Celebrate QEP Day
Austin Community College is hosting QEP Day on Wednesday, Oct. 10, to raise awareness of Math PLUS, the college’s new quality enhancement plan (QEP).
Every campus is planning activities and giveaways as part of a campaign to help faculty, staff, and students learn about the proposed plan to increase students’ success rates in developmental math courses.
QEP Day sets the stage for the upcoming visit by the college’s accrediting organization, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, scheduled for Oct. 30-Nov. 1. The QEP is a key component of the reaffirmation of accreditation process, and the SACSCOC team will review the Math Department’s proposal and may ask faculty, staff, and students what they know about the program.
“The Math Department has put in tremendous effort to develop a curriculum that helps even struggling students master mathematics so they can go on to earn a college degree,” says Joey Offer, ACC professor and Math PLUS director.
During QEP Day, students also will have an opportunity to learn about Basic Math Skills with Collaborative Learning (MATD 0332), a new pilot course that provides the foundation for Math PLUS. The course will be available in the spring to any student who scored below 26 on the COMPASS math assessment.
To view the MATD 0332 schedule or learn how ACC selected its QEP, visit austincc.edu/mathplus.
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3 Responses to “Head to ACC Campuses October 10 to Celebrate QEP Day”
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If you are currently enrolled in college math. Can you still be apart of math plus program? I barely passed dev. math and still struggle.
The Math PLUS program focuses on the beginning level of developmental mathematics – Basic Math. You can always take a developmental course over, but if you are enrolled in a college-level mathematics course, you probably don’t want to start at the beginning level. I suggest you talk with a developmental math advisor about the options to better prepare you for your college level course work. Here is a link to the developmental math advisors at each campus: https://sites.google.com/a/austincc.edu/math/home/dma/dmalist
It would be nice to have something like this for the math classes after the developmental math stage