Associate Provost for Academic Effectiveness Departs Georgia Tech

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Loraine Phillips has been associate provost for Academic Effectiveness at Georgia Tech since 2017. This month she will be leaving Georgia Tech to begin a new role as accreditation liaison at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.

During her time at Georgia Tech, Phillips oversaw the establishment and development of Office of Academic Effectiveness, which centralized the Institute’s academic assessment, academic program review and planning, and accreditation coordination into a stand-alone office reporting directly to the provost. During her tenure, Loraine worked closely with faculty and staff on new program development and authentic assessment practices, served on Institute curriculum committees and was a member of the SACSCOC Board of Trustees.

Phillips led the Institute through its recent reaccreditation process with The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). This multi-year, comprehensive review process ensures that institutions continue to meet SACSCOC's standards and requirements for quality and effectiveness. Phillips also served on Georgia Tech’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Development and Planning Committee, which helped launch the newest QEP, Leaders in Progress and Service a key component of reaccreditation. This spring, after years of dedicated work and leadership, Phillips led the Institute to a successful reaccreditation.

“The Institute owes its gratitude to Loraine for her steadfast leadership throughout the entire reaccreditation process,” said interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Karie Davis-Nozemack. “Her leadership and guidance helped ensure the Institute can continue developing leaders, serving the state, and making global impact for the next decade.”

The Office of the Provost will announce an interim associate provost for Academic Effectiveness later this month.

Writer: Kathleen Conley, Executive Communications, Institute Communications

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Topic Announced for Campus Quality Enhancement Plan, Focus on Transformative Learning Experiences

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Georgia Tech has selected the topic of its next Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), a critical piece of the Institute’s reaffirmation of accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). After consideration of potential topics, the QEP committee has selected “Leadership in Progress and Service: Creating Intentional and Transformative Learning Experiences.” Planning around the new topic will take place over the next year.

Reaffirmation is the process by which Georgia Tech must prove to a review team from peer institutions that the Institute is qualified to continue to award academic credit. The QEP should address key issues identified in our ongoing assessment process and should also support student learning. The selection committee, co-chaired by Laurence Jacobs, senior vice provost for Education and Learning, and Steven Girardot, vice provost for Undergraduate Education, reviewed 47 possible topics and found the focus of the chosen topic to be best aligned with the Institute’s current Strategic Plan and the Transformative Teaching and Learning (TTL) Strategic Initiative.

The heart of the topic is the creation and implementation of transformative learning experiences that prepare Georgia Tech students for leadership roles. An important aspect will also be a focus on students who may be less likely to participate in existing high impact practices: under-resourced, income-limited, and first-generation students.

“Georgia Tech is known for developing leaders,” said Steve McLaughlin, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. “The leaders of the future arrive on our campus with a wide range of academic and life circumstances, which means that a singular, one-size-fits-all college experience isn’t best to ensure student success. We want all Georgia Tech students to have the resources they need to become the leaders we know they can be, and the topic selected for our next QEP is intended to do exactly that.”

The next step of QEP development will involve outlining a course of action that includes the creation of a timeline and budget for implementation. This work will be operationally based within the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE)and will be executed in collaboration with the Office of Academic Effectiveness, as well as faculty, staff, and students from across campus.

The Institute’s reaffirmation of SACSCOC accreditation will take place in 2025, so the QEP design process will occur throughout the next year and will include opportunities for campus engagement from faculty and staff; the establishment of a design and planning committee; and hiring of a QEP faculty director. Updates on the process and ways to become involved will be made available on the Provost’s Quality Enhancement Plan webpage.

“An incredible amount of work goes into the QEP topic selection, design, and implementation process,” said McLaughlin. “We are deeply appreciative of the ideas shared by our campus topic contributors, as well as the thoughtful work of the co-chairs and selection committee. Reaccreditation is no small task, but support from Georgia Tech faculty, staff, and students will help us bring the QEP topic to life in a meaningful way.”

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