Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP) Consortium

This two-year project, generously funded by the Lumina Foundation for Education, will allow CIC to work with a select group of independent colleges and universities with the goal of examining the usefulness of the “Degree Qualifications Profile” in improving student learning and increasing the successful completion of baccalaureate degrees at independent colleges and universities. The Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP) attempts to define what students should learn, understand, and know at each degree level and provides a way for institutions to demonstrate the quality of their academic programs by using their own measures of student learning outcomes without the intrusion of state or federally mandated standards. CIC has agreed to test the Lumina Foundation’s Degree Qualifications Profile to determine its applicability in the independent liberal arts-oriented college context.
 

 Current Status

 
Twenty-five CIC colleges and universities have been selected to join the CIC/DQP Consortium. The work of the Consortium will begin late in 2011, with the first meeting to be held March 8-10, 2012, in Indianapolis, IN. There will be two other meetings of the Consortium and the project will conclude with the publication of the results at the end of 2013. An important aspect of the CIC/DQP Consortium will be the opportunity to collaborate with other institutional participants. Expert consultants will guide the institutions through webinars, phone conferences, and campus visits.

Learn more about the Consortium program, as well as background on the application process, in the DQP Consortium brochure.
 

 Participating Institutions

 
​Baldwin-Wallace College, OH
Bay Path College, MA
Berry College, GA
Bethel University, MN
Chatham University, PA
Concordia University Wisconsin
Daemen College, NY
Davis & Elkins College, WV
DePauw University, IN
D'Youville College, NY
Franklin College, IN
Golden Gate University, CA
Holy Names University, CA
Juniata College, PA
Marymount College, CA
McKendree University, IL
Nebraska Methodist College
Point Loma Nazarene University, CA
Saint Augustine's College, NC
Southern New Hampshire University
Tiffin University, OH
University of Charleston, WV
Virginia Wesleyan College
Westminster College, UT
Wofford College, SC
 

 Contact Information

 
​Questions should be addressed to Terry Grimes, CIC senior advisor, at tgrimes@cic.nche.edu or (910) 305-9606.