Quality Enhancement Plan

As a part of our Strategic Plan, HPU is focused on the student experience and is informed by the knowledge that students might enjoy their time at the University for social or personal reasons, but they cannot truly have a good student experience if they are not succeeding in their educational pursuits.  

Therefore, Howard Payne University will implement a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) beginning in Fall 2024 that will engage students over the next five years entitled Game Plan for Academic Achievement: Academic Coaching for Jacket Success, GPA+. The QEP will be housed in the Center for Student Success and is designed to help students succeed at increasing higher levels through academic coaching. 

The University uses the following definition for academic coaching: Academic coaching is a partnership between the academic coach and the student that equips the student to achieve academic skills and develop self-regulatory college life skills needed to reach their goals. 

The dream, the hope, the belief is that adopting and utilizing an academic coaching model can make a meaningful impact on the student support services and programs that are offered to all students and are particularly needed for at-risk students. 

Helping students achieve their educational goals is genuinely “enhancing the student experience.”