1. a Lumina Foundation grant projectSpring 2013 Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Western Association of Schools and Colleges DEGREE QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE PROJECT (DQPP) A SSOCIATE D EGREE C OHORTS C ONFERENCE R EFINING THE P ROJECT C ONCEPT

2. a Lumina Foundation grant projectSpring 2013 Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Western Association of Schools and Colleges DEGREE QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE PROJECT (DQPP) 2 The true poem rests between the words. Vanna Bonta

3. a Lumina Foundation grant projectSpring 2013 Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Western Association of Schools and Colleges DEGREE QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE PROJECT (DQPP) Definition: re·fine (r-fn) v. re·fined, re·fin·ing, re·fines v.tr. 1. To reduce to a pure state; purify. 2. To remove by purifying. 3. To free from coarse, unsuitable, or immoral characteristics: refined his manners; refined her speaking style. v.intr. 1. To become free of impurities. 2. To acquire polish or elegance. 3. To use precise distinctions and subtlety in thought or speech. The Free Online Dictionary

4. a Lumina Foundation grant projectSpring 2013 Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Western Association of Schools and Colleges DEGREE QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE PROJECT (DQPP) Refining: When the raw material is processed and clarified for use.

5. a Lumina Foundation grant projectSpring 2013 Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Western Association of Schools and Colleges DEGREE QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE PROJECT (DQPP) Separate the material into various components Treat each component to clean it (remove impurities) Recombine the components for intended uses Develop a way to store and deliver the refined product P ROCESSING THE R AW MATERIAL

6. a Lumina Foundation grant projectSpring 2013 Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Western Association of Schools and Colleges DEGREE QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE PROJECT (DQPP) Team: staying connected; participation in college events Overview: project description; purpose; expected learning Objectives, Milestones, Timelines: preliminary objectives; milestones; timelines; final objectives Key Participants, and Evaluation: responsible parties; recordkeepers; reporters Start-up: First month to-dos K EY P IECES

7. a Lumina Foundation grant projectSpring 2013 Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Western Association of Schools and Colleges DEGREE QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE PROJECT (DQPP) Take advantage of this planning time Commit to being kind with your colleagues when you get back to campus T WO PIECES OF ADVICE

8. a Lumina Foundation grant projectSpring 2013 Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Western Association of Schools and Colleges DEGREE QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE PROJECT (DQPP) William Shakespeare: Better three hours too soon, than one minute too late. Charles Richards: Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week’s value out of a year while another man gets a full year’s value out of a week. Ralph Waldo Emerson: So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of each person’s genius is confined to a very few hours. Bruce Lee: If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done. S OME QUOTES ABOUT TIME

9. a Lumina Foundation grant projectSpring 2013 Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Western Association of Schools and Colleges DEGREE QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE PROJECT (DQPP) It’s almost like there’s no frame on the world for which we have less sympathy and generosity than the one which we have only newly, and perhaps perilously, begun to extricate ourselves from. Robert Kegan A QUOTE TO REMIND YOU ABOUT BEING KIND

10. a Lumina Foundation grant projectSpring 2013 Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Western Association of Schools and Colleges DEGREE QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE PROJECT (DQPP) Y OU HAVE 90 MINUTES OF TIME TO R EFINE YOUR PROJECT CONCEPT W E WILL COLLECT YOUR MATERIALS FROM YOU, MAKE A COPY, AND THEN RETURN THEM TO YOU T HANK YOU !