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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear COPLAC Institutional Research Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>At its most recent meeting (23 January) in Atlanta, the COPLAC board (Presidents/Chancellors) agreed that the 2013 Annual Meeting should include institutional research/institutional effectiveness officers. The meeting will be hosted by Shepherd University, WV on 20-22 June.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>This invitation to attend the Annual Meeting is prompted by two considerations:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>1 <span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>IR officers will have an opportunity to discuss and refine the current COPLAC data profile. While discussion about this annual document has taken place via email, we believe that it would be good for the group to meet in person and agree specific changes moving forward. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>2.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>COPLAC has launched a two-year effort to strengthen branding and communications. A new communications committee has been created, and this committee will draft a set of COPLAC common “Quality Indicators”. The board believes that when consortium-wide “Quality Indicators” have been identified, they should be supported by qualitative and quantitative data. This is where IR and IE expertise will prove invaluable.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I hope that you will be able to join us at the June meeting. If your campus has a separate officer for institutional effectiveness, would you kindly forward this email to that colleague? For additional information about the Atlanta board meeting and your potential role at the Shepherd meeting, please contact your president/chancellor. We realize that not every IR/IE campus leader will be able to attend, but it would be wonderful if a majority of campuses were represented.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Bill<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Bill Spellman<br>Director<br>Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges<br>One University Heights<br>Asheville, NC 28804<br>(828) 350-4590</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><a href="http://www.coplac.org/" target="_blank">www.coplac.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.coplac.org/images/coplac_email_logo.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>