<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Dear COPLAC Institutional Research Colleagues:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">The COPLAC Governing Board (our 27 Presidents/Chancellors) has engaged the services of a D.C. communications firm to assist with a consortium-wide branding and communications campaign.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Iambic Enterprises is our service provider, and they have asked me for assistance in gathering some consortium-wide information that will be used to advance our sector in higher education.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">I am writing to ask your help with the following questions. If you can provide even approximate answers/information, I would be very grateful. A response by <b>Monday 9 December</b> would be appreciated.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">1. Can you provide any information on student debt load after graduation?</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">2. Can you provide any information on what percentage of your alumni enroll in graduate school within two years of graduation?</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">3. How many Fulbright, Marshall and Truman scholars has your institution produced over the past five years?</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">4. Do you have any data on graduation rates for students on Pell grants?</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Thank you, and best wishes for the long holiday weekend.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Sincerely,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Bill</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">
<br></div><div><div><font face="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</font></div>
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