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<b><span style="font-size:17.0pt">CALL FOR PROPOSALS</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oklahoma Association for Institutional Research</span></strong> (OK-AIR) is seeking proposals for our March 6, 2020, conference on topics related to higher education research, assessment, accreditation,
and planning in Oklahoma. We are forwarding the call for proposals to a wide range of Oklahoma higher education professionals in order to publicize this opportunity.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The conference will be held Friday, March 6, 2020, at the Nigh University Center, at the University of Central Oklahoma, in Edmond.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">We are hoping for a broad range of sessions across multiple areas related to Institutional Research and Effectiveness in Higher Education including,
but not limited to:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Contextualizing data across campus and throughout higher education</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Learning methods and tools of the institutional researcher and related professions</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Evaluating the effectiveness of institutions, its programs and support services</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Conducting assessment, research, and scholarship</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Supporting strategic planning and accreditation efforts</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Effecting state and regional policy and procedure</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">We encourage proposals on these and related topics from all researchers and professionals in education, including faculty, administrators, staff members,
graduate students, and student researchers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">More information about the conference can be found on the OK-AIR website at
<a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fok-air.org%2Findex.php%2Fconference&data=02%7C01%7Cjennifer.ivie%40tulsacc.edu%7C74413bb873014a39baeb08d7690c1d41%7Ceb5d9dc493c645578c2390ef7fa05b96%7C0%7C0%7C637093373079852713&sdata=IwiDTeHjdrmxBMW7lToYPNWGZ1Je3HHZxxKXv8%2BoxAg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
<span style="color:windowtext">https://ok-air.org/index.php/conference</span></a>.
<span style="background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:white;background:blue;mso-highlight:blue"> <a href="https://tulsacc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1yOSfvGaAi1YiLX"><span style="color:white">Propose to Present</span></a>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:white">.<span style="background:blue;mso-highlight:blue">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:white;background:blue;mso-highlight:blue"> <a href="https://tulsacc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1LykNHx4yRsu3JP"><span style="color:white">Request a Session Topic</span></a>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:white">.<span style="background:blue;mso-highlight:blue">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:white;background:blue;mso-highlight:blue"> <a href="https://tulsacc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9yunlVfQohdNypn"><span style="color:white">Register for the Conference</span></a>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:white">.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The deadline for presentation proposals and session ideas is Monday, December 16, 2019.</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">If you have any questions, please contact me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Jennifer <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:white">Jennifer L. Ivie, Ph.D.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">President, OK-AIR<br>
Director, Institutional Research & Assessment</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Tulsa Community College</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">918.595.7925<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><a href="mailto:jennifer.ivie@tulsacc.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">jennifer.ivie@tulsacc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><a href="http://ira.tulsacc.edu/"><span style="color:windowtext">http://ira.tulsacc.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">“…data provide a powerful prompt for campus engagement, courageous conversation,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">and constructive change… The cycle of change is dependent on an institution’s willingness
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">and capacity to not just <i>collect</i> these data, but to
<i>use </i>them.” (McClenney & Dare, 2013, p. 14)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">“To stop questioning whether what we do is working as expected is to invite stagnation and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">a collapse in creativity and innovation.” (Bresciani, 2011, p. 2)<o:p></o:p></p>
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