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class=328584821-30042008>Greetings,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2><SPAN class=328584821-30042008><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>I am forwarding the following message to you on
behalf of Dr. Rosemary Hayes,</FONT> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#000000
size=2><SPAN class=328584821-30042008><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Director of the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange at the
University of Oklahoma (CSRDE), inviting you to participate in this year’s
CSRDE Call for Proposals and Cash Prize for Best IR paper.
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000080><EM>Sheilynda Stewart,
M.B.A.</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=328584821-30042008><FONT color=#000080><EM>OKAIRP
President</EM></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000080><EM>Software Development Project
Manager</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000080><EM>Strategic Planning and
Analysis</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000080><EM>655 Research Parkway, Suite
200</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000080><EM>Oklahoma City, OK
73104</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000080><EM>Phone: (405)
225-9288</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2><FONT
color=#000080><EM>Email: </EM></FONT> <EM> </EM></FONT><A
href="mailto:sstewart@osrhe.edu"><FONT
size=2><EM>sstewart@osrhe.edu</EM></FONT></A></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">At this year’s Symposium, the Consortium for Student
Retention Data Exchange at the University of Oklahoma (an AIR Affiliate)
will be awarding a $750 cash prize for the paper, in any conference track, which
best demonstrates the importance of Institutional Research in student retention
efforts. Institutional Researchers were the founders of the <?xml:namespace
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w:st="on">CSRDE</st1:PersonName> and continue to serve as our advisors and
institutional representatives. Our symposium has a strong emphasis on
current research and evidence based strategies.
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">This year’s National Symposium on Student Retention is
September 29 - October 1, 2008 in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Little Rock</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Arkansas</st1:State></st1:place>. Abstracts of 200 words are due May
23, 2008. Final papers are due July 7, 2008. Abstracts will be given
a preliminary review. All completed submissions will also be peer reviewed
for presentation at the symposium and publication in the conference
proceedings.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3>More information on the Call for Proposals, the abstract submission
process, and the symposium can be found on the web at: </FONT><A
title=http://www.ou.edu/csrde/symposium/
href="http://www.ou.edu/csrde/symposium/"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.ou.edu/csrde/symposium/</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3> <SPAN
class=328584821-30042008> o</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3>r email the
consortium at: </FONT></FONT><A title=mailto:csrde@ou.edu
href="mailto:csrde@ou.edu"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>csrde@ou.edu</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Rosemary Hayes, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Director, Consortium for Student Retention Data
Exchange<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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