<p><font size=3>FYI. Terri Manning is a Data Coach for the national Achieving
the Dream initatie. </font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Mary A. Millikin, Ph.D. <br>
Director of Planning and Institutional Research<br>
TCC Conference Center<br>
6111 East Skelly Drive<br>
Tulsa, OK 74135-6198<br>
(918) 595-7924 Office (918) 595-7988 FAX</font>
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<p><font size=3>Would you like to sail through your next accreditation
visit? Would you like to have a team from your institution trained
together so they can return and get the work done? Plan to attend
the <b><i>Annual Institute on Best Practices in Institutional Effectiveness</i></b>
being held July 10-13, 2010 in Baltimore, MD. Early bird rates expire
May 27.</font>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </font><font size=3>This year’s
focus is on learning outcomes assessment and the speakers are outstanding.
They include:</font>
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</font><font size=3>Barbara Walvoord a national
speaker and author on working with faculty on learning outcomes assessment
(she will do an entire 8 hours)</font>
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</font><font size=3>Linda Suskie from Middle
State Commission and a national speaker/author on outcomes assessment</font>
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</font><font size=3>George Kuh from the National
Institute on Learning Outcomes Assessment</font>
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</font><font size=3>Trudy Bers on displaying
data effectively (student data, assessment data, etc.)</font>
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</font><font size=3>Rigo Rincones on the application
of program evaluation to the academic setting and how to evaluate student
success initiatives</font>
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</font><font size=3>Terri Manning will deliver
the first 8 hours on the process and practice of institutional effectiveness
(IE 101A and IE 101B)</font>
<p><font size=3> You can fly inexpensively to Baltimore (because Southwest
flies there) and we negotiated a $119 rate from the hotel. The complete
agenda with descriptions can be found at: </font><a href="https://owa.cpcc.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=a53efb3aa4584a6a96abb5e4b1f13ff4&URL=http%3a%2f%2fcpcc-cfar.com%2fie-institute%2f" target=_blank><font size=3 color=#800080><u>http://cpcc-cfar.com/ie-institute/</u></font></a>
<p><font size=3> Early bird registration rates are available through
May 27, 2011. Group rates are available when three or more attend from
one institution. Space is limited to 150 attendees. More information,
registration materials and hotel information can be found at: </font><a href="https://owa.cpcc.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=a53efb3aa4584a6a96abb5e4b1f13ff4&URL=http%3a%2f%2fcpcc-cfar.com%2finstitute-general-information%2f" target=_blank><font size=3 color=#800080><u>http://cpcc-cfar.com/institute-general-information/</u></font></a><font size=3>.</font>
<p><font size=2 face="Tahoma">Terri M. Manning, Ed.D.<br>
Associate Vice President for Institutional Research<br>
Director, Center for Applied Research<br>
Central Piedmont Community College<br>
P.O. Box 35009<br>
Central Campus, Admin IV<br>
Charlotte, NC 28235-5009<br>
(704) 330-6592 - voice<br>
(704) 330-6013 FAX</font><font size=2 color=blue face="Tahoma"><u><br>
</u></font><a href=mailto:terri.manning@cpcc.edu><font size=2 color=blue face="Tahoma"><u>terri.manning@cpcc.edu</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Tahoma"><br>
Solving real world problems through quality research.</font>