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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It is my understanding that NSSE allows no more than two add-ons. This includes NSSE modules and consortia. So the COPLAC questions would be one of those add-ons and any NSSE modules would take up the remaining slot.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cathy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>*************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>Cathryn Turrentine, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>Director of Institutional Research<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>Keene State College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>Hale Building, 3rd Floor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>229 Main St.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>Keene, NH 03435-1506<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>603-358-2117<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#244061'>The Office of Institutional Research </span></i><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#244061'>provides evidence that informs decision making and helps to shape the campus conversation around important issues.</span></i><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=362 height=58 id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:image001.png@01CE94EB.7C0CC480" alt="Description: cid:image001.png@01CC10BB.D050B260"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> coplac-ir-bounces@lists.onenet.net [mailto:coplac-ir-bounces@lists.onenet.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lashley, Brian (Institutional Research)<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 09, 2013 9:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> coplac-ir@lists.onenet.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [COPLAC-IR] FW: NSSE 2014 System Registration Now Open<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I would be interested in seeing that module, but I don't think Eastern wants to lose the additional COPLAC questions. Plus I have orders to add the Library module this year, so regular NSSE + 2 modules + COPLAC starts to get out of control.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Turrentine, Cathryn [mailto:cturrentine@keene.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 08, 2013 8:23 AM<br><b>To:</b> Lashley, Brian (Institutional Research); William Spellman; Coghlan, Laura<br><b>Cc:</b> coplac-ir@lists.onenet.net; Jessica Dunsmore<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [COPLAC-IR] FW: NSSE 2014 System Registration Now Open<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I think there is a lot more to civic engagement than community service, yes? Would there be any interest at all in all of us choosing to sign up for the NSSE module on civic engagement, in lieu of the separate COPLAC questions? We could still choose each other as a comparison group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cathy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>*************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>Cathryn Turrentine, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>Director of Institutional Research<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>Keene State College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>Hale Building, 3rd Floor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>229 Main St.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>Keene, NH 03435-1506<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>603-358-2117<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#244061'>The Office of Institutional Research provides evidence that informs decision making and helps to shape the campus conversation around important issues.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=362 height=58 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CE94EB.7C0CC480" alt="Description: cid:image001.png@01CC10BB.D050B260"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Lashley, Brian (Institutional Research) [mailto:LashleyB@easternct.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 08, 2013 8:17 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'William Spellman'; Coghlan, Laura<br><b>Cc:</b> Turrentine, Cathryn; coplac-ir@lists.onenet.net; Jessica Dunsmore<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [COPLAC-IR] FW: NSSE 2014 System Registration Now Open<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I think my colleagues here at Eastern would like to have that data on civic engagement. And frankly I would too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I will take another step and suggest that the item replace one on the current list, in order to keep it short. I would suggest we replace the item asking for high school AP credits; hopefully you have that data in your university database.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Your thoughts?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Agency FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Brian R. Lashley, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Agency FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Assistant Director of IR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Agency FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Eastern Connecticut State U<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Agency FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Willimantic, CT 06226<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Agency FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:lashleyb@easternct.edu">lashleyb@easternct.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Agency FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>860-465-5596<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> spellman@unca.edu [mailto:spellman@unca.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Spellman<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 08, 2013 8:12 AM<br><b>To:</b> Coghlan, Laura<br><b>Cc:</b> Turrentine, Cathryn; Lashley, Brian (Institutional Research); coplac-ir@lists.onenet.net; Jessica Dunsmore<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [COPLAC-IR] FW: NSSE 2014 System Registration Now Open<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would like to second Laura's suggestion that we have a COPLAC question on the topic of community service/volunteer work.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The COPLAC Board is preparing to partner with AAC&U in an effort to inventory levels of civic engagement on our campuses (as part of the LEAP Initiative) and it would be good to have as many sources of information on this topic as possible.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bill <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><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_i1026" src="http://www.coplac.org/images/coplac_email_logo.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Coghlan, Laura <<a href="mailto:coghlanl@evergreen.edu" target="_blank">coghlanl@evergreen.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Hi all,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Evergreen is participating this year as well. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>The new NSSE survey is available at <a href="http://nsse.iub.edu/pdf/survey_instruments/2013/NSSE%202013%20US%20English.pdf" target="_blank">http://nsse.iub.edu/pdf/survey_instruments/2013/NSSE%202013%20US%20English.pdf</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>I don’t see any obvious redundancies between our 10 COPLAC consortium questions and the very changed new NSSE survey. I do want to encourage us to stick with the shortest list possible of additional questions, because some institutions might already opt to lengthen their surveys with one of the new optional topic modules. Response rate are already a challenge, and I’m in favor of keeping our list (and the survey) as short as possible.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>The ones we’ve most often used in the past are:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>A2 primary source of academic advising</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>A4 have you experienced a sense of community</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>A9/A10 do you plan to transfer before graduation?/If so, what is primary reason?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>One question, we could consider adding (or better yet, replacing for one of the existing set) would be whether students have participated in community service/volunteer work during their time at our colleges. This was previously a NSSE item that we used very regularly among other metrics for our service learning initiatives and Campus Compact assessments; this item is no longer asked by NSSE in the new iteration of the survey. Is that a metric that others have relied on in the past?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Laura Coghlan</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Director of Institutional Research and Assessment</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="tel:%28360%29%20867-6676" target="_blank">(360) 867-6676</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:coplac-ir-bounces@lists.onenet.net" target="_blank">coplac-ir-bounces@lists.onenet.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:coplac-ir-bounces@lists.onenet.net" target="_blank">coplac-ir-bounces@lists.onenet.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Turrentine, Cathryn<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 07, 2013 8:40 AM</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><b>To:</b> Lashley, Brian (Institutional Research); <a href="mailto:coplac-ir@lists.onenet.net" target="_blank">coplac-ir@lists.onenet.net</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Treadwell, Melinda</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Re: [COPLAC-IR] FW: NSSE 2014 System Registration Now Open</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Keene State will participate this year. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve been wondering about the consortium questions. Someone asked about them at the conference in June, but we didn’t have time to address that while we were all together. Can anyone tell me how you use the results of those questions at your own institution? I’ve only been at KSC for 2 years, so I don’t know the history of the questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cathy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>*************************************</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>Cathryn Turrentine, Ph.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>Director of Institutional Research</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>Keene State College</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>Hale Building, 3rd Floor</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>229 Main St.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>Keene, NH 03435-1506</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="tel:603-358-2117" target="_blank">603-358-2117</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#244061'>The Office of Institutional Research provides evidence that informs decision making and helps to shape the campus conversation around important issues.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=362 height=58 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CE94EB.7C0CC480" alt="Description: cid:image001.png@01CC10BB.D050B260"></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:coplac-ir-bounces@lists.onenet.net" target="_blank">coplac-ir-bounces@lists.onenet.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:coplac-ir-bounces@lists.onenet.net" target="_blank">coplac-ir-bounces@lists.onenet.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lashley, Brian (Institutional Research)<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 07, 2013 11:27 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:coplac-ir@lists.onenet.net" target="_blank">coplac-ir@lists.onenet.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [COPLAC-IR] FW: NSSE 2014 System Registration Now Open</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi everyone,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Is anyone coordinating the COPLAC NSSE consortium? I hope everyone, or almost everyone, will participate. Eastern is in, no question.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Agency FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Brian R. Lashley, Ph.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Agency FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Assistant Director of IR</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Agency FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Eastern Connecticut State U</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Agency FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Willimantic, CT 06226</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Agency FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:lashleyb@easternct.edu" target="_blank">lashleyb@easternct.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Agency FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="tel:860-465-5596" target="_blank">860-465-5596</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> NSSE Consortia Coordinator [mailto:<a href="mailto:consorti@indiana.edu" target="_blank">consorti@indiana.edu</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 06, 2013 9:55 AM<br><b>To:</b> Lashley, Brian (Institutional Research)<br><b>Subject:</b> NSSE 2014 System Registration Now Open</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dear Brian:<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt;min-height:7.5pt'><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.5pt;min-height:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-line-height-alt:7.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>We are pleased to announce that NSSE system registration is open for the spring 2014 administration. You are currently listed as the System Coordinator for: Connecticut State Universities. If your system plans to participate in NSSE 2014, please register the system by September 15, 2013 using the following link:<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt;min-height:7.5pt'><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.5pt;min-height:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-line-height-alt:7.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'><a href="https://surveytest.indiana.edu/nsse/registration/consortium/2014/" target="_blank">https://surveytest.indiana.edu/nsse/registration/consortium/2014/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt;min-height:7.5pt'><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.5pt;min-height:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-line-height-alt:7.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>During registration, you will designate eligible institutions within your system. When the institutions you designate register for NSSE, they will be eligible to join your system for the NSSE administration. As a reminder, systems may append additional questions to the end of the survey for a fee. Also, because <a href="http://nsse.iub.edu/pdf/NSSEville%20System%20Report.pdf" target="_blank">system reports</a> identify individual institution results, system coordinators must obtain data sharing agreements from member institutions. I will be in touch this fall to assist with this process.<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt;min-height:7.5pt'><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.5pt;min-height:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-line-height-alt:7.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>For additional information about system participation see our <a href="http://nsse.iub.edu/html/systems.cfm" target="_blank">Web site</a>. Remaining questions can be addressed by sending an email to <a href="mailto:consorti@indiana.edu?subject=RE:%20NSSE%202013%20System%20Registration" target="_blank">consorti@indiana.edu</a> or by calling <a href="tel:812-856-5824" target="_blank">812-856-5824</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt;min-height:7.5pt'><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.5pt;min-height:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-line-height-alt:7.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I look forward to working with you on another successful NSSE administration.<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt;min-height:7.5pt'><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.5pt;min-height:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-line-height-alt:7.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt;min-height:7.5pt'><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.5pt;min-height:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-line-height-alt:7.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Jennifer Brooks<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>NSSE Project Services & Consortium Manager<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="mailto:consorti@indiana.edu?subject=RE:%20NSSE%202013%20Consortium%20Registration" target="_blank">consorti@indiana.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt;min-height:7.5pt'><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.5pt;min-height:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-line-height-alt:7.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>You were sent this message because you are listed as the NSSE System Coordinator for Connecticut State Universities. If you believe you should not be receiving these messages, please contact us at </span><a href="mailto:nsse@indiana.edu?subject=RE:%20NSSE%20Contact%20Update" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>nsse@indiana.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>COPLAC-IR mailing list<br><a href="mailto:COPLAC-IR@lists.onenet.net">COPLAC-IR@lists.onenet.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/coplac-ir" target="_blank">http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/coplac-ir</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>