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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='color:#1F497D'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>UW-Superior participates every three years. We were most recently in the 2013-14 administration.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Emily<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Emily Zobel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Associate Institutional Planner<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Office of Institutional Effectiveness<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>University of Wisconsin - Superior<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(715) 394-8396<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> 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> Thursday, July 24, 2014 10:32 AM<br><b>To:</b> Asher, Nancy; coplac-ir@lists.onenet.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [COPLAC-IR] participation in NSSE and benchmarks<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold","serif";color:black'>Hi Nancy,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold","serif";color:black'>Eastern does NSSE every year.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold","serif";color:black'>We are interested in COPLAC comparisons but that is not the 'bread & butter' of our NSSE usage. We focus mainly on breaking some important items out by academic major. We share that with dept chairs and any other interested faculty so they can see what's going on in their major, and address it in annual reports.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold","serif";color:black'>A little off-topic: what we would most like to see COPLAC comparisons on is 4-year graduation rate.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Arabic","serif";color:black'> Brian R. Lashley, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Arabic","serif";color:black'> Assistant Director of Inst. Res.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Arabic","serif";color:black'> Eastern Connecticut State Univ.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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