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<p><span style="color:black">Hello BLC Members!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Baccalaureate Leadership Council (BLC) has worked to create a statewide survey for graduates of bachelor of applied science programs at Washington community and technical
colleges. The goal of this shared survey is to provide quantitative and qualitative data on the success of our programs<b>.
</b>It is the intention of the BLC that all colleges use this shared survey so that we can collect statewide data that supports the good work of our Applied Bachelor’s degrees.<b> Please share this survey link with your program managers, faculty, or appropriate
designee so they can send this survey to your graduates. </b>We recommend:</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;vertical-align:baseline"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">1.</span></i><i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The survey come from someone with whom the student has been in contact so they are more likely to open and respond to the survey.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;vertical-align:baseline"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">2.</span></i><i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The survey be sent to graduates six months after graduation.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;vertical-align:baseline"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">3.</span></i><i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In addition to surveying your most recent graduates, you also survey as many of your past graduates as can so we can collect as much historical information as possible.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">To aid in the collection of this survey information we suggest that programs collect personal email addresses during their capstone quarter.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Link to the survey:
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/OEVNpMl59WwTtwTB3" id="LPlnk127963"><i><span style="color:#0563C1">https://goo.gl/forms/OEVNpMl59WwTtwTB3</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We are also providing “view only” access to the database of responses. You can download the spreadsheet through this link and then use the information for your own data collection
purposes. Please share this link with those at your college who would benefit from access to this information:
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MtrDcGYH7rmuzOlbdhvw5OOS3golyIzFhnU30WGdbHs/edit?usp=sharing" id="LPlnk24528"><i><span style="color:#0563C1">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MtrDcGYH7rmuzOlbdhvw5OOS3golyIzFhnU30WGdbHs/edit?usp=sharing</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">You can see the large scale analytics view of all the Statewide responses here:
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ut6rvibw8obIr1vb9eCUIN9ZQqUc-2sBw_NYNoxxoWM/viewanalytics" id="LPlnk199896">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ut6rvibw8obIr1vb9eCUIN9ZQqUc-2sBw_NYNoxxoWM/viewanalytics</span></a>
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<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If there is information that your college needs that is not asked on this survey, you have the ability to add questions to your specific college’s section. To do this send the
wording of the questions(s) you need added to Char Gore </span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:cgore@tacomacc.edu" id="LPlnk734865"><i><span style="color:#0563C1">cgore@tacomacc.edu</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
or Anna Baldwin </span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:anna.baldwin@seattlecolleges.edu" id="LPlnk388309"><i><span style="color:#0563C1">anna.baldwin@seattlecolleges.edu</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you have suggestions for improvement to the overall survey please send those to Char Gore
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:cgore@tacomacc.edu" id="LPlnk79726"><i><span style="color:#0563C1">cgore@tacomacc.edu</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
or Anna Baldwin </span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:anna.baldwin@seattlecolleges.edu" id="LPlnk169038"><i><span style="color:#0563C1">anna.baldwin@seattlecolleges.edu</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
or Bonita Corliss <a href="mailto:bonita.corliss@bellevuecollege.edu">bonita.corliss@bellevuecollege.edu</a> . Changes to the overall survey will be discussed for implementation every Spring.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you for your attention to this.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Script";color:black">Char</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Charlene Gore, M.Ed, RHIA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Interim Director of Applied Baccalaureate Degrees and Program Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#7030A0">TCC is currently closed for walk in services. The best way to reach me is by email.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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