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<b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#953735">FALL 2016 Conference<br>
November 18<br>
Hilton Vancouver, WA</span></b><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#953735">The Art and Architecture of Choice: Leveraging the Principle of Decision Science in a Guided Pathways Approach<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#70319F"><a href="https://www.regonline.com/Fall2016CTCLDAconference"><span style="color:#70319F">REGISTER</span></a><u> NOW</u></span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#70319F">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#953735">for the 3<sup>rd</sup> Conference in the CTCLDA’s Guided Pathways Series<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Join your community and technical college colleagues from around the state for an interactive day of learning about the fascinating field
of decision science facilitated by<span style="color:#70319F"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#70319F"><a href="http://advanced-hindsight.com/who-we-are/lab/wendy-de-la-rosa/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#70319F">WENDY
DE LA ROSA </span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> <span style="color:#953735"> </span>of
<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:#953735"> </span><span style="color:#7030A0"><a href="http://irrationallabs.org/about/"><span style="color:#7030A0">Irrational Labs!</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Every day we make decisions, without giving it much thought, such as deciding whether we’re going to have eggs or cereal for breakfast.
But the stakes are much higher when it comes to more complex decisions, and we may overlook important considerations and possibilities if we rely solely on intuition or past experiences.</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">As our colleges begin exploring, developing or implementing guided pathways, we must consider how decision-making impacts the success – or failure - of our students.
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">As one example, guided pathways seeks to move us away from the ‘cafeteria-style’ model, in which students face an almost dizzying array of program choices, to a more manageable set
of options to consider – these are meta<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>majors.
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">For practitioners looking to design meta<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>majors that work for students and educators, understanding the art and science of decision making will greatly and positively impact our work and how we serve our students.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#984807">Registration</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#953735"> Fee:
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">$175 for participants from member colleges; $275 for non-members<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#953735">Conference begins
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">at 8:30; concludes at 3:30. Lunch and all materials are included in registration fee.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#953735"><a href="https://www.regonline.com/Fall2016CTCLDAconference"><span style="color:#953735">REGISTER</span></a><u> NOW</u></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#953735"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#953735">Lodging:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> The Hilton Vancouver Washington is offering the rate of $129. Reservation
must be made by October 25.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#953735"><a href="http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/P/PDXVAHH-CLD-20161117/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG"><span style="color:#953735">RESERVE YOUR ROOM AT THE VANCOUVER
</span></a> HILTON NOW<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#953735">Questions</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">?
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Contact Kati Hays: <span style="color:#953735"><a href="mailto:chays@columbiabasin.edu"><span style="color:#953735">chays@columbiabasin.edu</span></a>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Thanks to our sponsors: City University of Seattle, Northeastern University Seattle, Schneider Electric, TIAA</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">and<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="color:black">University of Phoenix</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color:#1F497D">Please forward to colleagues who may be interested!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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