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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Dear Faculty: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Texas A&M University – Commerce has chosen to participate in a national initiative.
A number of our students were invited to participate in a national survey that asked them about their college experience. The results from the study have been used in a variety of ways, including assessment, institutional improvement, and prompting discussion
on teaching and learning initiatives. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">To gain information on the instructional staff (faculty, instructors, graduate students
who teach, etc.) perspective on these issues, you are encouraged to participate in the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE) survey. FSSE is designed to measure instructional staff expectations for student engagement in educational practices that are
known to be empirically linked with high levels of learning and development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The web version of the survey will be available at
<a href="http://www.fsse.org"><span style="color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">www.fsse.org</span></a> soon. For more information about FSSE, including a copy of the survey, please visit fsse.indiana.edu.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The voice of our instructional staff is important in any discussion about student
engagement; for this reason, I encourage you to complete the survey. You will be contacted with instructions on how to participate.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Dr. John Humphreys<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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