Ms. Shirlayne Quayle
State Coordinator, Utah Women in Higher Education
Dear Ms. Quayle:
As a graduate learner at Capella University, I am requesting permission to conduct my dissertation research study with members of your
state association of the American Council on Education (ACE) Women’s Network. My dissertation is titled “Exploring women’s perceptions of work-family enrichment experiences influencing higher education leadership culture: An exploratory qualitative inquiry”
and is being carried out under the direction of my mentor, Dr. Marilyn Harris. For my research participants, I will be recruiting women working in U.S. higher education in administrative or academic positions who have children in the home under the age of
18.
The purpose of the study is to explore women’s perceptions of how their work-family enrichment experiences influence the higher education
leadership culture.Work-family enrichment is the concept that an individual’s work and family roles benefit and improve one another. The primary activity will be collecting data by interviewing volunteer association members by telephone. I also request to
provide materials promoting this research which would be distributed to your state association members to ask for their participation.These materials are provided for your review including the Informed Consent Form that each volunteering participant will need
to sign and return to me.
This project has received initial approval from Capella University’s Institutional Review Board (IRB), which has reviewed my study and
research plan to ensure adequate protection of participants. I am now seeking permission from select state associations to obtain full IRB approval. My anticipated start date for the research study is November 17, 2014, and I expect that data collection for
this study will last no more than two months. Any data collected will be kept confidential. In accordance with Capella University policy and best practices for ethical
research, neither participants nor sites will be identified in any report of my findings or in my published dissertation. I will provide a copy of the aggregate results from this study upon your request.
If you have any concerns about this request please contact me at the phone number listed below. If you are willing to grant permission
for this research study, Capella University’s IRB requires this permission to be communicated in writing on the organization’s letterhead and signed by an authorized representative. I am providing a template for this site permission letter to assist you in
creating this document.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Thomas
Capella University Ph.D. Candidate