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agenda. This assistance may include facilitating colleges and schools in formulating and advancing legislative and regulatory initiatives and nurturing collaborative activities with organizations sharing an interest in issues related to the pharmaceutical sciences. Consistent with a theme of exploring how AACP might foster organizational improvement and success among its institutional members, President-elect Robert A. (Buzz) Kerr asked the 2003-04 AACP Research and Graduate Affairs Committee to: • Review the paper in the AACP “excellence series ” on developing and sustaining a culture of research and scholarship for both individual faculty and a college/school as a whole to support quality pharmaceutical education, and identify key suggestions and information to forward for consideration by ACPE in the accreditation standards and guidelines revision process. • Suggest appropriate program assessment measures, indicators, and processes that guide institutions in responding to, “How do you know if you have a culture of research and scholarship that supports a quality professional education program? ” The model should incorporate the results of institutional research as evidence of effectiveness or indicator