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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Good
Morning,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The
Educational Technology Cooperative is proud to announce a leading-edge
opportunity. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s
colleges and universities are strapped for resources, students and families are
faced with eye-popping tuition increases and we are falling behind other
developed nations in postsecondary attainment.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>In
early February a new look at disruptive innovation in higher education will be
released from The Center for American Progress, in collaboration with Clayton
Christensen of the Harvard Business School and the Innosight Institute has
published a new paper, <b><u><span style='font-weight:bold'>Disrupting College:
How Disruptive Innovation Can Deliver Quality and Affordability in
Postsecondary Education</span></u></b>. The paper analyzes higher
education through the lens of disruptive technologies and business model
transformation to provide a new way to think about ensuring that colleges and
universities are fulfilling their public role of knowledge creation and
education while not breaking the bank of neither the taxpayer nor students and
families.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>SREB will follow that release with a <u>live webinar</u> with
one of the authors, Michael B. Horn on Tuesday, February 15 at 2:00pm (ET).<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>This
webinar is provided at <u>no-cost </u>as a service of the Educational
Technology Cooperative and the generous participation of Michael B. Horn.<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Registration for this webinar is available at: </span></font></b><font
size=1 color="#666666" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:#666666'><a href="http://disruptingcollege.eventbrite.com"
target="_blank">http://disruptingcollege.eventbrite.com</a></span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-style:italic'>[COOP Representatives: Please distribute this announcement
to interested individuals in your state]<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Myk
Garn<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Director,
Educational Technology<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Southern
Regional Education Board<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>592
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Tenth St. NW</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Atlanta</span></font></st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">GA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">30318-9211</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>O:
(404) 879-5587<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>C:
(770) 689-8452<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Twitter:
SREB_EdTech<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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