<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Century Gothic";
panose-1:2 11 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Georgia;
panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>I thought many of you might find these articles interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:16.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#171717'>Gates Foundation Weighs In on Credit-Hour Rule<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Gates-Foundation-Weighs-In-on/127933/">http://chronicle.com/article/Gates-Foundation-Weighs-In-on/127933/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:16.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#171717'>House Panel Votes to Repeal 'Credit Hour' and 'State Authorization' Rules<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/House-Panel-Votes-to-Repeal/127920/">http://chronicle.com/article/House-Panel-Votes-to-Repeal/127920/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks and have a great day,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>David Barron<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>OASFAA President 2010-2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Executive Director of Enrollment Management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rogers State University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>1701 W. Will Rogers Blvd.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Claremore, OK 74107-3252<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>918.343.7852<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Fax: 918.343.7598<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=250 height=64 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC2CC7.094B36E0" alt="Description: http://www.rsu.edu/logos/images/rsu/RSU-horizontal-2C-250x64.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>