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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">Great news!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">As you may know, in late 2017
</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WACTCSA/"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WACTCSA</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"> and
</span><a href="sbctc.edu"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SBCTC</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"> conducted a survey on the affordability of course materials with our state
community & technical college students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">Led by the Student Association</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">, with assistance from many system
councils and commissions, this was a true system-wide collaboration. We are happy to report that we collected over <b>10,000</b> responses from our students. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">We have finished the initial analysis of data and are ready to share <b>a summary of preliminary findings:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#0070C0"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/wa-students2"><span style="color:#0070C0">Research brief</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/wa-students3">Slide presentation</a><span style="color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/wa-students-dash">Interactive dashboard</a><span style="color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsolistparagraph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">Want to know more? We are offering a webinar on Feb 21. To register, visit </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.cccoer.org/2018/01/23/cccoer-spring-2018-webinars/"><span style="color:#0070C0">CCCOER
Spring Webinar Series</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">. A full report will be released in March 2018.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsolistparagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">Thank you again for your incredible support and partnership. We did it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">Boyoung<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#404040">Boyoung Chae, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040">Policy Associate, eLearning & Open Education</span><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040">Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges</span><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040"><a href="mailto:bchae@sbctc.edu"><span style="color:blue">bchae@sbctc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://openwa.org/"><span style="color:blue">OpenWa</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040">|</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.openwa.org/open-attrib-builder/"><span style="color:blue">Open
Attribution Builder</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040">
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://goo.gl/MZL9W9"><span style="color:blue">OpenEd Support and Services</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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