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    <div class="html-content">Full Title: EDUCAUSE Next Gen Learning Initiative to Focus on College Readiness and Completion<strong>7/14/10 UPDATE
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    EDUCAUSE has moved the first program briefing scheduled for today to July 27 at 4 p.m. (DoIT will still hose a "joint viewing" in ECS 125a).
    
    No more information is available about the remaining four "Challenge Briefing" webinars, but DoIT will update this site when we know.
    
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    <a href="http://www.educause.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">EDUCAUSE</a>, an association for higher ed technology professionals, will lead a new effort funded by the <a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation</a> -- <a href="http://www.nextgenlearning.com" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Next Gen Learning Challenges</a> (NGLC) -- to identify and scale technology-enabled approaches that dramatically improve college readiness and completion, particularly for low-income young adults.  NGLC seeks to dramatically improve college readiness and completion in the United States by converging innovation, information technology, and our collective will on these challenges.</div>
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<Summary>Full Title: EDUCAUSE Next Gen Learning Initiative to Focus on College Readiness and Completion7/14/10 UPDATE  EDUCAUSE has moved the first program briefing scheduled for today to July 27 at 4 p.m....</Summary>
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