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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;">The decision has been made <b>not</b> to renew NBC Learn beyond the end of 2015. The decision was informed by the following factors:<o:p></o:p></p>
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·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span>A review of faculty responses to a recent CFEI survey regarding use level of NBC Learn, revealing low utilization<o:p></o:p></p>
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·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span>Faculty Center Advisory Committee input regarding the NBC Survey results <o:p></o:p></p>
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·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span>Consideration of the annual cost which will no longer be covered by the A&M System<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;">Access to NBC Learn assets will remain active until the end of December 2015. After that time assets will
<i><b>no longer be available</b></i>. Please plan to make any necessary modifications to course content accordingly. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">l </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Academic
Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Texas A&M University-Commerce</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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