Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

From time to time through the balance of September 2008, senior members of the management team of Education Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company") will be meeting with investors. Those discussions will focus on the Company's publicly disclosed business strategy and operating results. The slides that will be presented during these meetings with investors are furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

The Company believes that certain statements in the information attached may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are made on the basis of management's views and assumptions regarding future events and business performance as of the time the statements are made. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied. Information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In accordance with General Instructions B.2 and B.6 of Form 8-K, the information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1), shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing made by the Company under the Exchange Act or Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits: The following exhibits are being furnished herewith to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

99.1 Education Realty Trust Investor Presentation

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