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Practice
Professional Licensure Notifications & Disclosures for Out-of-State Courses/Programs
Published by: WCET | 2/7/2018
It seems like the complexity of compliance requirements increases each year. Luckily, we have WCET staff to provide updates on education regulations as we need them. Today, Cheryl Dowd, our Director of the State Authorization Network (SAN), is here to […]
Practice
Looking Back, Looking Forward
Published by: WCET | 1/16/2018
It seems like all the cool kids are writing about last year’s trends and predicting what will come to pass in 2018. Well, we WCETers don’t want to be left out of the fun! Over the last few weeks I’ve […]
Practice
NC-SARA Institutions Report Enrollments
Published by: WCET | 9/18/2017
This week we are excited to work with NC-SARA to release two NC-SARA documents, the 2017 enrollment report and a paper comparing NC-SARA enrollments to IPEDS data from 2015. Today on Frontiers we welcome Marshall Hill, Executive Director of NC-SARA, […]
Policy
Federal Student Complaint Requirements – Is Your Institution in Compliance Today?
Published by: WCET | 8/15/2017
Does your institution have a well designed, easily understood, and compliant complaint process? Today we welcome Cheryl Dowd, Director of the State Authorization Network, and Jennifer L. Parks, Director, Midwestern State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (M-SARA), to review the federal student […]
Policy
The Federal State Authorization for Distance Education Regulation Still Stands
Published by: WCET | 4/12/2017
The federal state authorization for distance education regulation released in December 2016 will likely survive a little longer. Late last year, we reported that this federal regulation would likely be a victim of the Congressional Review Act (CRA). That rarely-used […]
Practice
Education Department Confirms ‘Reciprocity’ Definition Clarification
Published by: WCET | 1/19/2017
Thank you Ted Mitchell! In his last hours as the Under Secretary of Education, Mitchell wrote a letter to Marshall Hill (Executive Director, NC-SARA) and me confirming the clarifications to state authorization regulations that Department staff made to me and […]
Education Department Clarifies Its Intent on State Authorization Reciprocity
Published by: WCET | 1/9/2017
To paraphrase Mark Twain: “The report of SARA’s death was an exaggeration.” Department of Education officials recently told me that they recognize the hard work over many years in creating interstate reciprocity agreements for state authorization. They also expressed surprise […]
Department of Education State Authorization Regs – Reactions and What’s Next?
Published by: WCET | 12/21/2016
It has been a busy few days since the U.S. Department of Education released the final version of its “State Authorization of Postsecondary Distance Education, Foreign Locations” regulations. You can see Cheryl Dowd’s and my initial take on the final rules, in […]
A Lump of Coal for SARA and Other Goodies in the State Authorization Regulations
Published by: WCET | 12/16/2016
The U.S. Department of Education released its final version of the its long-awaited regulations on “State Authorization of Postsecondary Distance Education, Foreign Locations” earlier today. They will be published next week with an effective date of July 1, 2018. What […]
Nine Organizations Partner on Official Comments for State Authorization Regulations
Published by: WCET | 8/25/2016
Nine higher education organizations partnered to submit comments to the Department of Education regarding its proposed state authorization regulations for distance education. By working unison, we provided a strong and consistent single voice in making recommendations to the Department. The […]