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Professional Licensure Compacts: Myth v. Fact

This Talking Points white paper provides the myths and facts regarding professional licensure compacts that generally affect the license mobility of a professional post-licensure. "Compacts and other interstate licensure…

Licensing Certification and Dispersed Students, Oh My!

Institutions have juggled many issues to maintain educational continuity during the pandemic. WCET has addressed accessibility, Veterans benefits, crisis coordination, Open Educational Resources, the U.S.…

New Regulations #3: Direct Assessment and Competency-Based Education

In case you missed it, the Department of Education finally released the last set of regulations from its epic 2019 negotiated rulemaking process on April 1st. And, no, it wasn’t an April Fool’s Day joke. This is the third and final part of…

What’s Next? #2: Wichita State and Broward College Move Forward on an Uncharted Journey

Today we provide our second installment of the “What’s Next” stories, featuring the experiences of colleges and universities moving from the initial rapid deployment phase to the next phase of planning for how to deal with the reality of…

What’s Next? Surviving in Lifeboats. Getting to Summer Term and Beyond.

This week WCET is starting a new series of blog posts on what distance education leaders should be thinking about as we move past the initial pivot to remote learning. The series, “What’s Next?” will focus on a variety of topics aimed at…

Out-of-State Student Complaint Options

This Talking Points white paper, which is downloadable here from this webpage, provides a review of student complaint options.  Included in the review is the role of the institution to  clearly provide the institution's…

Not Fooling – A Third Package of Proposed Regs Has Arrived

**Update: On 4/2/2020, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it amended the public comment period timeline. The text below has been updated to reflect this update.** The third package has arrived! In the midst of managing rapid…

COVID-19 Licensure Bd Guidance - National Associations for State Licensure Boards

Accounting - National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) - COVID-19 Update - (candidates for CPA)  test centers anticipated to re-open May 1 in select areas. Acupuncture – National Certification Commission for…

COVID-19 Guidance Weblinks - Programmatic Accreditors

ACEN - Nursing: www.acenursing.org/about/news/covid-19-correspondence - More News and Announcements - See the FAQ's Note: Some of the answers below refer to “temporary implementation.” Per recent guidance from the United…