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COVID-19 Guidance Weblinks - Institutional Accreditors

Institutional Accreditors have provided the following guidance (note that is is changing regularly): C-RAC Members COVID-19 Response Page  Note this was updated!  Letter from C-RAC to Secretary of Education Betsy…

Accreditation, Continuity of Operations, and COVID-19

On March 5, 2020, the Department of Education issued guidance to institutions facing possible interruptions of study because of COVID-19. WCET’s Cheryl Dowd, Director of the WCET State Authorization Network, provided an…

Breaking news: U.S. Department of Education Guidance for interruptions of study related to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

The U.S. Department of Education released guidance for institutions to address compliance with Title IV Higher Education Act (HEA) policies for students receiving federal financial aid whose activities have been affected by COVID…

Licensure Research & Disclosures: Stakeholder Meeting Tips

In a previous Frontiers blog post, the WCET/State Authorization Network (SAN) Special Interest Team shared tips on how to initiate and prepare for stakeholder meetings to discuss licensure program disclosures. In this post, we…

Professional Licensure Disclosures - Implementation Handbook

ARCHIVED - see second edition - Professional Licensure Requirements Handbook 2nd edition (2024)Implementation Handbook for Institutional Compliance with the 2019 Federal RegulationThis Talking Points white paper provides a thorough…

Licensure Research & Disclosures: Stakeholder Engagement Tips

The importance of licensure disclosures Maintaining accurate licensure disclosures helps ensure that students know whether a program meets licensure requirements in a particular state. Sharing licensure disclosure information with…

Special Event Open Forum - 2019 SANsational Award Winners

Please review the award winning tools created by SAN members that won the 2019 SANsational Awards. Open Forum on December 10, 2019 included:      https://youtu.be/dpvSR6brz9w James Madison University and University of…

Considerations for Early Implementation of State Authorization Federal Regulations

To early implement or not to early implement, that is the question… Ok, so maybe Hamlet had a bit more weighing on his mind when he posed the question, “to be or not to be,” but I do think institutions need to take the question of whether…

Final Federal Regulations for State Authorization Released!

Without a moment to spare, on Friday, November 1, 2019, the Federal Register shared the release of the long awaited 2019 Final Federal Regulations with the official and concise title: Student Assistance General Provisions, The Secretary’s…

Today, State Authorization. Tomorrow, The World (Perhaps)!

What does your career trajectory look like? Today we welcome Dan Silverman, Assistant Director of WCET’s State Authorization Network (SAN), to discuss career pathways for state authorization and compliance staff. Dan conducted interviews…