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Everything You Need to Know (But Are Afraid to Ask) About The 2016 Distance Education Regulations

Last week’s announcement by the Department of Education that “consistent with the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California…. As of May 26, 2019, the amendments to 34 CFR 600.2, 600.9 (c), 668.2, and the…

Strategies to Address ED’s Guidance on State Authorization Complaint Processes

As if we needed more excitement! The Department of Education uttered its first peep regarding the impact of the U.S. District Court’s April 26, 2019 ruling of a vacatur of the delay of the 2016 Federal Regulations relating to State…

New Federal Regulations Ready for Your Comments – State Authorization and Student Notifications

The Federal Rulemaking process has taken its next step. The U.S. Department of Education released in the Federal Register a portion of the proposed regulations. This first set of regulations focuses on accreditation and state authorization…

State Authorization Lawsuit: Court and Ed Department Need to Work Together to Avoid Causing More Confusion for Students and Institutions

As one of my favorite columnists, Dave Barry, used to say, “I am not making this up!”  Maybe what I am about to share isn’t as exciting to you as last week’s release of “Avengers: Endgame” or Sunday’s “Game of Thrones” episode, but I…

NASASPS 2019 Collaborative Conference

April 14-17, 2019 | Jacksonville, FLMaterials to share from the conference:2019 NASASPS Conference Program 

Federal Regulations - Negotiated Rulemaking 2019 - NASASPS Conference

NASASPS Conference 2019 Presentation Presenters: Russ Poulin, Senior Director, Policy, Analysis & Strategic Alliances, WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies Jeannie Yockey-Fine, State Regulatory Service Specialist, Hogan…

International Online Programs - What's New and What's Not - NASASPS Conference

NASASPS Conference 2019 Presentation Presenters: Gregory Ferenbach, Counsel, Hogan Lovells Megan Mason, Associate, Hogan Lovells Thanks to the rapid development and widespread acceptance of online programs over the last decade,…

Negotiated Rulemaking: What Happened with State Authorization and Licensure Notifications?

In this second of our blogs dedicated to exploring the outcomes of the recent negotiated rulemaking sessions, Cheryl Dowd and Russ Poulin focus on the state authorization for distance education language that transpired from those…

Out-of-State Learning Activity Compliance Organizer and Checklist - NASASPS Conference

NASASPS Conference 2019 Presentation Presenters: Sarah E Cheverton, Assistant Coordinator of Online Learning, James Madison University / Office of Vice Provost Cheryl E Carroll, Manager of Academic & Distance Education Compliance,…

Communicating about State Authorization: Institutional Examples - NASASPS Conference

NASASPS Conference 2019 Presentation Presenters: Lisa Siefker, State Authorization Program Manager, The Ohio State University Marcelle Jones, Program Accessibility and Compliance Specialist, Purdue University How do you explain what…