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Converting Experience into Credit: Lessons in Serving Military-related (or Any) Students

August 10, 2017 The mission of the Multi-State Collaborative on Military Credit (MCMC) is to facilitate an interstate partnership of 13 states, and to translate competencies acquired by military-affiliated students through military…

We Need YOU! …to comment on Federal State Authorization Regulations

The Department of Education seeks comments about higher education regulations that may be “appropriate for repeal, replacement, or modification.” WCET and the WCET State Authorization Network (SAN) will comment about the federal state…

Federal Regulations: Delays, Reviews, and a Call for Comments

Federal higher education regulations are under fire and the Department of Education wants your input. Let’s give it to them. Only the Teacher Prep regulations suffered the quick death of the Congressional Review Act. Several other…

State Authorization Resources! Updated and New!

This week, WCET Frontiers welcomes Cheryl Dowd, our Director of the State Authorization Network. Cheryl is here to announce a new set of helpful state authorization papers. These documents will serve as excellence resources for our…

State Authorization and Non-Credit Courses and Programs

 Marianne Boeke & Jeannie Yockey-FineApril 2014, Updated May 2017 (note in 2026: the reference to the 2016 version of the 600.9(c) is still applicable to the current version of the regulation)This paper provides information on how…

The Federal State Authorization for Distance Education Regulation Still Stands

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…

Education Department Confirms ‘Reciprocity’ Definition Clarification

January 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…

Education Department Clarifies Its Intent on State Authorization Reciprocity

January 10, 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…

Department of Education State Authorization Regs- Reactions and What's Next?

December 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…

Lump of Coal for SARA and Other Goodies in the State Authorization Regulations

December 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…