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Will Higher Ed Regulations Weather the Perfect Storm Prepared to Sink Them?

November 11, 2016 Even George Clooney could not save the day as three storm fronts converged on his doomed fishing boat in 2000’s The Perfect Storm. Similarly, a new Republican President, Republican Congress, and an obscure law will…

Nine Organizations Partner on Official Comments for State Authorization Regulations

August 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…

Department of Education State Authorization for Distance Ed Regulations - A First Look

July 22, 2016 This morning the U.S. Department of Education released its proposed new regulations (press release, proposed regulations) for the state authorization of distance education programs. Institutional personnel and the…

State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement - Just the Facts (and a Few Opinions)

May 25, 2016 “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”.” – John Lydgate Abraham Lincoln referred to this quote after a…

In Response to Opposition of the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements

March 29, 2016 This post originally appeared as an opinion piece in Inside Higher Ed. Thanks to Phil Hill, e-Literate, and Russ Poulin, WCET, for debumking the myths being spread about SARA in New York. A coalition of consumer…

State Authorization of Religious Colleges

As the world of state authorization becomes more clear and the SARA option more widespread, one area of concern has caused a certain amount of inquiry and occasionally some vigorous but ill-informed comment. This is the way that states…

Making a Business Case for Joining or Not Joining SARA

October 14, 2015 To join or not to join…. that is the question.  The answer, like everything else related to state authorization is….it depends!  This blog post will identify the factors that an institution faces in making that…

Six Common Myths about State Authorization for Distance Education

 July 23, 2015  This week the WCET State Authorization Network is hosting its second State Authorization Compliance Workshop in Denver. In discussing the contents for this event, we started stumbling on some common…

Update on the Five Types of State Authorization Regulations

June 28, 2015 Hello from Washington, DC and the NACUA (National Association of College and University Attorneys) Annual Conference. As part of my role on a state authorization panel, I was asked to give an overview of the Department of…