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State Approval: Train Wrecks, Impacts, and Questions

March 24, 2011 First a short musing on “train wrecks” followed by a couple requests of you.  We need your help on the impact of the ‘state authorization’ regulation on students and your outstanding questions about it. Speaking of…

State Approval: 'Dear Colleague' Letter Analyzed & My Call for Delay

March 17, 2011 The long-awaiting ‘Dear Colleague’ letter is now here.  The letter is meant to answer outstanding questions on this regulation.  Sometimes it succeeds and sometimes it fails. Eduardo Ochoa, Assistant Secretary…

State Approval: House Hearings, Call to Action, Impacts & Starter List

March 10, 2011 House to Investigate ‘State Authorization’ Tomorrow, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training will hold a hearing titled “Education Regulations: Federal Overreach into Academic Affairs.” …

State Approval: Running in Two Directions

March 3, 2011 - Birth of the State Authorization Network! As of today, there are 119 days remaining until July 1, when the ‘state authorization’ regulation takes effect.  With less than four months to go, we are forced to split our…

State Approval: Creating model Reciprocal Agreements

February 10, 2011 I am pleased to welcome Paul Shiffman, Assistant Vice President for Strategic and Governmental Relations as a guest blogger. As reported in earlier blog postings, Excelsior College’s Presidents’ Forum is working on…

State Approval: A 'Starter' List -

January 26, 2011 The DRAFT version of our state-by-state list of regulatory agencies is now available on WCET’s state approval update page.  This document is a joint publication of WCET, the Southern Regional Education Board,…

State Approval Update: No Extensions for Distance Ed, but WCET Helps

January 12, 2011 I learned an important fact this week…institutions offering distance education in other states will need to meet the regulations (if any) of those states by July 1, 2011.  There are no extensions.  But,…

State Approval: Eight Things You Can Be Doing Now

January 11, 2011 I’ve received several inquiries in the last few days about what institutions should do next.  Amanda Mead, Director of Online Program at Fontbonne University summed up the questions very well: I have been diligently…

State Approval Regulations: Update on Conversations and Activities

December 21, 2010 Okay, I have to confess that I created the title for the December 7 webcast “Clarifying New Federal Regulations on State Approval for Distance Education.”   I really appreciated the willingness of Fred Sellers…

What do We Know About State Approval of Distance Ed?

December 2, 2010 The U.S. Department of Education recently released new regulations regarding the state approval of out-of-state institutionsoperating in each state.  These regulations put some expectations both on states in…