Spotlight Archives
Webcast: Fraud and Beyond--Distance Education and the New Financial Aid Rules. Join Karen McCarthy and Joan Berkes with NASFAA, and Audrey Osswald for this Feb. 1 webcast.
BREAKING NEWS: SOPA and PIPA Indefinitely Postponed. Learn how the SOPA and PIPA legislation could have a huge impact on your web site through this short video or one-page update. If you don't like it, contact your U.S. Senator and/or Congressional Representative. Let them know.
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Photos from Denver! Were you there? Check out the photos from this year's annual conference! View the Slideshows!
Michael Offerman Receives Richard Jonsen Award! Offerman is honored with this lifetime achievement award for his impact and commitment in promoting access, quality, accountability, and consumer information for adult working students.
Connect Virtually with the WCET Annual Conference! Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, catch our blog updates, view the general session presentations thanks to Sonic Foundry, access materials via Slideshare! Download the conference mobile app!
WOW Recipients Announced! The WOW Award recognizes exceptionally creative, technology-based solutions to a significant problem or need in higher education.
Register TODAY for WCET's Annual Conference and Membership Meeting! Register online and view the program for the 2011 WCET Annual Conference and Membership Meeting! Do it today! Spots are filling quickly!!
Webcast: Improving Assessment of Online Progress Using the Transparency by Design Model. Sept. 13 - Learn how Capella University and Rio Salado College have used the Transparency by Design framework to improve assesment of their online programs.
Two Webcasts:
Sept. 13 - Building a Culture of Professional Development Among Online Faculty.
Sept. 15 - Forging the Future: The $10,000 Baccalaureate Degree.
Capturing Adult Learners: College Choices for Adults releases new data, Learner Progress, to track how learners are retained and complete at partner institutions. View the College Choices for Adults Press Release!
WCET/UPCEA Release Survey on Colleges' Progress on State Authorization. Obtain the full report and join us for a free webcast targeted to UPCEA & WCET members on August 25.
August 16 Webcast: Online Accessibility: Seeing the Forest AND the Trees. This webcast will demystify and simplify information on both the system level and individual faculty and staff level.
July 26 Webcast: Ranking Online Education Programs: A Conversation with U.S. News. Questions answered about U.S. News' statistical survey about your online programs and the process.
WCET Receives Grant for Higher Ed Analytic Research! The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded WCET a grant to validate the Predictive Analytics Reporting (PAR) Framework.
Learning Analytics: The Future is Now! Join us on May 11 for a free webcast! Presenters are Deborah Everhart, Blackboard, Inc.; John Fritz, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; and Phil Ice, American Public University System.
State Approval Regs Starter List Updated! The State Approval Regulations for Distance Education: A Starter List has been updated as of March 17 and includes an addendum with revisions to four of the states.
WOW Award Call for Nominations! The WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award recognizes outstanding efforts in implementing technology in higher education! Read the Call for Nominations and send in a nomination today! Nominations due April 25!
The Call for Proposals for the 23rd Annual WCET Conference is Open! 
Submit today. Deadline is March 25th. View the proposal announcement and access the submission form.
2010 Federal Regulations on State Approval of Out-of-State Providers. 
The USDOE's new "program integrity" regulations and how they affect YOUR institution. Read more about the new regulations!
Managing Online Ed Executive Summary 2010!
The Executive Summary for the 2010 Managing Online Ed is now available! Read more about the Managing Online Ed Survey!
Photos from La Jolla! Were you there? See all the great pics from the WCET Annual Conference!
Yep! There's an app for that! (Link no longer available.) The WCET Conference Program application has just been released for the iPhone and is available for free. Download the app or read the press release! (links no longer available for the app or press release.)
Where in the World is WCET? WCET staff are making changes all over the world! Stop by and see us at a location near you.
Survey on Managing Online Education. What's the Story? Highlights and implications from the first Managing Online Education (MOE) study. October 5 Webcast.
Rethinking Higher Education. Listen to Peter Smith's unique perspective on the status of higher education and the need for change. September 21 Webcast
WCET challenges you to share what you have to say about the adoption of technology in higher ed with 20 slides and only 20 seconds for each! Participate in the first annual WCET Pecha Kucha Smackdown! To participate, check the activity box during the online registration process.
Explore the new WCET website. Ellen Wagner, WCET's Executive Director, welcomes you to the new site and invites you to experience its new features. She also discusses our new name and previews "coming attractions."
Growing Federal Concern with Distance Education: Could the Rules Be Changing? August 24, 2010, 3:00 PM EDT. Join us for this free webcast reviewing the growing worry in Congress and the U.S. Department of Education over some distance education practices. Are regulations changing? Are your practices causing them concern?
Highlights of our recent debate on the WCET discussion list regarding whether distance education units should be centralized or decentralized.
A conversation with Mark Milliron from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Action Analytics. Higher education can use data to fuel services that will help students in real time, improving their changes of remaining in their academic program.
WCET's Annual Conference registration is now OPEN! Reconnect with colleagues and friends on November 10-13, in LaJolla, California. Register TODAY! Early bird and team discounts now available.
WCET joined with Dow Lohnes Government Relations and three higher education organizations in submitting a letter to the U.S. Department of Education asking that students in online courses be treated the same as those in face-to-face courses regarding financial aid 'last day of attendance' calculations.
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