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State Authorization Shifts Again: What’s Changing and Why It Matters

Published by: WCET | 11/13/2025

Like the “Mighty Yopp” from Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who! the first federal regulation on state authorization of distance education in 2010 echoed a powerful message from the states: “We’re here!” That Federal regulation affirmed that states have enforceable legal requirements that institutions must follow when engaging in activities within their borders. In April […]

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Reading the Tea Leaves: WCET, the Learn & Work Ecosystem Library, and the Power of Information

Published by: WCET | 11/7/2025

WCET was founded by leaders who were willing to “read the tea leaves” and recognize the potential of emerging technologies to transform higher education. Acting on that foresight, they built a community dedicated to collaboration and to expanding access and success for learners. That same spirit continues to guide WCET today as we help our […]

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Lessons from Tidepools: Connecting Learning and Work

Published by: WCET | 11/5/2025

I’m fascinated by tidepools. Perhaps it comes from growing up in a desert, where the idea of a self-contained aquatic world is both foreign and magical. Each pool is the perfect example of an interconnected system: seaweed, plankton, mussels, starfish, and even otters are all connected through these pools of water left behind by the […]

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Negotiated Rulemaking Underway: Week One Review of the RISE Committee

Published by: WCET | 10/30/2025

The U.S. Department of Education will soon enter the second and final week of negotiated rulemaking for the Re-imagining and Improving Student Education (RISE) Committee, which is developing changes to the Federal student loan programs as directed by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OB3). As we prepare for the final week of discussions, we […]

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Mitigating Program & Campus Closure with Course Sharing

Published by: WCET | 10/16/2025

Across higher education, we’re seeing tough headlines about campuses closing or programs being cut. It’s a challenging time for higher ed, and learners are often the ones most affected. In this post, our partners at Parchment by Instructure share how course sharing can help institutions work together to expand access, sustain programs, and keep campuses […]

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Now Is Our Moment: Six Takeaways from the 2025 Badge Summit

Published by: WCET | 10/9/2025

At WCET, we’re always inspired by the spaces where innovation in higher education moves from idea to action. From what we understand, the 2025 Badge Summit at the University of Colorado, Boulder, was exactly that kind of moment. What once may have felt like a specialized discussion about badges and digital credentials has grown into […]

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How Not to “Bowl Alone”

Published by: WCET | 10/2/2025

I’ve been thinking a lot about community lately. A few months ago, I was catching up with my Netflix on a flight home, and I watched the documentary “Join or Die.” It’s about political scientist Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone. This seminal piece argues that in the 1960s and 1970s, Americans began to move away from […]

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SAN Releases a New “How To” Handbook to Build an Institution’s State-to-State Authorization Plan

Published by: WCET | 9/18/2025

The State Authorization Network (SAN) is excited to share SAN’s newest comprehensive resource, the State-to-State Institutional Approval for Distance Education Handbook, developed in partnership with Shari Miller, Institutional Compliance MATTERS. This handbook is the third major SAN report designed to demystify complex compliance requirements when institutions offer interstate opportunities, whether through online courses or experiential […]

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Cutting through the Framework Fog

Published by: WCET | 9/11/2025

It comes as no surprise that Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping higher education. Much of what is emerging from the field relates to AI, whether it is news about technological advancements or questions about how we should use it. Alongside these, a wave of AI literacy frameworks has emerged, each offering its own definitions, competencies, […]

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