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College affordability and the Democratic presidential debates: Is free college higher education’s moonshot?
Published by: WCET | 7/1/2019
The Democratic debates are heating up already and they were quite interesting to watch (and it was also interesting to read the social media commentary). Today our new Policy and Planning Consultant, Van Davis, is here to provide an update […]
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Improving College Readiness for Every Student: the Importance of Accessibility
Published by: WCET | 6/26/2019
Today we welcome the President of the NROC Project, Ahrash Bissell, to discuss accessibility as an opportunity we should all be involved with, rather than a regulatory requirement that we should all worry about. We are excited to see this […]
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Be Bold! Lessons from WCET’s Leadership Summit on Public-Private Partnerships to Meet Workforce Needs
Published by: WCET | 6/19/2019
Today we welcome Cheryl Dowd, Director of WCET’s State Authorization Network (SAN), who is here to give us a summary of WCET’s recent Leadership Summit. This year’s focus was workforce partnerships. You can view Summit information and resources. Thank you […]
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New Federal Regulations Ready for Your Comments – Accreditation-Related Regulations
Published by: WCET | 6/14/2019
This is the second of two posts on the new regulations that the U.S. Department of Education released in the Federal Register earlier this week. The first post focused on state authorization and student notification issues. This post focuses on […]
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New Federal Regulations Ready for Your Comments – State Authorization and Student Notifications
Published by: WCET | 6/13/2019
The Federal Rulemaking process has taken its next step. The U.S. Department of Education released in the Federal Register a portion of the proposed regulations. This first set of regulations focuses on accreditation and state authorization. The proposed language came […]
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Soft Skills: Unlocking the Power of Knowledge
Published by: WCET | 6/3/2019
This week, WCET is thrilled to convene this year’s Leadership Summit on workforce and higher education partnerships. Attendees at the event will focus on how higher education institutions can work with employers to create programming that can help students be […]
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Addressing the Skills Gap and New Opportunities in Higher Ed
Published by: WCET | 5/31/2019
Next week, WCET hosts it’s annual Leadership Summit. This year the topic is: Workforce Partnerships that Work: Creating Public-Private Partnerships that Serve Students, Institutions, Employers, and Communities. Summit attendees will attend sessions focused on higher education institutions can work with […]
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2019 Summer Reading List
Published by: WCET | 5/29/2019
Hello and welcome to the 2019 WCET Summer Reading list! Our staff and several WCET Steering Committee members created a list of our recommended reads for this summer. You’ll find professional development or higher education reads plus some fun reads […]
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Augmented Reality Adventures in Teaching Horticulture
Published by: WCET | 5/22/2019
Today we welcome Shannon Riggs, Executive Director of Course Development and Learning Innovation for Oregon State University Ecampus. She is also the author of the forthcoming Thrive Online: A New Approach for College Educators (Stylus, 2019). Shannon shares with us […]
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Using Telehealth to Reimagine Online Nursing Education at Ohio State
Published by: WCET | 5/17/2019
Today we welcome Susan Neale, senior writer and editor for The Ohio State University College of Nursing. She explores a non-traditional approach to teaching remote nursing students the nuanced skills and tools needed to succeed in the field. Telehealth technology […]