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Court “Vacates” Distance Ed Portion of State Authorization Regulation

Published by: WCET | 7/12/2011

Today (July 12, 2011), the United States District Court for the District of Columbia struck down the distance education portion of the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDOE) ‘state authorization regulations.  The decision is as a result of a lawsuit brought […]

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Guest Blog: A Glimpse of the Future

Published by: WCET | 7/6/2011

Myk Garn, SREB, and Hae Okimoto, University of Hawaii, have been thinking up an exciting new addition to the WCET Annual Conference.  We asked them to share their idea with you. The future is relatively hard to predict.  But, future […]

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WCET & UPCEA Partner on State Authorization Survey-We Need Your Help

Published by: WCET | 6/29/2011

What are institutions doing about complying with state authorization regulations? We get asked that question repeatedly.  Institutions want to know what others are doing to make sure they are not left behind.  State regulators are interested in knowing if they […]

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Online Ed Needs to Be More Aggressive in the Quality Debate

Published by: WCET | 6/15/2011

Diane Goldsmith is the Executive Director of the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium.  A long-time contributor to WCET activities, Diane is the current WCET Steering Committee Chair and serves on the WCET Executive Council. Maybe I’m just getting cranky, but I’m […]

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Now is Not the Time to Relax (or Even to Panic)

Published by: WCET | 5/25/2011

Michael Goldstein and Greg Ferenbach represent Dow Lohnes, a Washington, DC firm with one of its specializations in higher education law.  They have been very helpful in interpreting the federal versions of the state authorization regulation.  After our post yesterday […]

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State Authorization Timeline Clarification and New Resources

Published by: WCET | 5/24/2011

Before we get to some great resources from SHEEO, NCHEMS, Ohio Learning Network, and UMassOnlne, we’ll address a question we have received often.  Since the release of the second ‘Dear Colleague’ letter by the U.S. Department of Education, we have […]

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WCET Awarded Bill & Melinda Gates Grant on Predictive Analytics

Published by: WCET | 5/16/2011

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded WCET (the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies) a grant to identify variables that influence student retention and progression.  Announced in a May 16 press release, the findings are intended to assist institutional and […]

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