Published by: WCET | 3/17/2011
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 for Postsecondary Education, reminds us that: “this guidance is provided […]
Published by: WCET | 3/16/2011
The 2010 Managing Online Education survey had a very disturbing finding considering that distance education has moved beyond its nascent years. We learned that many campuses do not have formal policies and procedures to assure that their online courses and […]
Published by: WCET | 3/10/2011
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.” We’ve heard that ‘state authorization’ is one of the issues that they […]
Published by: WCET | 3/3/2011
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 attention in two directions. The first direction is “advocacy.” […]
Published by: WCET | 2/24/2011
I have had many conversations on this issue in the past week. As institutions begin (or have begun) enrollment for the summer term, this issue has become very real. Students enrolling for courses beginning in June will be in courses […]
Published by: WCET | 2/14/2011
Happy Valentines Day. There has been much action on the “state authorization” issue over the last couple weeks. In late 2010, I had several people assure me that this issue was “not a problem.” It has been fun to watch […]
Published by: WCET | 2/10/2011
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 model reciprocal agreements to aid institutions in obtaining […]
Published by: WCET | 2/2/2011
We are happy to welcome Ed Klonoski, a long-time friend of WCET. His guest posting invites you to take another look at Transparency by Design and its College Choices for Adults website. I am Ed Klonoski, President of Charter Oak […]
Published by: WCET | 1/26/2011
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, the American Distance Education Consortium, and the University […]
Published by: WCET | 1/18/2011
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 following your blog, email updates, conference […]