New on WCET Frontiers
Engagement and Leadership
Published by: WCET | 4/28/2016
Transforming Your Practice as a Pathway to Fulfillment and Student Success in State Authorization Careers Please join us in welcoming Jason Piatt, Director, Online Compliance and Communication, Kent State Online Kent State University to the Frontiers blog as he shares an […]
In Response to Opposition of the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements
Published by: WCET | 3/29/2016
This post originally appeared as an opinion piece in Inside Higher Ed. Thanks to Phil Hill, e-Literate, and Russ Poulin, WCET, for debumking the myths being spread about SARA in New York. A coalition of consumer groups, legal aid organizations and unions […]
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WCET, OLC, & UPCEA Partner on Higher Ed Act for the 21st Century Learner
Published by: WCET | 1/12/2016
WCET partners with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) in creating a unified voice on pending federal regulations for today’s higher education students. By working together, we can have more impact on […]
Highlights of Distance Education Enrollment Trends from IPEDS Fall 2014
Published by: WCET | 12/21/2015
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) released the third year of Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) data that reports Distance Education (DE) student enrollment for the Fall of 2014. This is […]
State Authorization & Supervised Field Experiences: Easier Than You Think
Published by: WCET | 12/15/2015
We welcome guest blogger Alan Contreras who is a former regulator for the state of Oregon and is the chief interpreter (not his official title) for all the details of how states and colleges are implementing SARA (the State Authorization […]
Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact Promotes Interstate Distance Ed and Telehealth
Published by: WCET | 11/11/2015
Thank you to Nancy Spector for her guest blog post. You can see her in the WCET Annual Meeting session on Interstate Agreements in State Authorization on Wednesday, November 11 at 3:30. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing […]
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Making a Business Case for Joining or Not Joining SARA
Published by: WCET | 10/14/2015
To join or not to join…. that is the question. The answer, like everything else related to state authorization is….it depends! This blog post will identify the factors that an institution faces in making that choice. Begin with Internal Analysis […]
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Connected Devices, Connected Colleagues
Published by: WCET | 7/31/2015
You will not want to miss the WCET Annual Meeting in Denver at the beautiful Westin Downtown, November 11-13. Though the fall meeting schedule is packed, a recent attendee said, “WCET is the one meeting on my agenda that I WILL […]
Six Common Myths about State Authorization for Distance Education
Published by: WCET | 7/23/2015
This week the WCET State Authorization Network is hosting its second State Authorization Compliance Workshop in Denver. In discussing the contents for this event, we started stumbling on some common myths that we keep hearing about state authorization and distance […]
Update on the Five Types of State Authorization Regulations
Published by: WCET | 6/28/2015
Hello from Washington, DC and the NACUA (National Association of College and University Attorneys) Annual Conference. As part of my role on a state authorization panel, I was asked to give an overview of the Department of Education’s state authorization […]