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A Road to Somewhere
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 7/31/2020 | 0 comments
Last month I asked our readers to contemplate whether or not we’re “on a road to nowhere” as we prepare for the fall and beyond. Today, I want to take a look at where we are on that road and consider what this journey may look like for the next several months. So where are […]
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Update on Federal Regulations Impacting Distance Education During the Pandemic
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 5/22/2020 | 0 comments
In Harold Ramis’ 1993 classic, Groundhog Day, Bill Murray portrays a television weatherman sent to cover Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day who ends up repeating the day over and over again. At first, Murray’s character, Phil Connors, uses the time loop to his advantage—binge eating, having one night stands, committing robbery, and manipulating local residents […]
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Accreditation, Continuity of Operations, and COVID-19
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 3/12/2020 | 2 comments
On March 5, 2020, the Department of Education issued guidance to institutions facing possible interruptions of study because of COVID-19. WCET’s Cheryl Dowd, Director of the WCET State Authorization Network, provided an overview of the guidance for WCET Frontiers. As of the morning of March 12th, a growing number of institutions, especially those on the […]
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Breaking news: U.S. Department of Education Guidance for interruptions of study related to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 3/5/2020 | 3 comments
***Update: On March 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education provided updated guidance by adding an FAQ attachment to the March 5, 2020 guidance previously released. Note that this update extends the term of flexibility from being based on students who were already enrolled in a term when the COVID-19 related interruptions occurred to students […]
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Transforming Our Model for Student Success: The WRAP Initiative
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 10/19/2018 | 0 comments
Welcome to the final blog post in our WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award blog post series! Today we are joined by Jason M. Ruckert from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide, to discuss their 2018 WOW Award winning initiative: Worldwide Retention, Affinity, and Persistence or WRAP. The WRAP initiative encompasses immersive solutions which include the incorporation […]
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Authorization of Foreign Locations – The July 1, 2018 Rule That Was Not Delayed
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 7/11/2018 | 0 comments
A little discussed component of the state authorization regulations is Chapter 34, Section 600.9(d) on authorizations for locations or branch campuses in other countries. In the announcement released on July 3, the Department decided NOT to delay the implementation of that part of the regulation. Therefore, it became effective July 1 and institutions are expected […]
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Rio Salado: Innovation Pushes the Boundaries of Tradition
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 5/3/2018 | 1 comments
Today here on WCET Frontiers we are happy to welcome Stacey VanderHeiden Güney, the Director of the Digital Learning Solution Network. Stacey is here to discuss a recent study on higher education institutions implementing digital learning and follow-up conversations regarding one of the institutions included in the study. Thank you to Stacey for today’s post […]
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State Authorization for Distance Ed Federal Regulation to be Implemented 07/01/2018
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 4/19/2018 | 7 comments
Frequently Asked Questions: Overview and Direction of the Regulations The U.S. Department of Education is scheduled to implement state authorization for distance education regulations on July 1, 2018. There is still some uncertainty about whether the Department will implement the regulation and, if they do, what institutions need to do to comply. WCET and its […]
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Count All Students! Outcome Measures for Community Colleges
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 4/17/2018 | 0 comments
Should we count all students when analyzing higher education, or only some of them? We think all students should be included….and community colleges are often misrepresented by not doing so. This third post in a series of posts on the IPEDS Outcome Measures data (released by the U.S. Department of Education late in 2017), we […]
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Distance Education Enrollment Growth—Major Differences Persist Among Sectors
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 3/1/2018 | 2 comments
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) recently released its 2016 distance education data. This report shows course enrollment for distance education programs in the United States. Today, we welcome Terri Taylor-Straut, Senior Research Analyst for WCET, to WCET Frontiers. Terri joins us to review some of the trends in the recently released information and […]