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Practice
Georgetown University’s Trek to Turn Refugees into Students
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 10/13/2022
Today WCET Frontiers welcomes Kelly Otter, Dean of the School of Continuing Studies at Georgetown University, to discuss the University’s program to assist refugees in the Middle East. This outstanding work will have an incredible impact for refugee students, and […]
Practice
Authorization of Foreign Locations – The July 1, 2018 Rule That Was Not Delayed
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 7/11/2018
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 […]
Policy
E.U. Regulations that are Enforceable Against U.S. Higher Education Institutions
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 11/27/2017
What do you know about the E.U.’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? If you have not read up on this important regulation recently, never fear! Today, Cheryl Dowd, Director of the State Authorization Network, is here to provide background […]
Practice
New Survey Tracks Online and Distance Education in Canada
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 10/19/2017
Congratulations to our Canadian friends on releasing the results of their first survey of online learning activities throughout their country. Released on Tuesday of this week at the ICDE World Conference on Online Learning, the report (“Tracking Online and Distance […]
Colleges Crossing Borders – Counts and State Authorization: IPEDS Reality Check
Published by: Russ Poulin | 3/11/2014
March 11, 2014 This is the third in a series of blog posts examining data recently released by the U.S. Department of Education’s IPEDS survey on distance education (DE) enrollments. Our first blog post in this series looked at students […]
Federal State Authorization Regulation: It’s Baaaack!! (Almost)
Published by: Russ Poulin | 11/22/2013
November 22, 2013 The Department of Education took the next steps in reinstating the federal regulation requiring institutions to demonstrate that they have the proper authorization to serve distance students in other states. Earlier this week the Department announced in […]