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Inside the 2024 SANsational Awards: Meet this Year’s Winners!

Published by: WCET | 11/21/2024

The State Authorization Network (SAN) has announced the winners of the 2024 SANsational Awards. Since 2015, the awards have recognized the achievements of higher educational institutions and organizations nationwide that have raised the bar when developing comprehensive and viable solutions to challenging distance education compliance/state authorization issues. This year, SAN honored seven winners in three […]

Practice

Words From the Wise: Tips for Success from Experienced Distance Education Compliance Professionals

Published by: WCET | 9/12/2024

Distance Education or State Authorization Compliance refers to the set of rules, regulations, and standards that educational institutions must follow when offering remote (often online) learning opportunities to students. Ensuring institutional compliance is an arduous task, as rules, standards, and legal requirements are ever- evolving and can vary depending on the state or territory. Recently, […]

Policy

Navigating State Barriers: Challenges for Formerly Incarcerated Students in Licensing Programs

Published by: WCET | 6/27/2024

Higher education has an important role to play when it comes to providing information to students searching for educational programs that leads to a license or certification. In that light, what information should be provided by the institution to formerly incarcerated students who are looking for professional or licensure programs? While some states do have […]

Policy

Ready or Not, Here It Comes! New Regulations When Offering Programs Leading to a License Effective July 1!

Published by: WCET | 5/16/2024

There is no more hiding from the eventuality of the effective date for new Federal regulations affecting the institutions serving students in programs leading to a license or certification. Institutions and the U.S. Department of Education (Department) have a common goal to support a student participating in an educational program leading to a state license […]

Policy

New Federal Regulations, Part 1: Addressing Programs Leading to a License or Certification

Published by: WCET | 10/31/2023

This is the first of our two-part blog post series on the recently released U.S. Department of Education (the Department) regulations. This post covers new regulations regarding programs leading to professional licensure. The second post is about institutions complying with closure requirements in each state in which it serves students. We have made the Federal […]

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