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Policy
What’s Happened to Those Federal Regs on Professional Licensure and Reciprocity?
Published by: WCET | 6/24/2022
Publication of the Department of Education’s proposed professional licensure and reciprocity rules will be delayed until 2023. In March we alerted you to two proposed changes to U.S. Department of Education regulations from its Negotiated Rulemaking process earlier this year. […]
Policy
Federal Policy Surprises! Updates and a Call to Action
Published by: WCET | 2/22/2022
How many of you like surprises? Surprises can be great fun, but let’s be clear that rulemaking surprises are sometimes more like encountering the clown from IT. Not to be left out, Congress is also providing its own surprise so […]
Policy
2022 Digital Learning Policy Preview, Part 1: U.S. Department of Education Negotiated Rulemaking
Published by: WCET | 1/26/2022
The self-proclaimed “policy nerds” at WCET and WCET/SAN began looking forward to 2022, and we started to marvel at all the policy issues for digital learning in higher education that will be in play this year. Some significant changes for […]
Practice
2021 Top WCET Frontiers Blog Posts
Published by: WCET | 12/16/2021
WCET staff–thank you for your on-going support of the WCET Frontiers blog. Over the holidays, we wanted to offer you the chance to review posts that you may have missed but had been popular with your peers. Rather than evoking […]
Policy
One Year Anniversary of the Federal Regulations for Professional Licensure Notifications – How are you Celebrating?
Published by: WCET | 7/1/2021
Maybe it is a little cheeky to say celebrating, but we are all on this crazy journey together to manage these institutional requirements. The federal regulations require notifications in order for institutions to participate in Title IV HEA programs, and […]
Practice
Unprecedented Times Surprised Some Institution Staff with State Regulatory Compliance Requirements
Published by: WCET | 11/10/2020
These unprecedented times raised regulatory compliance challenges that may have surprised some institution personnel. However, some of these regulatory compliance challenges were not actually unprecedented. The COVID-19 pandemic induced institutions to shift from in-person to remote instruction. As a result, […]
Practice
Institutional Accreditation in the Midst of COVID-19
Published by: WCET | 11/6/2020
In response to the pandemic, accrediting agencies acted creatively in applying their quality assurance processes in an uncertain and changing world. Today’s guest post provides insights about how one accrediting agency (the Higher Learning Commission) responded to this challenge and […]
Practice
Did Your Course Go Digital Due to COVID-19? Playbook Advises on Regulations When Making the Switch
Published by: WCET | 11/4/2020
The spring 2020 term saw an unprecedented response to an unprecedented challenge as virtually every U.S. higher education institution offering face-to-face instruction rapidly switched to remote instruction, many in as little as one to two weeks and some in a […]
Practice
Season Shifts and Policy Changes: Important Rule Changes You May Have Missed
Published by: WCET | 10/23/2020
Have you had the opportunity to notice that some parts of the U.S. have seen a change in the weather and the trees? To say that this fall has been busy is quite an understatement! We know that everyone has […]
Practice
Surprise! Newly Released Final Regulations
Published by: WCET | 8/26/2020
On April 1st, the Department of Education released the final set of proposed regulations stemming from the 2019 Negotiated Rulemaking process (April Fools!). Back in April, WCET published three blog posts outlining the proposed regulations on April 3rd, April 6th, […]