Tag: Military and Veterans

Policy

Published by: WCET | 2/15/2019

Dan Silverman, WCET/State Authorization Network Assistant Director, and I are taking a brief break from the coverage of Negotiated Rulemaking as it affects State Authorization. We remembered that we needed to make good on a promise we made last summer […]

Policy

Published by: WCET | 8/10/2017

When we asked Sara Appel to write a guest blog post for us, we did not know we would also be advocating for increased GI Bill benefits, but it fits in with the unexpected military theme. But, it’s more than […]

Policy

Published by: WCET | 7/24/2017

Following up on the Housing Allowance for Veteran Distance Ed “The technology has advanced, but not the laws” says one of the veterans, Aaron Slatton, whom we spoke with this week regarding the Basic Housing Allowance reduction imposed on veterans […]

Policy

Published by: WCET | 7/17/2017

Veterans taking all their college courses online are getting short-changed. As Congress moves to rework the GI Bill, let’s get them to fix this problem. We need your help. Read the background and see how to respond at the end. […]

Published by: WCET | 3/13/2017

Military personnel and veterans are eager to learn…and most of them do so using educational technologies and distance learning. Given that the United States has been involved in two wars for more than a decade, how do they defend the […]

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 […]

Published by: WCET | 7/17/2014

It has been a few weeks since Ted Mitchell, the U.S. Department of Education’s Under Secretary for Postsecondary Education, announced that there will be a “pause” in proposing new federal state authorization regulations for distance education. According to Inside Higher […]

Published by: WCET | 9/13/2013

In the last several weeks there have been several developments regarding state authorization of distance education courses and programs.  Here is a summary of those activities.State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement The four regional higher education compacts (Midwestern Higher Education Compact, New […]

Published by: WCET | 5/30/2013

In honor of Memorial Day in the United States, our guest blogger is Gregory Barber who is retired from the U.S. Air Force.  While learning online at the University of Maryland University College, he has lead in helping other veterans […]

Published by: WCET | 11/20/2012

The work on the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement is moving forward and I’m inviting you to give some feedback.  Additionally, significant new rules regarding state authorization for military personnel are on the near horizon.  For those waiting for state authorization […]