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New Federal Regulations Ready for Your Comments – Accreditation-Related Regulations
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 6/14/2019
This is the second of two posts on the new regulations that the U.S. Department of Education released in the Federal Register earlier this week. The first post focused on state authorization and student notification issues. This post focuses on […]
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Negotiated Rulemaking: Accreditation, Student Identity Verification, Student Disclosures, and Other Proposed Regulations
Published by: Erin Noelle Walton | 5/10/2019
This is the fourth and final post in our blog post series on the results of the U.S. Department of Education’s negotiated rulemaking process. You may recall that there were many issues covered by the negotiated rulemaking committee and to […]
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UNLV Pays a Cost for Not Notifying Students about Charges for Proctoring Services
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 10/17/2018
Cheryl Dowd, Director of the State Authorization Network, and I have been presenting this summer about the status of the federal state authorization regulation. In those presentations we remind people about other federal regulations that remain in place. The one […]
Attacking Exam Cheating and Instilling Academic Integrity in Students
Published by: WCET Frontiers | 6/29/2016
I have always enjoyed the “Spy vs. Spy” section of Mad Magazine. If you are not familiar with it check out this animated version. In the wordless comic strip two spies battle it out against each other. The spies are identical […]
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Four Recommendations for the Higher Ed Act Reauthorization
Published by: Russ Poulin | 6/4/2015
Some new federal regulations may be coming your way and we need to make our voice heard. We need your help in addressing concerns in four areas: ensuring equity for financial aid, student identity, accessibility, and state authorization of distance […]
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#WCET14: Ideas Blossomed in the City of Roses
Published by: Ashley Woods | 12/4/2014
November 19-21, 2014 seasoned WCET’ers and new comers to our community gathered in Portland, OR (known the City of Roses) to exchange ideas and learn together. Invigorated by the conversations and fueled by amazing epicurean adventures, the tenor of the […]
Fraud & State Authorization Focus of WCET’s Testimony at ED’s Rulemaking Hearing
Published by: Russ Poulin | 6/10/2013
In May, WCET sought your input regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s announcement of a new round of negotiated rulemaking. Such “rulemaking” is the first step in the Department possibly creating new regulations or refining old ones. Most notable to […]
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Test Proctoring: An Old Solution to a (Re)Emerging Problem
Published by: WCET Frontiers | 2/10/2012
Today we welcome Peg Wherry, Director of Online Learning at Montana State University, as a guest blogger. Peg currently leads the WCET Academic Integrity and Student Authentication Subcommittee on Proctoring Practices and Policies and takes this opportunity to share with […]