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Proposed State Authorization Regulations: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Published by: Russ Poulin | 3/24/2014
March 24, 2014 On March 20, I posted the new language proposed by the U.S. Department of Education staff regarding federal requirements for the state authorization of distance education. In that post, I asked for comments and I received quite […]
Proposed Federal State Authorization Language: Provide Your Input
Published by: Russ Poulin | 3/20/2014
March 20, 2014 As you may know, I was selected to the U.S. Department of Education’s Program Integrity Negotiated Rulemaking Committee. One of the regulations that we are considering is the federal rules regarding the state authorization of institutions offering […]
Proposed Safeguards Against Financial Aid Fraud: Some Needed, Some Go Too Far
Published by: Russ Poulin | 2/26/2014
February 26, 2014 New regulations and reporting requirements to help battle federal financial aid fraud for institutions that offer distance education are coming. No doubt, additional protections are needed tools to combat financial aid fraud. The distance education community needs […]
Policy
Is Your Distance Education Course Actually a Correspondence Course?
Published by: Russ Poulin | 4/20/2012
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College should refund $42 million in federal financial aid dollars that it disbursed to students over a five year period. That is the finding of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of the Inspector General, which found that […]