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Policy
Veterans Day History and Policy Issues to Watch When Serving Veterans
Published by: WCET | 11/10/2023
WCET would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and show appreciation for our veterans and military affiliated families. Thank you to those who currently serve and have served in the U.S. Armed Services. WCET Frontiers would like to honor our veterans by sharing about the history of Veterans Day and also share some updates […]
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Policy
New Federal Regulations, Part 2: Addressing Compliance with State Closure Laws and the Impact on Interstate Reciprocity Agreements
Published by: WCET | 10/31/2023
This is the second of our two-part blog post series on the recently released U.S. Department of Education regulations. The first covered new rules regarding programs leading to professional licensure. This one is about institutions complying with closure requirements in each state in which it serves students. We, especially, analyze the impact on the more […]
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Policy
New Federal Regulations, Part 1: Addressing Programs Leading to a License or Certification
Published by: WCET |
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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Policy
Proposed Federal Rules Affecting Programs Leading to a License & State Authorization Reciprocity Need a Delayed Effective Date
Published by: WCET | 8/25/2023
States and Institutions Need More Time We have had more time to consider the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed regulations on programs leading to professional licensure and state authorization reciprocity. The Department might release final rules that are close to […]
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Policy
ED’s New Proposed Regulations, Part II: Changes for Programs Leading to Professional Licensure
Published by: WCET | 5/25/2023
As we revealed in our recent post, ED’s New Proposed Regulations: Part 1, State Authorization Reciprocity, the Department of Education’s new package of proposed regulations includes issues that could have a big impact on institutions that offer programs in other […]
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Policy
ED’s New Proposed Regulations: Part 1, State Authorization Reciprocity
Published by: WCET | 5/24/2023
Big changes could be in store for institutions that offer programs in other states and for the students they serve. This might surprise you as recent press articles about the Department of Education’s new proposed regulations focused solely on Gainful […]
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Policy
OPM and Third-Party Servicers Update; Your Turn to Inform the Department of Ed
Published by: WCET | 3/14/2023
The U.S. Department of Education is listening! Their February 15 press release (see our post about it) provides opportunities to inform the Department on two separate but related topic areas. We hope that you will take one or more of […]
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Policy
Regular and Substantive Interaction Update: Where Do We Go from Here?
Published by: WCET | 11/8/2022
What is “Regular and Substantive Interaction”? Congress created a distinction between the definitions of “distance education” and “correspondence education” for purposes of federal financial aid eligibility. The distinction is that distance education courses include “regular and substantive interaction” (or RSI) […]
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Policy
New Federal Aid Rules Drop Proposed Change to “Distance Education” & Expand Pell Grants to Incarcerated Students
Published by: WCET | 11/2/2022
Image by David Mark from Pixabay ‘Tis the season for all things pumpkin, brisk mornings, and the release of new U.S. Department of Education final regulations! WCET and the State Authorization Network (SAN) have been closely following and reporting about […]
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Policy
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Time to Review Proposed Regulations & Consider Public Comment
Published by: WCET | 8/3/2022
July brought us the next chapter chronicling the U.S. Department of Education rulemaking process. WCET and the State Authorization Network (SAN) have been following the rulemaking process, which began with the preview of the second Biden administration negotiated rulemaking committee, […]