New on WCET Frontiers
Policy
ED’s New Proposed Regulations: Part 1, State Authorization Reciprocity
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 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 […]
Practice
Our Commitment to Improve – An Accessibility Review of WCET’s Website
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 4/28/2023
In this post, Rosa Calabrese (WCET’s Manager, Digital Design) and Russ Poulin (WCET’s Executive Director) share our organization’s journey over this past year in improving our website. We have made much progress and there is still more to be done. […]
Policy
Ed Department Shakes Up OPMs and Third-Party Servicers: This Is Huge
Published by: Megan Raymond | 2/22/2023
Did you hear that loud noise last Wednesday? For those in the middle of the country, it was the Kansas City Chiefs victory parade. For those in higher education, the U.S. Department of Education created its own rumblings by releasing […]
Practice
ChatGPT’s Take on the WCET Spring Virtual Summit
Published by: Megan Raymond | 2/21/2023
So, this post was written(?) generated(?)by ChatGPT. Mostly, but not fully. If you’re like us, you’re reading many of the articles and news about ChatGPT with excitement, sometimes confusion, and often apprehension. Many of the WCET team members have accessed ChatGPT […]
Practice
We Missed You WCET! – Our fav moments from #WCET2022
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 12/2/2022
Each year (except for a few recent years that we don’t want to think about) WCET community members, higher education practitioners, and the WCET staff join together to celebrate, collaborate, share, learn, and laugh at the WCET Annual Meeting. After […]
Policy
Regular and Substantive Interaction Update: Where Do We Go from Here?
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 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) […]
PolicyPractice
Coming Attractions: Can’t Miss Features from WCET this Fall
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 8/25/2022
The one constant in life is change. The variable is the pace of change. And lately, it seems change has accelerated. Image by Andreas Glöckner from Pixabay The academic year has either just started, or you are preparing for it […]
Event
WCET 34th Annual Meeting: Together again with so much to celebrate!
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 8/11/2022
In November 2019, the WCET community of higher education digital learning leaders and practitioners met in Denver for one of our largest and most successful Annual Meetings. At the end of the event, we were excited to see everyone the […]
Practice
A Closer Look Back – Working with WCET
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 7/26/2022
Today on Frontiers, we’re happy and also sad to welcome Dr. Elaine Villanueva Bernal, who, for the past several months, has served as the STEM, Digital Learning Strategist for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, here at WCET. Elaine’s post looks back […]
Practice
Equity is Quality in Education
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 6/17/2022
Next week we observe Juneteenth – a day to commemorate the announcement in Texas that slaves had been granted freedom during the Civil War, a day to reflect on the true meaning of “freedom” and cultural tradition. Inspired by this, […]