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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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) […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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