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How U.S. Colleges and Universities are Responding to Declining Enrollments

Published by: WCET | 7/28/2023

Welcome to the second post in our series on higher education enrollment shifts. In our first post, the WCET Steering Committee work group focusing on this area reviewed historical enrollment trends, changes in student markets, and what may be coming […]

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College Enrollment: Cliffs, Shifts, and Lifts

Published by: WCET | 7/14/2023

This month, WCET will be focusing on enrollment trends and the impact those trends will have on higher education. To kick off the theme, the WCET Steering Committee work group on enrollment joins us for the start of their Frontiers […]

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WCET + Every Learner Everywhere Celebrate Juneteenth

Published by: WCET | 6/19/2023

As states and institutions struggle with how to teach about equity, diversity, and inclusion, WCET and Every Learner Everywhere are celebrating Juneteenth by highlighting stories of how Black history is being discussed at institutions and organizations. We invited the WCET […]

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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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Our Commitment to Improve – An Accessibility Review of WCET’s Website

Published by: WCET | 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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Ed Department Shakes Up OPMs and Third-Party Servicers: This Is Huge

Published by: WCET | 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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ChatGPT’s Take on the WCET Spring Virtual Summit

Published by: WCET | 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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We Missed You WCET! – Our fav moments from #WCET2022

Published by: WCET | 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 […]

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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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Coming Attractions: Can’t Miss Features from WCET this Fall

Published by: WCET | 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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