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Major Higher Ed. Community Developments on State Authorization
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April 23, 2013
The higher education community continues to make significant progress toward addressing the problems of distance education state authorization through the development of a state authorization rec…
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Regulating Online Postsecondary Education: State Issues and Options
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January 17, 2013
This issue brief published by the National Governors Association (NGA) states that as providers and regulators of online education, governors should consider calling for a review of current state…
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Latest State Authorization News from WCET
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March 8, 2013
Friend of the blog, Russ Poulin of the WlCHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET), recently posted a new blog entry on current and pending developments in state authorization r…
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Distance Ed Regulation Commission’s Work Continues
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January 8, 2013
As highlighted before the holidays, in both a blog post and an EDUCAUSE Live! online presentation , the Commission on Regulation of Postsecondary Distance Education , chartered by t…
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State Authorization in a Post-Appeals Court World
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July 2, 2012
Since a federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling vacating the U.S. Department of Education’s regulation on state authorization in relation to distance learning, views on what that …
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State Approval Regulations for Distance Education: A ‘Starter’ List
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January 27, 2011
On October 29, 2010, the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) released several new regulations, including the expectation that: "Under the Higher Education Act, for an institution in…
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State Approaches to State Authorization
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March 14, 2012
You may be aware of the state authorization resources and directory hosted by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) association. While the directory provides state-by-state i…
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Institutions Likely to Opt Out of Online Learning in Some States
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August 18, 2011
According to Inside Higher Education , survey results show that the U.S. Department of Education’s recently overturned regulations on state authorization for distance learning would lea…

















