Transcript SREB SARA Forum Presentation - Electronic Campus IDE

SREB State Authorization
Regional Reciprocity
(S-SARA)
Regional Forum
January 21, 2014
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Thanks to
Lumina Foundation
Strategy Officer, Christine Marson
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NC-SARA Staff
 Marshall Hill, Alan Contreras
Guests from:
 MHEC—Jenny Parks
SREB Staff & Consultants
 Dave Spence, Mike Abbiatti, Betsey
Avery, Kris Biesinger, Deborah
Choi, Mark Emblidge, Joan Lord,
Holly Lynde, Phil Moss
SREB SARA Advisory Committee
December 2012 – First Meeting
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 Bill Crews, Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary
Education Commission
 Joseph DeFilippo, State Council of Higher
Education for Virginia
 Menia Dykes, Mississippi Institutions of
Higher Learning
 Joel Hartman, University of Central Florida
 Steve Kime
 Sarah Levy, Kentucky Council on
Postsecondary Education
 Laura Palmer Noone, Lumina Foundation
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December 2012 – First Meeting
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 John Opper, Florida Virtual Campus
 Frank Prochaska, University of North Carolina
General Administration
 Jon Sizemore, Board of Regents of the University
System of Georgia
 Larry Tremblay, Louisiana Board of Regents
 Darlene Williams, Northwestern State University
 Nancy Williamson, University of Maryland
University College
 Jeannie Yockey-Fine, Cooley, LLP
SREB SARA Regional Forum
Goals
Provide to all interested parties, at
various levels and across higher education
sectors, a current understanding and
status update of the state authorization
reciprocity agreement (SARA) initiative.
Levels: institutional, state, organizational
Sectors: publics, private non-profits, and
private for-profits
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Goals
Provide informative and supportive
materials and introduce state and
institutional applications.
Packet materials can be downloaded
from http://ide.sreb.org
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Goals
Help all interested parties understand
SARA requirements and parameters
more accurately and thoroughly. There
will be consistent standards for:
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Institutional online program integrity
Institutional financial responsibility
Triggers for “physical presence”
Complaint processing
Data collection and sharing
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Goals
Address your concerns and questions
throughout the day.
 Q&A Panel after NC-SARA presentation
and at the end of the day
 Follow up additions to the FAQ document
Each state delegation leaves with a plan
of action to take steps needed to join
SARA
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• S-SARA State Self-Assessment and Action
Plan Worksheet
SREB’s Electronic Campus
A gateway to e-learning
opportunities and online services
for adult learners wishing
to start, continue, or complete
their education.
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SREB’s Electronic Campus (EC)
 Launched in 1998 with 100 courses.
 Fall 2013: Close to 10,000 courses
 January 2014: 2,181 degree programs
 All SREB states participate
 Institutions are regionally accredited, notfor-profit and chartered in an SREB state.
 Institutions meet Principles of Good Practice
and Common Standards.
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SREB’s Electronic Campus (EC)
Often forgotten about – but part of the
Principles of Good Practice was reciprocity for
the courses and programs listed on the EC.
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 ..first step in its creation was to conduct a
survey. The resulting report, SREB State
Regulations as They Apply to Distance
Learning, found that “… there appear to be
no significant regulatory considerations that
would halt the development of such a
regional approach.” Thus, in January 1998,
the Electronic Campus was launched.
SREB’s Electronic Campus Regional
Reciprocity Agreement (SECRRA)
 In 2012 all SREB states were asked to
re-affirm original reciprocity
arrangement in writing
 States could opt in/out
 RECIPROCAL…states not agreeing to
participate will be required to seek
approval in other SREB states
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SREB’s Electronic Campus Regional
Reciprocity Agreement (SECRRA)
 SECRRA reinforces the past Electronic
Campus arrangement
 The arrangement is limited to EC courses
and programs.
 SECRRA was the only such agreement in
the nation.
 All SREB states except Alabama
participate, effective January 2014.
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Overview and Purpose of SARA
National Council for State
Authorization Reciprocity
Agreements (NC-SARA)
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Marshall Hill, Executive Director,
NC-SARA
Alan Contreras, Coordinator,
NC-SARA and W-SARA
Moving from SECRRA to SARA
• SREB is fully supportive of the
national SARA model and effort and is
committed to working to fully
implement it
• SREB is fully committed to not leaving
states without a reciprocity agreement
• Cannot have a ‘competing’ process to
reciprocity
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Moving from SECRRA to SARA
• SARA will begin to be implemented in
SREB states
• Electronic Campus State Coordinators
will continue with current SECRRA
processes and procedures
• SECRRA and SARA parallel for the
next couple of years
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Break and Hotel Checkout
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Student Complaint Process
Marshall Hill, Executive Director,
NC-SARA
Alan Contreras, Coordinator,
NC-SARA and W-SARA
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Question & Answers
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State Breakout Sessions
Kris Biesinger
Coordinator, S-SARA
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Question & Answers
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For More Information
NC-SARA
Marshall Hill, [email protected]
Alan Contreras, [email protected]
http://nc-sara.org/
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