Southern Regional Education Board SREB State Authorization Regional Reciprocity (S-SARA) Regional Forum January 21, 2014.

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SREB State Authorization Regional Reciprocity

(S-SARA)Regional ForumJanuary 21, 2014

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SREB SARA Regional Forum

Thanks to Lumina Foundation

Strategy Officer, Christine Marson

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SREB SARA Regional Forum

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

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SREB SARA Advisory Committee

December 2012 – First MeetingBill Crews, Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education CommissionJoseph DeFilippo, State Council of Higher

Education for VirginiaMenia Dykes, Mississippi Institutions of

Higher LearningJoel Hartman, University of Central FloridaSteve KimeSarah Levy, Kentucky Council on

Postsecondary EducationLaura Palmer Noone, Lumina Foundation

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SREB SARA Advisory Committee (Continued)

December 2012 – First MeetingJohn Opper, Florida Virtual CampusFrank Prochaska, University of North Carolina

General AdministrationJon Sizemore, Board of Regents of the University

System of GeorgiaLarry Tremblay, Louisiana Board of RegentsDarlene Williams, Northwestern State UniversityNancy Williamson, University of Maryland

University CollegeJeannie Yockey-Fine, Cooley, LLP

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SREB SARA Regional ForumGoals

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, organizationalSectors: publics, private non-profits, and

private for-profits

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SREB SARA Regional ForumGoals

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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SREB SARA Regional ForumGoals

Help all interested parties understand SARA requirements and parameters more accurately and thoroughly. There will be consistent standards for:

• Institutional online program integrity• Institutional financial responsibility• Triggers for “physical presence”• Complaint processing • Data collection and sharing

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SREB SARA Regional ForumGoals

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 • S-SARA State Self-Assessment and

Action Plan Worksheet

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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, not-for-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.

..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.

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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)

Marshall Hill, Executive Director, NC-SARA

Alan Contreras, Coordinator, NC-SARA and W-SARA

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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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SREB SARA Regional Forum

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 SessionsKris Biesinger

Coordinator, S-SARA

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Question & Answers

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For More Information

NC-SARAMarshall Hill, [email protected] Contreras, [email protected]://nc-sara.org/

[email protected]@sreb.orghttp://ide.sreb.org/