National Council For State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (Sara)

While distance education increased significantly, the laws and policies of the federal states and the Confederation did not keep pace. Sara helps bring higher education institutions out of the maze of costly, inefficient and inconsistent regulations and laws in different countries, which often make it difficult to offer online courses to students residing outside an institution`s home country. On January 19, 2017, the U.S. Department of Education officially confirmed that SARA was implementing the state`s recently issued authorization for distance education. Peter McPherson, President of the APLU, was Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Council for SARA (NC-SARA) and Paul Lingenfelter, former President of the National Directorate of Higher Education (SHEEO), was Chairman of the Board of Directors of NC-SARA, which played a central role in the development of the Commission for the Regulation of Post-Secondary Education, which was the framework of the reciprocity system. The Commission, led by former U.S. Education Minister Richard Riley, brought together a large number of heads of state, academics and academics, accreditors and regulators to address the challenges institutions face in compliance with government laws and regulations. A recent report from the Children`s Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego School of Law found that California is currently the strictest oversight of for-profit institutions of any U.S. state. On September 13, 2016, the New York State Board of Regents passed new regulations requiring non-governmental universities to obtain permission from the New York State Education Department (NYSED) to offer distance courses to New York State residents and to authorize the department to enter into the National Authorization Agreement (SARA). New York State joined SARA on December 9, 2016. Washington Student Achievement Council (CESC) has been named the State Portal Agency (SPA) for Washington.

The SPA is the leading agency of a state and is responsible for processing applications for sara participation from schools established in the state. “Now is the time for states to come to the plate and make sure their students are protected,” Shireman said. “I don`t think California will give up that authority in the near future.” Asked how he responded to concerns that SARA has facilitated the expansion of for-profit institutions with poor practices and attracts more students, Hill said there was “no evidence of widespread misconduct” in the quarterly reports he received. He added: “I think it`s fair to say that 48 states would not have entered sara if they thought SARA would lead to this situation for their states. Shireman said, however, that he believed SARA had been “oversold” at colleges because they still had to organize government agreements for online training in professions requiring state licenses, such as Z.B. teaching or nursing.

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