State Authorization: Out of the Woods and Into the Forest?

August 15, 2011 - 11:59am | by Chinkley
Presenter(s)
Bruce Chaloux (Southern Regional Education Board, US)
Russ Poulin (WCET-WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies, US)
Nancy Williamson (University of Maryland University College, US)
Session Information
November 9, 2011 - 9:00am
Track: 
Leadership, Values and Society
Session Type: 
Pre-conference Workshop AM
Location: 
Oceanic 7
Session Duration: 
1/2 Day - 3 Hours
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Abstract
Is state authorization (600.9) dead? Did the July, 2011 court ruling vacating the federal regulations take this issue off the table for institutions delivering online programming outside their home state? Not by a long shot! Indeed we may be moving more deeply into the forest on state authorization and federal regulation. This workshop will delve into options and actions institutions should be considering, where state authorization activities are headed, updates on federal actions and several national efforts and other emerging challenges in the changing regulatory environment.

 

Lead Presenter
Bruce Chaloux

Bruce N. Chaloux, past president of the Sloan Consortium, directs the 16-state Electronic Campus initiative of the Southern Regional Education Board. The Electronic Campus, the South's "electronic marketplace" for distance education courses and programs, has grown to include more than 10,000 credit courses and 500 degree programs from more than 300 colleges and universities in the region.

Prior to assuming his duties at the SREB in 1998, he served in the Graduate School at Virginia Tech for 13 years, including four years as Associate Dean for Extended Campus Programs at the institution’s main campus in Blacksburg and earlier for nine years as Associate Dean and Director of Tech’s Northern Virginia Graduate Campus in suburban Washington, DC. He earlier held positions on the staff of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and as an academic affairs administrator and faculty member at Castleton State College (Vermont).

He has earned his Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from Florida State University in 1979 and has business degrees from the University of Florida (master’s in 1972) and Castleton State College.
   
Russ Poulin Russell Poulin is Deputy Director, Research & Analysis, for the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET), which accelerates the adoption of effective practices and policies, advancing excellence in technology-enhanced teaching and learning in higher education. Based in Boulder, Colorado, WCET’s has members throughout the U.S., Canada, and seven other countries. Recently, Russ is leading national responses on new federal distance education regulations. Russ coordinates WCET's efforts in sharing information about managing elearning consortia and consults on WICHE's Adult College Completion Network. Previously, Russ coordinated distance education activities for the North Dakota University System.
   
 Nancy Williamson

Nancy Williamson is the Vice President and General Counsel in University of Maryland University College's Office of Legal and Government Affairs. UMUC is one of the 11 degree granting institutions of the University System of Maryland and has a mission to provide quality education to adult students. Ms. Williamson's legal career has focused on higher education. Prior to joining UMUC, Ms. Williamson was a staff attorney at Johns Hopkins University and a claims attorney at United Educators Risk Retention Group. In addition, Ms. Williamson is an adjunct faculty member at UMUC where she has taught legal ethics, advanced legal research, employment law for business, principles and strategies of successful learning, and negotiation strategies.

Ms. Williamson earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Baltimore and her bachelor's degree in political science from American University. She is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

 

Presenter 1 Email: 
bruce.chaloux@sreb.org