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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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SREB SARA Regional Forum
Student Complaint Process
Marshall Hill, Executive Director, NC-SARA
Alan Contreras, Coordinator, NC-SARA and W-SARA
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SREB SARA Regional Forum
Question & Answers
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SREB SARA Regional Forum
State Breakout SessionsKris Biesinger
Coordinator, S-SARA
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SREB SARA Regional Forum
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/
