11/25/2024

Hi TOPcast Insiders!

Governmental regulation might not be your favorite thing to think about, but if we don’t stay informed and act accordingly, we may be unpleasantly surprised to find our online education work negatively impacted. Please listen carefully to the current interview episode with Russ Poulin and Cheryl Dowd and consider sharing this episode personally with institutional colleagues.

- Tom and Kelvin

Guests Russ Poulin and Cheryl Dowd join hosts Kelvin and Tom to bring some breaking news on governmental regulation that could change the way online higher education works in the US. Listen carefully and share with institutional colleagues to avoid unpleasant surprises.

• Single-origin Ethiopia, Guji from Cooperative Coffee Roasters, Asheville, NC
• About Cooperative Coffee Roasters
• Pike Place Blend (served iced) from Starbucks

• Russ Poulin Online Bio
• Cheryl Dowd Online Bio
• From the WCET Frontiers Blog: “More Federal Rulemaking Excitement for Distance Ed Fans…and Next Steps”
• From the WCET Frontiers Blog: “Excited about March Madness? Proposed Section 32 Will Excite Distance Ed Fans”
• From the US Department of Education: “Negotiated Rulemaking 2021-2022” (Of particular note: “Institutional and Program Eligibility” sub-section)
  
• From the US Department of Education: “Issue Paper #6: Certification Procedures” (See subsection 32)
• National Council of State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA)
• TOPcast Episode #58: “Fun with Regulations” (with Russ Poulin and Cheryl Dowd)

• Video Version of this Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)