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Balancing Quality and Access
Reducing State Policy Barriers to Electronically Delivered Higher Education Programs
This project was designed to:
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Increase student access by addressing Western states’ regulations on higher education programs delivered electronically across state lines.
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Develop and get region-wide agreement on basic quality standards for distance education programs.
The project achieved agreement on a set of “Principles of Good Practice for Electronically Offered Higher Education Degree and Certificate Programs.” These Principles have now become the first generally accepted basis throughout the country for evaluating distance learning programs.
RELATED PUBLICATIONS:
When Distance Education Crosses State Boundaries: States' Policies 1995
Pub. No. 2A260, 1995, free to members, $5 non-members.
This inventory describes the licensing and approval procedures and required filing fees that an out-of-state institution would need to meet to recruit students and offer programs (via telecommunications or not) in states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
