State Authorization

Fact sheet of TICAS recommendations to improve the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements.

Three million Americans now go to college entirely online, including 1.3 million enrolled at a school online in a state other than where they live. This represents an important new choice for students, but also a new challenge for states seeking to ensure the quality of the education provided to residents. Report outlines improvements to federal rules and ways states can collaborate...

This report outlines improvements to federal rules and ways states can collaborate to expand college opportunity without putting students at risk of unmanageable debt from poor-quality online colleges.

Comments urging the Department of Education to reconsider its proposed two-year delay of final regulations related to the state authorization of distance education institutions and foreign locations, and to implement the regulations as originally scheduled.

The Institute for College Access & Success submitted public comments regarding the draft program integrity regulations in response to the
Federal Register Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) published on June 18, 2010.