Interstate group mulls contentious changes to state oversight of online colleges
May 13, 2020
Dive Brief:
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NC-SARA, the group overseeing how distance education is offered across state lines in most of the U.S., left several contentious policy changes unresolved at its board meeting last week.
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The organization — which controls the nation’s only multistate reciprocity agreement for online learning — tabled proposals that could change how states can regulate distance learning activity within their borders.
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Several board members said they needed more time to review the proposals and their implications. The move follows a letter from several consumer protection groups last month contending that some of the proposals would weaken NC-SARA’s standards.
