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Meeting the Higher Education Act’s Requirement for Distance Learning Student Authentication


MCC will host the Instructional Technology Council’s professional development audioconference entitled, “Meeting the Higher Education Act’s Requirement for Distance Learning Student Authentication” on Tuesday, January 13th from 2:00-3:00 in room 3-115 of the Flynn Campus Center.  The presenters are Barbara Beno, President of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC); Kay Gilcher, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education; and, Fred Lokken, Associate Dean of TMCC WebCollege, Truckee Meadows Community College.

When Congress re-authorized the Higher Education Act on July 31, 2008, they included language that required colleges to have “processes” that establish that “the student who registers in a distance education course or program is the same student who participates in and completes the program and receives the academic credit.” ITC was able to garner support from Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and John Ensign (R-NV) to add clarifying language to the legislation which explains the congressional intent of the legislation to Department of Education regulators.  This language should provide guidance to the accrediting agencies and the Department of Education, but it does not have the rule of law.

Join us in this discussion which includes the key representatives who will be involved in crafting the regulations that accompany this legislation -- so you can learn what steps they will be taking in the coming months, and the steps you will need to take in order to be in compliance with this new law.

To reserve a seat, contact Peggy VanKirk at <mailto:pvankirk@monroecc.edu> or ext. 3441.

Peggy VanKirk
Instructional Technologies
01/05/2009