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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0">Good afternoon everyone:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0">There have been some updates made on the documents outlining field experiences for both online as well as On-the-ground programs. Please see the website,</span><span style="color:#0070C0">
</span> <span style="color:#00B050"><a href="http://www.ohio.edu/ecampus/about/authorization_faculty_staff/index.htm"><span style="color:#00B050">http://www.ohio.edu/ecampus/about/authorization_faculty_staff/index.htm</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0">See North Carolina, Colorado and Maryland in particular<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0">There is also a very good update for the Maryland Application for Registration of Online Programs
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-</span> <i>MHEC has received all of Ohio University's initial registration application materials. An approval letter will be forwarded to the presidents office in the coming weeks.</i>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0">Until we receive this notice, I am not aware if all programs have been approved but I will make an announcement as soon as that approval letter is received.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0">Also, I have included a blogpost article from WCET about the penalties that an institution can deal with when state authorization regulations have not been met within another state.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>From Russell Poulin<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>Director, Policy & Analysis<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>WCET - WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">“We receive several questions about what happens if a campus does not follow state authorization regulations. Our new blog post addresses that issue with a story from Alan Contreras about a situation that happened
last year that resulted in an institution repaying all the tuition and fees paid by a student.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000"><a href="https://wcetblog.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/what-can-happen/"><span style="color:#C00000">https://wcetblog.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/what-can-happen/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#0070C0">A sincere thank you to everyone for your commitment to compliance!</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Forte">Kia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">Kia D. Stone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">Coordinator of Compliance and Quality Assurance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">eLearning OHIO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">Ohio University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">740.593.2558<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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