
Executive Director Appointed to a
Second U.S. DOE Negotiated Rulemaking Team
The NLNAC
Board of Commissioners and staff are pleased to announce that
Dr.
Sharon Tanner, NLNAC’s Executive Director, has been appointed by the
United States Department of Education to serve on a second
negotiated rulemaking team. Negotiated rulemaking is the process of
developing recommendations for proposed regulations at the committee
level. The recommendations, which must reflect consensus of the
team, are then presented to the Department of Education for possible
use in final regulations. Earlier this year, Dr. Tanner was the
primary negotiator representing specialized accreditors on Team III
Accreditation, which developed proposed regulations for the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended. The Team successfully completed
its work in May 2009.
In this new
session of negotiated rulemaking which will meet for three week-long
meetings in November, December, and January, Dr. Tanner will
represent the interests of regional/programmatic accreditors on Team
I Program Integrity. The Team will work on proposed language for
regulations used by the Department of Education to oversee
institutions that receive federal financial aid under Title IV of
the Higher Education Act of 1965. Issues include the definition of
a credit hour, definition of a high school diploma, satisfactory
academic process, retaking coursework, state authorization, and
misrepresentation of information, among others.
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2010 SELF-STUDY FORUMS
Chicago, Illinois - March 25-26, 2010
Atlanta, Georgia - April 8-9, 2010
Early registrations for the Spring 2010 Self-Study
Forums have been unprecedented. Both locations are filled to
capacity.
REGISTRATIONS ARE
NOW CLOSED.
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