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News & Events (May)

Policy Award Opportunity open for SAN and WCET Members

2025 Russ Poulin Award for Excellence in Digital Learning Policy.
Highest honor for individuals who influence the future of digital education through thoughtful, strategic policy leadership.
Nomination Submission Deadline: May 29, 2025.
Learn More and Submit a Nomination Here!

Negotiated Rulemaking for Higher Education 2025-2026 (U.S. Department of Education 2025-2026 rulemaking webpage)

Student Loans and Affordability Committee - Meeting June 30, 2025- July 2, 2025 (Call for negotiator nominations deadline June 2, 2025)

Training Opportunities!

SANBox Learning Center - courses and workshops
- SAN - State Authorization Foundations Course (8-week Online Fundamentals Course) - REGISTRATION OPENING JUNE 2!
  - When: Cohort #2 - August 19, 2025- October 13, 2025
  - Where: Virtual, Asynchronous, Weekly Assignments
  - Member and Non-Member Rates!
  - Details and Registration Information

WCET Annual Meeting + SAN Coordinator Meeting (in person): Registration is Open!

Dates: October 20 SAN Coordinator Meeting; October 21-23 WCET Annual Meeting; October 23-24 ASWE Rise
Location: Denver, Colorado
Several SAN members will be presenting!

Open Forum - 2nd Tuesday of each month. May 13, 2025! Time: 10AM Alaska, 11AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1PM Central, 2PM Eastern; New Registration Process!  Register Each Month:  May Registration Link!  May Topic: Creating and Managing Institutional Compliance Teams; May Experts: SAN Member Institutions. Open Forum is not typically recorded. 

Quick Links

Access to Key Areas of the SAN website:

Are you new or relatively new to the issue of out-of-state activity compliance? Start Here with State Authorization 101 which leads to How it Works and Why Comply. Topical one/two pagers and charts are found on Getting Started page.
Topic Areas: Nine key subject areas can be accessed through the 9 tiles on this website homepage as you scroll down this page or from the Resources tab drop down at the top of the webpage.
Website login information is provided to SAN members by the SAN Coordinators for your SAN Membership. Login is required for member only resources noted as requiring SAN Member login.
SAN Coordinators (managers of SAN memberships) SAN Membership Coordinator Welcome Information

Communication Platform for SAN member email updates and SAN discussions - use MIX. Please click here to visit the Mix Help/FAQ's.

SAN Monthly eNewsletters - As of April 2024, eNewsletters are archived on Mix in the SAN News & Announcements Group note the Newsletters Tab.
SAN Resources are located on the SAN website not within MIX.

NC-SARA Website

U.S. Department of Education Knowledge Center Home - access to notices, Dear Colleague Letters, FSA Handbook, etc.

WCET Frontiers - articles on many higher education issues related to educational technology

WCET Jobs Posts Webpage & Sample State Auth. Related Job Descriptions HERE.

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