State Approval: "Cease & Desist" and "Teach Out"

April 13, 2011

“It is illegal for you to offer classes in this state.”

Stay Outta My State

That was the essence of a call that a WCET member institution received last week.  A state regulator from another state called the registrar’s office and told the institution that it could no longer register students in the state.  The state regulator added that to do so would be in violation of federal regulations and that it certainly was in violation of state regulations.

The institution is a regionally-accredited, medium-sized state institution offering extensive distance education courses and programs.  It enrolled fewer than ten students in the other state.  Those students were in various levels of completion of an academic program. […]