Confusion about U.S. Department of Education State Authorization Rules
Submitted by jshanika on Tue, 01/10/2017 - 15:33 As many of you know, the Department recently released new rules on the...
Updated SARA State and Institution Applications
Submitted by jshanika on Tue, 01/10/2017 - 11:45 We have made some updates and changes to our applications. You can find...
Welcome New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut
Submitted by jshanika on Thu, 12/22/2016 - 10:06 Welcome to New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut as the newest members of...
Announcing the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements Policy and Operations Manual
Submitted by jshanika on Mon, 12/12/2016 - 10:34 The NC-SARA staff, with input and review from the NC-SARA National Council, the...
Notes on the First NC-SARA Enrollment Reports
Submitted by jshanika on Mon, 09/26/2016 - 14:39 The enrollment data posted on the NC-SARA website on September 26, 2016 was...
New York Approves Regulations - Moving Ahead with SARA
Submitted by jshanika on Tue, 09/13/2016 - 14:56 At the September 13, 2016 meeting of the NYS Board of Regents, New...
NC-SARA Spring 2016 Enrollment Data Submission
Submitted by jshanika on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 13:07 NC-SARA has issued provisions affecting SARA institutions’ submission of their enrollment data for...
Special Committee on SARA Policy
Submitted by jshanika on Thu, 03/24/2016 - 14:54 A special committee on SARA policy regarding methods of including multi-institutional consortia in...
New FAQ Added
Submitted by jshanika on Mon, 02/29/2016 - 12:07 If an institution participates in SARA, does that mean it must accept transfer...
Updates to Policies and Standards
Submitted by jshanika on Thu, 02/18/2016 - 14:44 After extensive consultation with regional compact staff and others, under authority delegated by...
Spring 2016 NC-SARA Data Collection
Submitted by jshanika on Mon, 01/25/2016 - 16:06 The Spring 2016 SARA reporting period will be May 9-20, 2016. Drafts of...
Welcome New NC-SARA National Council Member Leah Matthews
Submitted by jshanika on Wed, 01/06/2016 - 12:30 We are pleased to welcome Dr. Leah Matthews as a new member of...
Response to NCLC critique
Submitted by jshanika on Fri, 12/18/2015 - 09:10 In early December the National Consumer Law Council updated their prior critique of...
Five New SARA States in SREB
Submitted by jshanika on Wed, 10/28/2015 - 10:40 Atlanta — This week, Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi and Texas were approved by...
501(c)3 Status Obtained
Submitted by jshanika on Wed, 10/21/2015 - 12:40 On October 13, 2015 the Internal Revenue Service wrote NC-SARA to inform us...
SARA Complaint Process
Submitted by jshanika on Tue, 09/15/2015 - 14:05 We've had a lot of inquiries into the SARA complaint process referenced in...
NC-SARA Postpones Institutional Reporting of Enrollment Data
Submitted by jshanika on Wed, 08/26/2015 - 13:46 NC-SARA has applied to the IRS for 501(c)(3) non-profit status under the federal...
Illinois Joins SARA
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/30/2015 - 12:52 Illinois is ninth state approved for participation in Midwestern-State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement -...
SARA Tipping Point: 27 SARA States
Submitted by jshanika on Tue, 06/30/2015 - 13:07 Boulder, Colorado – As of June 29, 2015, twenty-seven states have now joined...
Iowa Joins SARA; The Eighth State in the Midwestern Higher Education Compact
Submitted by jshanika on Thu, 06/11/2015 - 13:17 Chicago - On Monday, June 1st, Iowa was approved by the Midwestern Higher...
New Mexico, Vermont and Wyoming join SARA; National SARA board meets
Submitted by lgreco on Tue, 05/12/2015 - 14:49 New Mexico and Wyoming have been approved by the Western Interstate Commission for...
SARA institutions by sector
Submitted by lgreco on Mon, 04/06/2015 - 12:36 From time to time, national and regional SARA staff are asked questions about...
Texas introduces bill to participate in SARA
Submitted by lgreco on Fri, 03/20/2015 - 09:35 On March 12, 2015, Senator Kirk Watson introduced SB 1470, which would authorize...
California introduces bill to participate in SARA
Submitted by lgreco on Thu, 03/05/2015 - 14:25 On February 27, 2015, Senator Marty Block introduced SB 634, which would authorize...
Ohio joins SARA
Submitted by lgreco on Tue, 03/03/2015 - 07:56 Ohio has been approved by the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) to join...
SARA moving forward in New York
Submitted by lgreco on Tue, 02/10/2015 - 10:41 The New York State Board of Regents met Tuesday, February 10, 2015, and...
Minnesota joins SARA
Submitted by lgreco on Mon, 01/26/2015 - 15:44 Minnesota has been approved by the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) to join...
New Hampshire joins SARA
Submitted by lgreco on Tue, 12/16/2014 - 14:00 New Hampshire has been approved by the New England Board of Higher Education...
NC-SARA Board meets on next steps
Submitted by lgreco on Sun, 12/07/2014 - 11:51 Board members of the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) assembled...
Kansas and Missouri join SARA
Submitted by lgreco on Fri, 11/14/2014 - 15:13 Kansas and Missouri were approved by the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) on...
Three additional WICHE states join SARA
Submitted by lgreco on Tue, 11/11/2014 - 11:23 Arizona, Oregon and South Dakota were approved by the Western Interstate Commission for...
First SREB states join SARA
Submitted by lgreco on Fri, 10/17/2014 - 07:36 Louisiana, Virginia and West Virginia have been approved by the Southern Regional Education...
Montana letter questions
Submitted by lgreco on Tue, 10/07/2014 - 16:09 The State of Montana, a SARA member state, recently sent a letter to...
Questions about institutional closures
Submitted by lgreco on Thu, 09/04/2014 - 11:49 SARA staff are occasionally asked for help in identifying good approaches to dealing...
CSG adopts a Resolution in support of SARA
Submitted by lgreco on Thu, 08/21/2014 - 11:39 The Council of State Governments (CSG) has adopted a Resolution in support of...
New FAQs
Submitted by lgreco on Thu, 08/21/2014 - 11:18 SARA staff have developed new FAQs based on questions received. These FAQs focus...
Montana and Nebraska approved as SARA states
Submitted by lgreco on Thu, 08/14/2014 - 08:52 Montana has been approved by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)...
Radio Higher Ed features Marshall Hill in podcast
Submitted by lgreco on Tue, 08/05/2014 - 14:54 Marshall Hill, executive director of the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements...
Some Background and a Status Report on State Authorization by Marshall A. Hill
Submitted by lgreco on Wed, 07/30/2014 - 15:09 The complex and confusing topic of state authorization of higher education institutions has...
WICHE appoints Lopez to lead SARA
Submitted by lgreco on Sun, 07/13/2014 - 12:40 The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) appointed former Vice President of...