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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Issue 1 – In order to participate in the OSRHE transfer matrix, we are prohibited from offering certain sciences with labs in a fully online format. Students are circumventing our state system requirements
by using these options.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Issue 2 – Students routinely say they can complete Sophia courses in a very brief time. By “partnering” with another institution, it makes me suspect in wanting to accept credit from the partner institution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I will let others comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Rick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Many 3<sup>rd</sup> party online learning providers are partnering with accredited institutions to transcript the credit. Sophia Learning in Norman partners with a University in Utah that is HLC accredited. If
you are finding issues with these, please bring it up with your Chief Academic Officers so that maybe we can address it from a state system level.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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