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<p class="MsoNormal">Kyle, please note this was all internal processes at our system, this was not a requirement by our portal agency.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Robert Keown (USAF Ret.)</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Executive Director GVTC/Military Affairs</i> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office of Technical Education<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> S-SARA <s-sara-bounces@lists.onenet.net> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Keown, Robert<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 21, 2020 6:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> s-sara@lists.onenet.net<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Cockfield, Burnette <BCockfield@tcsg.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [S-SARA] SARA and Accreditation<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kyle, on the initial application we did require our institutions to demonstrate that they were approved for delivery of distance education, for SACS COC once an institution has been approved for one DE program then they can deliver other
programs via DE so we did not require anything on renewals.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would also reference the C-RAC guidelines, if an institution agrees to follow the C-RAC guidelines (which a SARA institution has to do, #4 on application) then I would strongly suggest that they also show that they have met the requirements
(initially) to be allowed to deliver DE according to their Accrediting body.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As far as renewal goes, I would reference Item 6 on the form, if a negative change to the accreditation status has occurred then it should be reported, in this case if an institution was to loose approval for DE then this would need to
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<p class="MsoNormal">That’s my simple path to understanding the process.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Robert Keown (USAF Ret.)</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Executive Director GVTC/Military Affairs</i> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office of Technical Education<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> S-SARA <<a href="mailto:s-sara-bounces@lists.onenet.net">s-sara-bounces@lists.onenet.net</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Foster, Kyle<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 16, 2020 5:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 's-sara@lists.onenet.net' <<a href="mailto:s-sara@lists.onenet.net">s-sara@lists.onenet.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [S-SARA] SARA and Accreditation<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">I hope everyone’s year is off to a great start! I want to kick 2020 off with a question for my very knowledgeable S-SARA Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The SARA manual says that institutions must be accredited by an accreditor recognized by the USDE and whose scope of recognition, as specified by USDE, includes Distance
Education. My question is this: Does anyone require institutions to provide evidence that their accreditor has approved them to offer distance education, or do you just verify that the accreditor has that authority as specified by the USDE?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Kyle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Kyle Foster, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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