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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Courtesy of Marianne Boeke of NC-SARA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">NC-SARA would like to thank the Regional Compacts and each SARA state for working together to provide contact information for the five licensure boards.</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Thank you!<br>
MB</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">NC-SARA is pleased to announce a new resource – the
<b><a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnc-sara.org%2Fprofessional-licensure-directory&data=01%7C01%7Celisa.jaden%40sreb.org%7Ca2af734e1bc2480a418908d7ebae7e85%7Ceb20950b168c497a98452b099844f3ef%7C0&sdata=lbn6032g5g30CzwSsTpYYFVAaRnmBfRH7J%2BmQikmR2s%3D&reserved=0">Professional
Licensure Directory</a></b>; which is housed in and managed centrally through the NC-SARA website.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Professional licensure disclosures and approvals are subjects of all U.S. institutions, states and territories, and are a struggle to varying degrees. We are hopeful this brings some efficiency
to assist institutions in providing clearer and more accurate disclosures to all students.
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">NC-SARA worked with the SARA State Portal Entities (SPEs) and the regional compacts to create the Professional Licensure Directory, which provides contact information for the top five programs that
lead to a professional license. We chose the programs with the most enrollments per the data provided by our participating institutions. At NC-SARA, our data shows that the vast majority of the programs leading to licensure among participating institutions
are in these five fields: </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Counseling</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Nursing</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Psychology</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Social work</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Teacher Education</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">This resource will NOT house regulations or requirements. It is exclusively general contact information and NC-SARA will update the contact information twice annually.
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">SARA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Southern Regional Education Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">(404) 879-5517<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:SARA@sreb.org">SARA@sreb.org</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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