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What do the election results mean to higher ed? December 7, 2016 The webcast will begin shortly. There is no audio being broadcast at this time. An archive of this webcast will be available on the WCET website next week 1 What do

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What do the election results mean to higher ed? December 7, 2016

  • The webcast will begin shortly.
  • There is no audio being broadcast

at this time.

  • An archive of this webcast will be

available on the WCET website next week

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What do the election results mean to higher ed?

December 7, 2016

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  • Welcome
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questions and information exchange

  • Archive, PowerPoint, and

Resources available next week

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in the handouts pane

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Sally Ewalt Senior Marketing Manager, Blackboard Inc Sally.Ewalt@blackboard.com

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If you have a question during the presentation, please add it to the chat box. We will monitor the chat box and have time for Q&A at the end of each section.

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Overview

Setting the political stage Regulation & reauthorization of the Higher Education Act Accreditation and quality assurance Questions Affordability and technology

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Moderator Panelists

Jarret Cummings Director of Policy & Government Relations EDUCAUSE Leah Matthews Executive Director Distance Education Accrediting Commission Van Davis Associate Vice President Higher Education Policy & Research Blackboard Inc. Russ Poulin Director of Policy & Analysis WCET

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Setting the political stage

Van Davis

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Where Congress stands

114th Congress 115th Congress 54-44-2 246-187-1*

*Vacant

51-46-2-1* 240-194-1*

*Run-off in LA

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Congressional players

Virginia Foxx, R-NC Incoming Chair House Committee on Education & the Workforce Lamar Alexander, R-TN Chair Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Patty Murray, D-WA Ranking Member Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

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Executive players

Betsy DeVos Nominee, Secretary of Education Currently Chairman, American Federation for Children Donald Trump President Elect

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Regulations & the reauthorization

  • f the Higher

Education Act

Russ Poulin

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Regulations

“I think you’ll see us do everything we can to roll back those rules and regulations.”

  • Rep. Virginia Foxx

Incoming chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/11/17/virginia-foxx-weighs-gops-higher-education-priorities

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Regulations: The Congressional Review Act Subject to CRA Not Subject to CRA Teacher Prep Gainful Employment Borrower Defense Regular/Substantive Int. Overtime Rules Regulations before May 30, 2016 Federal State Authorization

https://wcetfrontiers.org/2016/11/21/will-higher-ed-regulations-weather-the-perfect-storm-prepared-to-sink-them/

“The obscure law Donald Trump will use to unwind Obama’s regulations.” --Quartz

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Regulations: Higher Education Act Reauthorization

  • Sen. Lamar Alexander
  • Sen. Patty Murray

Chair and Ranking Member HELP Committee

HEA in 2018? Meanwhile, what might happen?????

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Reflections

Van Davis Blackboard Jarret Cummings EDUCAUSE Leah Matthews DEAC Russ Poulin WCET

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Accreditation & quality assurance

Leah Matthews

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Accreditation and Quality Assurance

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Accreditation and Quality Assurance: Focus on metrics

  • Graduation rate
  • Default rate
  • Employment
  • Income earned
  • Less student debt
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Reflections

Van Davis Blackboard Jarret Cummings EDUCAUSE Leah Matthews DEAC Russ Poulin WCET

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Affordability & technology

Jarett Cummings

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Affordability and technology

  • Competency-based

education

  • Student data and privacy

(cybersecurity?)

  • Student aid access for

alternative providers

  • Student loan risk-sharing
  • How (most of) these fit into

fostering affordability

HEA: 2017 Progress, but Bill in 2018

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Technologies & Affordability: Other issues to watch

  • Cybersecurity/data breach

notification

  • Network neutrality
  • IT accessibility for persons

with disabilities (e.g., AIM- HE Act)

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Reflections

Van Davis Blackboard Jarret Cummings EDUCAUSE Leah Matthews DEAC Russ Poulin WCET

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Your questions

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Contact Information

Van Davis Blackboard Jarret Cummings EDUCAUSE Leah Matthews DEAC Russ Poulin WCET

Van.Davis@blackboard.com jcummings@educause.edu leah.matthews@deac.org rpoulin@wiche.edu

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Learn more & stay connected

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Learn more & stay connected Access to the resources discussed during this webcast, including the archive, will be available next week at http://wcet.wiche.edu/connect/webcast s