Completing internships and other experiential learning opportunities is a key part of the Buckeye experience at The Ohio State University. Online students aren’t the only ones who are impacted by state authorization regulations. State authorization also enables traditional students finishing...
To help mentor and inform other universities of compliance practices at The Ohio State University, the State Authorization Team in the Office of Distance Education and eLearning hosted an “Insights from Key Stakeholders” webinar with the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET).
With the many layers to state authorization and its university-wide impact, it is crucial to have university champions implementing new policies and procedures to maintain compliance. At The Ohio State University, the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) is doing...
The Colorado Workers’ Compensation Act requires unpaid student interns to be covered by workers’ compensation insurance. Specifically, the Act states that the institution sponsoring the student shall insure the student through the...
The federal state authorization rule , which links state authorization to federal financial aid eligibility and requires new institutional disclosures, will not be repealed using the...
Authorization to enroll students living outside the United States in online programs is a frequent topic of discussion in state authorization networks. The Ohio State University’s State Authorization Team is monitoring and researching best practices in this area, and working with the...
As a result of the Out-of-State Educational Activities Policy, the State Authorization Advisory Committee (SAAC) convened for its first meeting March 8. The committee was formed to review the university’s out-of-state educational activities and to prioritize efforts of the State Authorization...
The Buckeye family can grow even larger now that The Ohio State University is approved to place students in field experiences across the nation. This means that Ohio State students enrolled in traditional or online programs have more opportunities to complete on-ground experiences such as...