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Short Article: USA - New rules limit states' oversight of online colleges. How will they react?

Title:
New rules limit states' oversight of online colleges. How will they react?

Author:
Lorelei Laird

Published:
Education Dive, 30 January 2020

From the article:
"State attorneys general were left out when the U.S. Department of Education rewrote its state authorization rules for distance education. The department "didn't feel attorneys general had a strong role to play in the potential regulations compared with other groups overseeing colleges," a spokesperson told Bloomberg early last year.  

But the end result, announced Nov. 1, will certainly affect attorneys general, because it reduces their ability to regulate distance education."

To read this article:
https://www.educationdive.com/news/new-regulations-limit-states-oversight-of-online-colleges-how-will-they-r/571397/