的 云顶集团 has been approved by Texas to participate in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements. 的 State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) is a voluntary agreement among the 49 SARA member 州, the District of Columbia, 美国.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico that permits certain types of educational activities without requiring institutions to seek state-by-state authorization. 目前, all 州 except for California are members of NC-SARA. 尽管加州不是 part of NC-SARA, California does not regulate non-profit higher education and we are able to provide distance education to students who are in that state with the caveat that students and institutions are not bound to NC-SARA regulations. 然而,授权 may be required for students who are located outside of 美国nited States.

• protect consumers and provide benefits to both 州 and institutions carrying out distance education in multiple 州.
• improves the ability of students to participate in distance education 课程 offered by institutions of higher education that are outside of a student’s location.
• establishes a formal and common complaint process for distance education students that are enrolled in NC-SARA 州.
• assurance that member 州 follow uniform processes for approving their eligible 机构的参与.

• Enroll online students from SARA member 州, subject to program-specific state 授权权限.
• Allow current students to complete experiential learning placements in SARA member 州; not all programs allow for opportunities in every SARA member state.
• Permit current students to engage in independent re搜索 or field study in SARA member 州.
• Arrange sponsored field trips in SARA member 州; field trips are day-long trips.
• Offer short 课程 in SARA member 州, subject to the SARA parameters for short 课程.

SARA establishes a specific set of best practices in distance education (http://nc-sara.org/resources/council-regional-accrediting-commissions-c-rac-guidelines) with comparable national standards for interstate offerings of postsecondary distance-education 课程和项目. 的se include requirements for online faculty to receive training in pedagogy and technology; faculty-student interaction, student-student interaction, and student-content interaction; and ongoing course and program evaluation. 此外, SACSCOC, our accrediting body, provides guidelines we follow for distance education (distance education guidelines from the Southern Association of 大学 and 学校).

SARA has no effect on state licensing or certification requirements. SARA没有 provide automatic permission for educational activities associated with licensed professions – these often require additional approval from the applicable state board. 因此, not all programs will be available in every SARA member state.

Examples of activities related to state authroization include, but are not limited to, educational activities that a UD student does on behalf of UD while physically located in another state such as

• 在线课程
• 面对面的课程
• Internships, practicums, student-teaching, etc.
• 研究
• 监督考试

It also refers to business that UD conducts in another state such as:

• Employing faculty or staff in another state
• Owning or leasing property where education takes place
• Contracting with an institution to provide access to resources
• 广告
• Recruiting (Academic and Athletic)
• Maintaining in-state contact information or an internet server

Student complaints relating to consumer protection laws offered under the terms and conditions of the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA), must first be filed with the institution to seek resolution. 的 student should begin the complaint 与机构合作的过程.  Please use this link to file a complaint in the Ethnics 记分投诉制度. http://secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media/en/gui/19779/index.html

If resolution is not achieved, a consumer would contact the Texas 首页 State SARA 门户的实体. 的 SARA State Portal Entities are listed at http://www.nc-sara.org/state-portal-entity-contacts