Mentis, E-Learning Compliance app, Profiles app, Grant Management app

Generally, an institution has a physical presence when it operates a campus, branch instructional facility whether leased or owned or administrative office within the boundaries of a state. However, because the specific definition currently varies greatly from state to state, especially with regard to out of state institutions that seek to conduct any activity within another state, State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) has established its own uniform standard for physical presence versus distance education. This standard takes the place of all conflicting state laws for purposes of SARA but does not affect the application of existing state laws to colleges that choose to operate outside of SARA or which are based in states that are not SARA members. With the commencement of the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA), the institutions are relieved from the difficult process of acquiring authorization from various states and their agencie

As the awareness of state authorization of higher education institutions has increased, so has the realization of the relationships between state authorization entities and professional licensing boards. State authorization is a formal determination by a higher education agency commonly a higher education board or commission that allows an institution to conduct certain activities within its borders. Distance education allows a student taking courses in one state to earn a degree from an institution located in another state, the state authorization entities have become very concerned that licensure-track programs meet professional licensure requirements in their state. Professional licensing boards require an institution to have state authorization before they review and determine if the programs meet their licensing requirements. Institutions need to maintain licensure requirements as per the states and programs. Licensure requirements vary for the state to state, depending o