Wyoming University (WU), for example, sometimes does not have enough in-state students to make a distance education course “financially viable.” Many of those courses would be eliminated if the university couldn’t enroll out-of-state students to fill available seats in the virtual classroom.
“We can’t offer many classes that lose money—thus the need in some programs for out-of-state enrollments,” WU said in a report published by WCET.
Having to abide by the state-authorization rule, the university said, would endanger some of its most “unique” online education programs, such as its master’s in speech-language pathology, land surveying program, and certificate for teachers of American Indian children.
Officials at Huntington Junior College in West Virginia pointed to Massachusetts as a state where students might not have access to the college’s distance education classes after the new federal rule takes effect.
Massachusetts charges $10,000 for an application fee required to gain certification, another $2,000 for each program an institution offers, and a $4,000 annual fee, according to the WCET report.
An analysis conducted by Minnesota State College and Universities showed that it would cost about $5.5 million for 32 Minnesota campuses to seek approval in 49 states.
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