The Principles of Good Practice were developed to assure students about the quality of courses and programs at SREB’s Electronic Campus (now SARA.) The principles draw upon the work of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and other organizations.
Accreditors, government agencies and higher ed organizations developed a nationwide reciprocity agreement to address challenges to states, which are responsible for authorizing education offered to their residents from institutions in other states. The State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements, or SARA:
SARA is overseen by a national council and administered by the four regional higher education compacts, MHEC, NEBHE, SREB and WICHE.
