Transparency by Design: Principles of Good Practice for Higher Education Institutions Serving Adults at a Distance were developed to ensure that higher education courses and programs for adults learning at a distance are of high quality and readily accessible. Distance programs are those that enable the student to learn at any time and in any place and serve adult learners at a distance, including learners who have traditional options but find online delivery more convenient.

The Access Conundrum: Discussion is expected to address the issues of interstate program delivery, recognition of various forms of accreditations, the expectation and needs of state regulators, and the prospects for a uniform national compact for crossborder delivery of online education.
The Credibility Challenge: This panel will discuss the question of how can accreditors and regulators in states agree on quality measures in the process of evaluating online education providers and their programs. Outcome and assessment metrics, issues of transparencies, and indicators of quality will be addressed.