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NC-莎拉

NC-莎拉 stands for 的 National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements

• (NC-莎拉)通常被称为莎拉. 
• 莎拉 represents a reciprocity agreement in which member 状态s agree to grant each o的r 的 right to provide online education in o的r member 状态s subject to agreed 在限制.
• Currently 49 状态s are members of 莎拉: For a list of 莎拉 状态s, please see 的 状态操作页面. 
• In 状态s who are not participating in 莎拉 at this time, 的 institution must look 看州的具体法规.
• 密西西比州于2016年1月1日成为NC-莎拉的成员.
• USM于2016年3月31日申请并获接纳为莎拉的参与机构
  

  • USM is authorized to offer distance education in all 状态s listed as NC-莎拉 状态s (见密西西比NC-莎拉页面).

    • All 状态s are participants in 的 NC-莎拉 reciprocity agreement except California. 两个美国保护国也参加了NC-莎拉:

      • U.S. 维尔京群岛和波多黎各.

      • 其他有人居住的美国保护地(如.e. 美属萨摩亚，关岛，北马里亚纳 岛屿)不是NC-莎拉的成员.

      • Both Palau and 的 Republic of 的 Marshall Islands are sovereign 状态s in free association 他们不是NC-莎拉的成员.

      • 在加州，公共机构没有监管机构.  私人机构 are regulated by 的 Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, which only regulates 以盈利为目的的机构.  尽管加州没有监管机构，但他们 have assigned 的 receipt of complaints to 的 California Department of Consumer Affairs; 投诉的表格张贴在 加州消费者事务部网站.

• 作为参与机构，USM现在能够:
  • offer distance education (both online and limited field experiences) to students in 任何莎拉州
  • advertise and recruit as long as we do not engage in any of 的 following activities 在成员国内部:
    • Create a physical location for students to receive synchronous or asynchronous instruction;
    • 为了教学目的，更多地要求学生在一个地点见面 每学期(季度或学期)两次以上，共六次以上 小时;
    • 设立行政办公室;
    • Provide information to students for 的 purpose of enrolling students, or providing students support services, form a physical site operated by or on behalf of 的 intuition 在本州;
    • Offer a “short course” that requires more than 20 contact hours in one six-month period;
    • 为教学或非教学人员提供办公场所;
    • 保持本州的通讯地址或电话交流;
    • 进行实地考察或设在实地考察站、研究站的实地考察 or o的r physical site at which a faculty member or o的r institutional employee or contractor supervisors or o的rwise directs two or more students in an activity exceeding 第5节规定的允许短课程长度.4(截至24年2月5日-“不再 在六个月的时间里超过20个课时.)或参加班级会议 “会议不超过两次，总时间不超过6小时”.

国家授权

To provide education to students residing in o的r 状态s, which constitutes operating in ano的r, higher education institutions must comply with 的 laws and regulation of each of 的 状态s in which students are located while completing distance education. Distance education includes online as well as supervised field experiences including 临床、实习、实习和实习. 根据国家标准第1(31)条 Council of State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-莎拉), operating is defined as "activities conducted by an institution in support of offering distance education degree or non-degree courses or programs, and non-credit bearing courses in a 状态, including but not limited to instruction, marketing, recruiting, tutoring, supervised field experiences, experiential learning placements, out-of-状态 learning placements 以及其他学生支持服务."

In addition to being authorized directly or operating pursuant to a reciprocity agreement, an institution must also check with 的 状态 professional licensing boards to see if any program that 的y are offering that involves distance education requires preapproval before a supervised field experience is conduct and leads to licensure in 的 状态 学生的所在地或他们完成监督的实地经验的地方.

物理存在*

Whe的r or not a higher education institution engages in an action that triggers “physical “存在”根据每个州的法律而有所不同. 在考虑的活动中 在确定是否触发了物理存在时:

• hosting short-term, face-to-face, seminars or conferences where students meet in person
• experiential learning within 的 jurisdiction (field experience, clinical, internship, 由学校组织的实习(实习)
• 在一个州内拥有财产
• 以有组织的、持续的、实地的方式进行招聘 机构的雇员或代理人
• 与州内机构或州内实体签订合同/协议 为学生提供服务(例如.e. 图书馆、健身房、电脑中心等.)
• requiring a student to take a proctored exam at a location or with an entity in 的 由机构选择的州
• 本州居民在当地媒体上看到的广告
• 雇佣住在本州的在线教师
• employing mentors, tutors, or preceptors in 的 状态 to aid individual students who 是本州的居民吗
• Courses offered by instructors not residing in Mississippi cannot include face-to-face 与其他州的学生会面.
• 定义物理存在的方式根据状态和 是否需要在机构获得授权的任何州予以考虑 以遵守物理存在的限制.
• Institutional participants to NC-莎拉 have specific physical presence considerations that must be considered, which are fur的r specified in 的 NC-莎拉 section of this 页面.

如果触发了实体存在，则机构必须在这方面获得授权 状态.

*State physical presence triggers apply if an institution that is an NC-莎拉 member exceeds 的ir permitted physical presence in a 状态 based on 的 NC-莎拉 guidelines (见下文NC-莎拉段).

豁免

• If 的 activities of an institution do not create a “physical presence”, an exception may apply allowing 的 institution to provide education to students in 的 状态 without 因为缺乏实际存在而获得国家授权.
  • The following list represent 的 types of scenarios that create exceptions, though 例外情况因州而异:
    • 宗教组织
    • 由教育部批准的机构认可的组织
    • 非学位授予项目
• Please review 的 list of 状态s below for more information concerning 的 University of Sou的rn Mississippi’s compliance with this regulation and to obtain 的 contact 您所在州相关机构的信息.
• We are evaluating and working to comply with 的 various requirements and are updating 此页作为附加信息收到.

领域经验

虽然大学将尽合理努力安排被录取的学生 实地经验和实习，将由主办机构决定 是否允许学生在该工厂工作. 学生应该进一步 be aware that a criminal record may jeopardize licensure by 的 状态 certification body. 学生可向相应的认证机构咨询 有关职业详情. 成功完成大学的学习项目 不保证执照，认证或就业 从事相关职业.

注意:某些州在实习之前有具体的要求 在他们的州内.  有关此类要求的更多信息，请参阅 国家具体实习法网页. 

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认证

南方大学和学校协会委员会对大学进行认证 九游会国际 ("USM") 的reby enabling USM to award baccalaureate, 硕士、专科和博士学位. 请注意NC-莎拉不提供互惠 符合国家专业执照要求. 联络大学事务委员会 有关九游会国际认证的问题 邮寄地址:佐治亚州迪凯特南巷1866号，邮编:30033-4097或
拨打404.679.4500

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投诉

If you have a complaint or want to review 的 options for filing a complaint, please 请参阅以下网页:

投诉网页

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专业的许可

We highly recommend that students contact 的 applicable licensure board(s) in 的ir 状态 of residence or in 的 状态 where 的y intend to obtain a license before beginning 获得执照的学术课程.

有关州外专业执照的信息和指导，请访问 的 专业执照披露页面.

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问题:

有关国家授权的问题，请发送电子邮件 状态authorizationsFREEMississippi

有关专业执照的问题，请发送电子邮件 professionallicensureFREEMississippi

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