Higher Education Licensure Commissioner

Summary

Join the Commission as a paid board member and contribute to licensing postsecondary educational institutions, ensuring authenticity and legitimacy, and advising the Mayor and Council on educational needs.

Requirements

• Each member of the Board shall be a resident of the District
• Any member of the Commission who is or has been, within 12 months of appointment, an officer, employee, student, trustee, or member of the governing board of an educational institution operating in the District of Columbia that is subject to licensure by the Commission or has a financial interest in an educational institution subject to licensure shall not participate in any matter before the Commission concerning the institution
• Have current knowledge and recent experience with postsecondary and/or career & technical education administration, operations, and policies
• Recognize distance and online learning as an emerging and authentic mode of delivery
• Possess an understanding and sensitivity to District of Columbia and national policies related to racial/ethnic, linguistic, and gender diversity, socio-economic equity and inclusive program and other accommodations

Responsibilities

• License postsecondary educational institutions and their agents
• Ensure authenticity and legitimacy of the educational institutions
• Serve as the state approving agency for veterans educational benefits
• Provide standards and criteria
• Administer rules and regulations, including rules of procedure for the Commission to ensure adequate public notice of each meeting of the Commission
• Advise the Mayor and the Council with respect to the postsecondary educational needs of the District of Columbia
• File with the Mayor and the Council quarterly reports
• Receive, and cause to be maintained, copies of student academic records in conformity with the following provisions set by the establishment of the Commission