Common use of Significant Modifications Clause in Contracts

Significant Modifications. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of the executive director of NC-▇▇▇▇ to ensure broad consultation among the regional compacts, NC-▇▇▇▇, and the ▇▇▇▇ community at large in developing responses to requests for significant modifications to NC-▇▇▇▇ Policies and Standards and/or to the Unified State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement. Requests for significant changes should be addressed to the executive director of NC-▇▇▇▇, who will work with the regional compacts, their ▇▇▇▇ steering committees, the NC-▇▇▇▇ executive committee, and the NC-▇▇▇▇ board to ensure consideration and resolution. Persons making such requests should provide a rationale supporting their request. In responding to and ultimately acting on such requests, regional and national ▇▇▇▇ staff and oversight committees shall evaluate proposed changes in light of ▇▇▇▇’s fundamental reliance on interstate reciprocity and trust, and on the fundamental purposes of ▇▇▇▇, which are to support high quality, resolve problems encountered by students, and simplify and support the interstate offering of distance education using a model under which an institution’s home state is primarily responsible for what the institution offers under the aegis of ▇▇▇▇. Other guiding principles for the review, clarification and modification of ▇▇▇▇ policies, standards and agreements include: • Broad consultation with key stakeholders; • Maintaining consistency in policy and procedures; • Transparency and openness; and • Responsiveness to stakeholders and emerging policy issues.

Significant Modifications. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of the executive director of NC-▇▇▇▇ to ensure broad consultation among the regional compacts, NC-▇▇▇▇, and the ▇▇▇▇ community at large in developing responses to requests for significant modifications to NC-▇▇▇▇ Policies and Standards and/or to the Unified State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement. Requests for significant changes should be addressed to the executive director of NC-▇▇▇▇, who will work with the regional compacts, their ▇▇▇▇ steering committees, the NC-▇▇▇▇ executive committee, and the NC-▇▇▇▇ board to ensure consideration and resolution. Persons making such requests should provide a rationale supporting their request. In responding to and ultimately acting on such requests, regional and national ▇▇▇▇ staff and oversight committees shall evaluate proposed changes in light of ▇▇▇▇’s fundamental reliance on interstate reciprocity and trust, and on the fundamental purposes of ▇▇▇▇, which are to support high quality, resolve problems encountered by students, and simplify and support the interstate offering of distance education using a model under which an institution’s home state is primarily responsible for what the institution offers under the aegis of ▇▇▇▇. Other guiding principles for the review, clarification and modification of ▇▇▇▇ policies, standards and agreements include: •  Broad consultation with key stakeholders; •  Maintaining consistency in policy and procedures; •  Transparency and openness; and •  Responsiveness to stakeholders and emerging policy issues.