Russ Poulin is the director of policy and analysis for WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET). He organizes WCET's national policy and research activities, edits WCET’s Frontiers blog, coordinates WCET's research efforts, and works on e-learning consortia issues. Poulin represented the distance education community in the US Department of Education's 2014 Negotiated Rulemaking process. Previously, he coordinated distance education activities for the North Dakota University System.He holds a BA in mathematics and economics from the University of Colorado Denver and an MS in statistics and research methodology from the University of Northern Colorado.Updated: 01-03-2018