PRESIDENT'S PAGE

David A. Longanecker
President, WICHE

David A. Longanecker is the president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education in Boulder, Colorado.

Previously he served for six years as the assistant secretary for postsecondary education at the U.S. Department of Education, developing and implementing national policy and programs that provided more than $40 billion annually in student aid and $1 billion to institutions. Prior to that he was the state higher education executive officer (SHEEO) in Colorado and Minnesota.

He was also the principal analyst for higher education for the Congressional Budget Office. Dr. Longanecker has served on numerous boards and commissions and has written extensively on a range of higher education issues.

His primary interests in higher education are: access and equity; promoting student and institutional performance; finance; the efficient use of educational technologies; and internationalizing American higher education. He holds an Ed.D. from Stanford University, an M.A. in student personnel work from the George Washington University, and a B.A. in sociology from Washington State University.

David Longanecker's presentations:

• Myth or Reality Serious Questions About Rigor & Relevance (State Scholars Initiative National Summit, April 29, 2008) SWF FILE  | Printable PDF version

• Teaching Tomorrow’s Teachers Today: The New Mexico Story (May 2, 2008, amended May 5, 2008) | Printable PDF version

• Knocking at the High School Door: Projections of High School Graduates by Race/Ethnicity 1992-2022 (NY April 22, 2008) SWF FILE  | Printable PDF version

• Official Launch: March 2008 Knocking at the High School Door: Projections of High School Graduates by Race/Ethnicity 1992-2022 (Washington, DC, March 19, 2008) | Printable PDF version

• Issues and Developments in Student Financial Aid: In Texas, Throughout America, Around the World (Austin, TX, February 2008) | Printable PDF version

• Improving Higher Education Productivity: Investing in a 21st Century Workforce (Salem, OR, February 2008) | Printable PDF version

• Higher Education and the Future of Oregon (Salem, OR, February 2008) | Printable PDF version

• Implementing Oregon's Restructured Opportunity Grant: Shared Responsibility (Portland, OR, January 2008) | Printable PDF version

• Texas Student Financial Aid Advisory Committee: Issues and Developments in Student Financial Aid – What’s Up in America … What’s Up in Texas (TX, January 2008) | Printable PDF version

• Bridges to Opportunity Initiative: The Politics Behind the Policies: Federal/State Intersection (Washington, DC, January 2008) | Printable PDF version

• LA Higher Education Master Plan: Changing Direction – Louisiana Style (LA, December 2007) | Printable PDF version

• George Washington University: Educating Tomorrow’s Leaders for a Global Society (Washington, DC, November 2007) | Printable PDF version

• Senate Committee: Community Colleges, Transfer, and California’s Competitiveness (Sacramento, CA, November 2007) | Printable PDF version

• LAC: Myth Busters - Separating Fact from Fiction about Higher Education in the West (Denver, CO, October 2007) | Printable PDF version

• CPEC: To Compete in a Flat World - California Higher Education’s Advantages, Lost Advantages, and Needed Advantages (Sacramento, CA, September 2007) | Printable PDF version

• CSG West 2007 Annual Conference: Myth Busters - Separating Fact from Fiction about Higher Education in the West (Jackson Hole, WY, September 2007) | Printable PDF version

• ACT 2007 Colorado Annual Meeting: How Colorado Higher Education Measures Up (Broomfield, CO, September 2007) | Printable PDF version

• Washington Commission on Higher Education Annual Retreat: How Washington Higher Education Measures Up (Seattle, WA, August 2007) | Printable PDF version

• Colorado Commission on Higher Education Annual Retreat: How Colorado Higher Education Measures Up (Vail, CO, August 2007) | Printable PDF version

• The Wellington Group: Student Financial Contributions and Financial Aid - What's Up in America (Chicago, IL, July 2007) | Printable PDF version

• Colorado Higher Education Summit: Changing Direction - Policies in Sync (Colorado Springs, CO, June 2007) | Printable PDF version

• NGA - Forum on Postsecondary Education: Innovation America Initiative (Kansas City, KS, May 2007) | Printable PDF version

• National Summit for AA/2-Year Interpreter Educators: American Sign Language Preparation in Transition (Denver, CO, May 2007) | Printable PDF version

• Education Writers Association National Seminar: From Smooth Sailing to A Perfect Storm - The American Community College Story (Los Angeles, CA, May 2007) | Printable PDF version

• DU Forum on the Future of Colorado Higher Education: Affordability of Postsecondary Education in Colorado (Denver, CO, March 2007) | Printable PDF version

• NPEC Symposium: Moving the Needle on Access and Success (Washington, DC, November 2006) | Printable PDF version

• NM Higher Education Summit: What State Policymakers Should Know About Federal Higher Education Policy (Albuquerque, NM , October 2006) | Printable PDF version

• National Scholarship Providers Association: Early Commitment Financial Aid Programs - Do They Increase Access? (Georgia, October 2006) | Printable PDF version

• Oregon Community College Association: 7 Wonders of Higher Education in the West (Oregon, October 2006) | Printable PDF version

• NCAC Annual Conference: Knocking on the College Door - What's Facing Higher Education (Pittsburg, PA, October 2006) | Printable PDF version

• AARL 2006 Summit: New Mexico's and The West's Perfect Storm (Socorro, NM, August 2006) | Printable PDF version

• CSG West Conference: 7 Wonders of Higher Education in the West  (August 2006) | Printable PDF version

• Legislative Advisory Committee – What State Policy Makers Should Know About Federal Higher Education Policy (Breckenridge, CO , August 2006) | Printable PDF version

• Changing Direction: ATFA - A Nice Four-Letter Word   (Minneapolis, MN, July 2006) | Printable PDF version

• Legislative Staff Workshop: What State Policymakers Should Know about Federal Higher Education Policy (Minneapolis, MN, July 2006) | Printable PDF version

• Idaho Student Aid Task Force: Developing Effective Need-Based Financial Aid Legislation  (Boise, ID, June 2006) | Printable PDF version

• WICHE Commission Meeting: What State Policymakers Should Know about Federal Higher Education Policy (Bismarck, ND, May 2006) | Printable PDF version
  
  

• NWAF Annual Conference – 7 Wonders of Higher Education in the West (April 2006) | Printable PDF version

• TELECOOP Presentation: Weathering Colorado's Perfect Storm (April 2006) | Printable PDF version

• New Zealand Higher Ed Forum: Securing Public Interest in Higher Education: Information (March 2006)   | Printable PDF version

• New Zealand Higher Ed Forum: Securing Public Interest in Higher Education: Vouchers (March 2006)   | Printable PDF version

• New Zealand Higher Ed Forum: Securing Public Interest in Higher Education: Financial Aid (March 2006)   | Printable PDF version

• Alaska Higher Education and the Future: The Imperfect Storm (March 2006)   | Printable PDF version

• California Senate Education Committee Testimony: University Compensation Systems (February 2006)   | Printable PDF version

• The Seven Wonders of Higher Education in the West (January 2006) Truckee Meadows Community College | Printable PDF version

• CSI Strategic Planning Group: Idaho Higher Education and the Future - The Perfect Storm (November 2005) | Printable PDF version

• Institute for State Legislators: A Tale of Two Pities: The Story of Public Support for Higher Education in America (October 2005) | Printable PDF version

• ACA 2005 Annual Conference - A Call for New Leadership: Is Collaborating a Natural Act? (September 2005) | Printable PDF version

• Governor's Conference - Affordable Higher Ed in Kentucky: Requires "Policies in Sync" (September 2005) | Printable PDF version

• ACE - Higher Education and Workforce Development - Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (September 2005) | Printable PDF version

• CSG-West 2005 Presentation - WICHE and the West: As Goes the West, So Goes the Rest! (September 2005) | Printable PDF version

• NCPPHE Board Meeting - Chicago - A Tale of Two Pities - The Story of Public Higher Education Finance in America (June 2005) | Printable PDF version
  

• NMSU Dean's Retreat–New Mexico and the West - Challenges and Opportunities (June 2005) | Printable PDF version

• Colorado Academic Library Summit - Colorado's Perfect Storm (June 2005) | Printable PDF version

• NWAF Annual Meeting - What's up in the West: Higher Education and Economic Development - Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow, Richland, Washington (Apr 2005) | Printable PDF version

• Colorado Institute for Leadership Training (Mar 2005) | Printable PDF version

• Rural Mental Health Workforce Development & Higher Education (Mar 2005) | Printable PDF version

• OCCA - Using Physics to Understand Higher Education (Mar 2005) | Printable PDF version

• Comments From A National Perspective: What California Policy Makers Can Learn from Others (Mar 2005) | Printable PDF version

• ABOR Feasibility & Planning Study Work Group (Feb 2005) | Printable PDF version

• NCSL Education Finance Seminar - Napa, California (Feb 2005) | Printable PDF version

• Center Associates Program (Feb 2005) | Printable PDF version

• Idaho Higher Education and the Future (Jan 2005) | Printable PDF version

• 2005 Strategic Planning Process: New Mexico & The West Challenges & Opportunities (Dec 2004) | Printable PDF version

• Analysis of Arizona Higher Education Finance Compared to Nine Comparison States (Dec 2004) | Printable PDF

• Shared Leadership for a Strong Economy, Montana Style (Nov 2004) | Printable PDF version

• A Tale of Two Pities (Pacific Northwest Association for Institutional Research & Planning, Oct 2004) | Printable PDF version

• ATFA + The States and Feds Working in Sync (AGB and WICHE Changing Direction Leadership Institute, Oct 2004) | Printable PDF version

• Broadmoor Roundtable: Exploring Trends in Higher Education (George K Baum & Co, PCL Construction Services Inc) | Printable PDF version

• Improving Student Success in New Mexico Postsecondary Education: A Framework for Reform (NMCHE, Sept 2004) | Printable PDF version

• Montana's Education Pipeline (Sept 2004) | Printable PDF version

• Idaho Higher Education and the Future (August 2004) | Printable PDF version

• What’s Up in Higher Education in the West (Legislative Advisory Committee, July 2004)| Printable PDF version

• ATFA: Three Policies in One (NCSL Annual Conference, July 2004) | Printable PDF version

• New Mexico and the West: Challenges and Opportunities (NM Legislative Finance Committee, July 2004) | Printable PDF version

• The Role of the Higher Education Compact in Improving the Quality of American Higher Education (NUTN, June 2004) | Printable PDF version

• Free At Last!!! The New Approach to Public Policy and Regulation (NUTN, June 2004) | Printable PDF version

• Raising Arizona (AZ Board of Regents, June 2004) | Printable PDF version

• The Story of Public Support for Higher Education in Oregon, The West, and the Rest (May 2004)

• WICHE and Idaho (March 2004) (PDF)

• A Tale of Two Pities: The Story of Public Support for Higher Education in The Northwest (Jan 2004)

• WICHE and North Dakota (Oct 2003)

• Montana's Brewing Storm (Sept 2003)

• WICHE and California (April 2003)

• New Mexico, the West, and the Issues We Face (NMCHE, April 2003)

• WICHE and Washington 50th Anniversary (March 2003)

• Colorado's Perfect Storm Colorado Community Colleges (March 2003)

• WICHE and Nevada 50th Anniversary (Feb 2003)

• WICHE and Oregon 50th Anniversary (Feb 2003)

• Developing Public Policy to Support Access to Success Gear Up Hawaii (Feb 2003)

• WICHE and Arizona 50th Anniversary (January 2003)

• Changing Direction in the Perfect StormIntegrating Higher Education Financial Aid and Financing Policy (Dec 2002)

• What's Up In the West? Commission meeting (Nov 2002)

• The Role of the Higher Education Compact in Improving the Quality of American Higher Education MHEC (Nov 2002)

• Trends & Challenges Affecting Academic Performance in the Years to Come (WCALO, Fall 2002)

• Financing Access to Success Pathways to College (Sept 2002)

• Access and Equity in Oregon Community Colleges OR State Bd of Education (Sept 2002)