WICHE Publications, Papers, and Reports

This report covers Fall 2012 enrollments for WUE, WRGP and PSEP and details the funds that flow between students’ home states and enrolling institutions in the Professional Student Exchange Program that receive them.

2013 ~ 24pp. ~ Pub #01-02-00-5400:PP:1.2M:2A371E ~ PDF ~ 1 MB~ DOWNLOAD

The WICHE Interstate Passport Initiative, launched in October 2011, is a pilot project that addresses interstate student transfer. This document provides an overview on the current policies around the lower-division general education core in the WICHE states and presents the general education credits required in each state. 

2012 ~ 5pp. ~ PDF ~ DOWNLOAD

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  A companion piece, General Education Policies in the WICHE states, presents information on two research objectives of the Interstate Passport Initiative: (1) identify the existing policies in the WICHE states related to the general education core, and (2) identify the courses, criteria, or outcomes that compose the general education core in the WICHE states Additionally, information is provided on the authority or oversight body on general education policy in the state.

   

This report covers Fall 2011 enrollments for WUE, WRGP and PSEP and details the funds that flow between students’ home states and enrolling institutions in the Professional Student Exchange Program that receive them.

2012 ~ Pub #01-02-00-5400:PP:1.2M:2A371D ~ 1 MB~ DOWNLOAD

Headcount of students sent and received through WICHE's Western Undergraduate Exchange with summaries by state, institution, and program. In 2010-11, WUE helped some 29,000 students and their families save $223.8 million dollars in tuition by paying 150% of resident tuition, instead of the full nonresident rate at 145 participating WUE institutions

2012 ~ 167pp. ~ Pub #2A374C ~ PDF ~ 1.45 MB~ DOWNLOAD

In the face of dwindling state support to adequately fund higher education, we know we still need to produce more postsecondary graduates; and because we need to reach deeper into the low-income and minority communities to do so, controlling costs and keeping tuition affordable is critical. Along with challenging economic circumstances (and in some cases because of them), four issues have come to the forefront in the West, in addition to the key issue of productivity: performance funding; governance changes; accountability; and innovation. It is clear that the demands on our higher education systems and our institutions will continue to grow and that state funding levels will not keep pace. Let's hope the last year, challenging though it was for many states, yields more such innovations in the future.

2011 ~ PDF ~ 949 KB~ DOWNLOAD

This report covers Fall 2010 enrollments for WUE, WRGP and PSEP and details the funds that flow between students’ home states and enrolling institutions in the Professional Student Exchange Program that receive them.

2011 ~ 24pp. ~ Pub #01-02-00-5400:PP:1.2M:2A371B ~ PDF ~ 1.42 MB~ DOWNLOAD

Headcount of students sent and received through WICHE's Western Undergraduate Exchange with summaries by state, institution, and program. In 2010-11, WUE helped some 26,700 students and their families save $210.8 million dollars in tuition by paying 150% of resident tuition, instead of the full nonresident rate at 145 participating WUE institutions.

2011 ~ 160pp. ~ Pub #2A374B ~ PDF ~ 1.14 MB~ DOWNLOAD

The program is particularly relevant to risk managers as well as staff representing facilities, campus security, and environmental health and safety. Sessions will focus on a range of risk management, facilities, and emergency management issues.

2010 ~ 6pp. ~ PDF ~ LINK ~ 251 KB~ DOWNLOAD

What does “protecting our priorities” mean in an era when economic realities require that our institutions of higher education trim their budgets while also providing critical education and training to more and more students – those “human resources” whose skills will be the key to any economic turnaround? This is a question WICHE addresses every day. For over 50 years, WICHE has helped states deal with scarcity ... At the core of all our efforts are three elements: efficiency, effectiveness, and innovation. The 2010 annual report details the ways WICHE has worked to protect our higher education priorities in the last fiscal year.

2010 ~ 19pp. ~ PDF ~ 279 KB~ DOWNLOAD

Headcount of students sent and received through WICHE's Western Undergraduate Exchange with summaries by state, institution, and program. In 2009-10, WUE helped some 24,500 students and their families save $173.4 million dollars in tuition by paying 150% of resident tuition, instead of the full nonresident rate at 145 participating WUE institutions.

2010 ~ 155pp. ~ Pub #0102:1C:0208:AG:2A372B ~ PDF ~ 858 KB~ DOWNLOAD

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  Enrollment by State Excel file available

“Protecting Our Priorities,” WICHE’s fiscal 2010 workplan, focuses on how we can ensure that all our students not only have access to higher education but are well-equipped to succeed at college and able to pay for it.

2009 ~ 20pp. ~ PDF ~ 1.1 MB~ DOWNLOAD

The goal of WICHE ICE is to benefit students through increased access to courses and programs in a variety of disciplines while they continue their interactions with the faculty and advisors of their home institution without interruption. The majority of this operations manual focuses on the exchange of individual courses, and this is also the mechanism by which the sharing of programs among institutions will be conducted. The appendices provide sample documents for WICHE ICE, such as the memorandum of agreement between WICHE ICE and institutions, procedures for joining WICHE ICE, a detailed course record form, and more information regarding student agreements and student services. They also include a growing repository of resources for those engaged in course or program exchanges.

2009 ~ 51pp. ~ PDF ~ 577 KB~ DOWNLOAD

The development of the future oral healthcare workforce is a central focus of WICHE, which has a long history of partnering with states to improve access to dental and other professional training via the Professional Student Exchange Program. This report highlights some of the key trends, issues, and challenges the WICHE region is facing with regard to the oral health care workforce.

2008 ~ 15pp. ~ PDF ~ 1.47 MB~ DOWNLOAD

In fiscal 2009 WICHE and its four units - Public Policy and Research, Programs and Services, WCET, and Mental Health - will work to build a better education engine via our efforts in our five areas: finance, access and success, workforce and social issues, technology and innovoation, and accountability.

2008 ~ 19pp. ~ PDF ~ 256 KB~ DOWNLOAD

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  See also, Higher Education : A Powerful Trust - WICHE Workplan 2008.

An accounting of enrollment in and financing of WICHE’s student exchanges at undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels for academic year 2007-08.

2008 ~ 21pp. ~ Pub #01-02-00-5400:KENDALL:1M:2A339A ~ Printed copies available ~ 625 KB~ DOWNLOAD

Headcount of students sent and received through WICHE's Western Undergraduate Exchange with summaries by state, institution, and program. More than 22,000 students were enrolled in 143 WUE institutions for the 2007-08 academic year.

2008 ~ 144pp. ~ Pub #0102:1C:0208:AG:2A333A ~ PDF ~ 719 KB~ DOWNLOAD

An overview of expansion plans for schools of medicine in the West, highlighted by states, medical schools, first-year student enrollments, expansion activities, and contact information.

2008 ~ 11pp. ~ PDF ~ 73 KB~ DOWNLOAD

With significant, industrywide advancements in health information technology (IT), institutions of higher education in the West will be called upon to provide a new generation of health IT graduates. New academic programs must be developed, existing programs will need to be retooled, and student recruitment strategies will be required to meet the health IT workforce demands of the future.

2007 ~ 6pp. ~ PDF ~ 902 KB~ DOWNLOAD

Attracting health, oral health, and behavioral health professionals to rural and underserved areas continues to be an enormous challenge. Lower salaries, high educational debt load, professional isolation, and urban-centric policy barriers in underserved and rural areas are deterrents for professionals. WICHE and its 15 member states want to develop a comprehensive strategy for the regional health care workforce to help recruit, train, and retain professionals to serve the rural areas of the West.

2007 ~ 94pp. ~ PDF ~ 545 KB~ DOWNLOAD

Headcount of students sent and received through WICHE's Western Undergraduate Exchange with summaries by state, institution, and program. More than 21,500 students were enrolled in 134 WUE institutions for the 2006 academic year.

2007 ~ 142pp. ~ Pub #0102:1C:1204:AG:2A333A ~ PDF ~ 700 KB~ DOWNLOAD

Q and A format, a helpful and informative document highlighting questions about WUE frequently-asked by counselors, educators, and administrators of participating colleges and universities.

2007 ~ 5pp. ~ PDF ~ 35 KB~ DOWNLOAD

Headcount of students sent and received through WICHE's Western Undergraduate Exchange with summaries by state, institution, and program. More than 20,000 students were enrolled in 132 WUE institutions for the 2005 academic year.

2006 ~ 133pp. ~ Pub #0102:1C:1204:AG:2A333A ~ PDF ~ 723 KB~ DOWNLOAD

An accounting of enrollment in and financing of WICHE’s student exchanges at undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels for academic year 2004-05.

2005 ~ 20pp. ~ Pub #0102005400:KENDALL:4C:2A339A ~ PDF ~ 428 KB

This history of the first 40 years of the organization, compiled and written by Dr. Frank Abbott, describes its origins and takes us from those early developmental years into its impressive growth and success under the leadership of Harold Enarson and Robert Kroepsch. It reports on the tumultuous and nearly devastating times at the end of the Kroepsch era, then describes the substantial accomplishments of Phil Sirotkin in restoring both focus and credibility to the organization in the late 1970s and 1980s.

2004 ~ 292pp. ~ Pub #2A348B ~ PDF ~ Printed copies available ~ 1.3 MB~ DOWNLOAD

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  Additional appendices