As the 2009 legislative sessions progress, WICHE is publishing a series of eight policy briefs designed to help legislators and policymakers better understand the complex and difficult-to-balance mix of higher education appropriations, tuition, and financial aid. The series, Getting What You Pay For (available in print and online http://wiche.edu/policy/ this month), was developed with support from Lumina Foundation for Education and grew out of an earlier project called Changing Direction: Integrating Higher Education Financial Aid and Financing Policy, which investigated how various higher education financingapproaches could either enhance student access to and success in college or seriously detract from it. WICHE worked intensively with 14 states during the Changing Direction project and less intensively with another 28, helping them align their appropriations, tuition, and financial aid policy. With Getting What You Pay For, WICHE has created eight concise briefs that report on the tactics and processes used by these states. Topics range from tuition policy and federal financial aid to higher education productivity and economic development. For copies of the briefs, contact Cheryl Graves at 303.541.0269 or cgraves@wiche.edu. For more information on the project, contact Carl Krueger at 303.541.0263 or ckrueger@wiche.edu.

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