Mixed Media | Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education

A roundup of recent publications online and in print.

Internet 2. Today, more than 60,000 K-20 organizations in 38 states, including schools and school libraries, are connected to Internet2, a not-for-profit advanced networking consortium of more than 200 U.S. universities, as well as corporations, government agencies and other institutions. Louis Fox, vice president of WICHE Technology and Innovation and director of the Internet2 K20 Initiative, recently coauthored “Internet2 and School Libraries: The Time is Now, More than Ever” with James Werle. Read the abstract; or for a copy of the full article, contact Molly McGill at mmcgill@wiche.edu.
Data exchange. Brian Prescott, WICHE’s director of policy research, has coauthored a paper with Peter Ewell of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems. “A Framework for a Multi-State Human Capital Development Data Systems” details how a framework for a multistate data exchange might be organized and governed and what its value to policymakers would be.
Virtual lessons. Russ Poulin, interim director of WCET, and Demi Michelau, WICHE’s director of policy analysis, coauthored a chapter in a new volume of New Directions for Higher Education, titled “Lessons Learned from Virtual Universities.” Adult ed. Transparency By Design (TBD) has launched a new Website, College Choices for Adults, funded by Lumina Foundation for Education. WCET provides quality assurance on the standards of data reporting jointly developed by TBD’s member institutions.