On September 28-29 WICHE convened the annual meeting of its Legislative Advisory Committee at the State Higher Education Policy Center in Boulder. State legislators from 11 of the 15 WICHE states gathered for the meeting, themed, “A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: How to Increase Your Return on Investment,” which featured WICHE staff and experts speaking on a variety of topics designed to help participants think about ways to improve higher education in the West.
 
WICHE hosted a meeting September 16-17 in Denver for the five states involved in the Non-Traditional No More project. Project leaders from Arkansas, Colorado, Nevada, New Jersey, and South Dakota gathered to discuss common challenges and share project successes. The meeting also focused on mapping out plans for sustaining momentum generated by the project for improving access and success for ready adult learners (those who accumulated a large percentage of the credits necessary to earn a degree and are now ready to return to postsecondary institutions to finish).
 
WICHE convened a meeting of the College Access Challenge Grant Network on July 27-28 at the State Higher Education Policy Center in Boulder. This was the second meeting for college access leaders from Alaska, Nevada, North Dakota, and Washington, who engaged in discussions on programs to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enroll and succeed in postsecondary education. Idaho expects to join the network in the coming year. WICHE will issue a publication highlighting successful programs and common challenges in the network states.
 

 

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