WICHE’s Policy unit hosted the second meeting of the four-state group involved in Facilitating Development of a Multi-State Longitudinal Data Exchange, a $1.5 million, three-year project, supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is piloting a data exchange among Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Hawaii to allow for more comprehensive analyses of the production, stock, and flows of human capital through a regional, multistate approach. The meeting focused on how a data exchange could be designed.

For another project staff from WICHE and USC’s Center for Urban Education presented preliminary findings of the analysis of Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) data to the NSHE Regents’ Cultural Diversity Committee and the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Council, a group of institutional officers from Nevada’s public campuses. Data showed how students progressed along their postsecondary paths, where “leakage” (attrition) appeared to be especially high, and how progression differed for students from different racial/ethnic backgrounds, with underrepresented populations leaking out at higher rates.

The Western Academic Leadership Forum (the Forum) will hold its annual meeting April 13-15 at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Themed “The Politics of Student Success: Meeting the Challenges from Readiness to Completion,” the meeting will focus on several national initiatives, such as the assessments for the Common Core State Standards, Complete to Compete, and Complete College America. There will also be a focus on performance-based funding programs. The Forum’s membership includes provosts from four-year institutions and chief academic officers at their related systems and state agencies located in the WICHE region. This year the Forum has invited colleagues from the two-year sector, who participate in the Western Alliance of Community College Academic Leaders, to attend the meeting, which is sponsored by TIAA-CREF and Pearson Education. A special wrap-around workshop, funded by the Carnegie Corporation and sponsored by WICHE, the State Higher Education Executive Officers, and the American Council on Education, will provide an in-depth overview of the Common Core State Standards and their implications for higher education.
 

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