The Interstate Passport Initiative, a two-year project funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is working on a new transfer framework for the lower-division general education core, one based on learning outcomes rather than courses and credits. Twenty-eight two-year and four-year institutions in five Western states—California, Hawaii, North Dakota, Oregon, and Utah—are participating in the project’s pilot, coordinated by WICHE, which also serves as the fiscal agent. Over the next year, faculty and other stakeholders from these institutions will work with state facilitators to reach an intrastate agreement and then develop an interstate agreement. The facilitators are: Debra David, project director, Give Student a Compass initiative, California State University System, Office of the Chancellor; Richard Dubanoski, dean, College of Social Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Lisa Johnson, director of articulation and transfer, North Dakota University System; Karen Marrongelle, assistant vice chancellor for academic standards and collaborations, Oregon University System; and Phyllis “Teddi” Safman, assistant commissioner for academic affairs, Utah State Board of Regents. Robert Turner, the former assistant vice chancellor of the Oregon University System, is the pilot state coordinator, and WICHE staff member Pat Shea is the principal investigator. For more information, including contact details for the facilitators, visit the website or contact Cathy Walker, Passport project manager, at cwalker@wiche.edu.

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