WICHE Publications By Year

2011

• College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) Program

  The brief discusses promising new ideas and methods that states in WICHE's College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) Network are employing to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enroll and succeed in postsecondary education. The brief focuses on how Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming are utilizing partnerships with other entities, FAFSA completion programs, peer mentoring, and need-based financial aid in implementing their federally-funded CACG programs.  December 2011 ~ 8pp. ~ Pub #2A378 ~ Printed copies available ~ PDF ~ 166 KB~ DOWNLOAD

• Tuition and Fees in Public Higher Education in the West, 2011-2012: Detailed Tuition and Fees Tables

  This report is the latest update of WICHE's annual report on tuition and mandatory fees at public institutions in WICHE's 15-state region, including an institution-by-institution historical review of tuition changes from year to year, as well as those from one, five, and ten years ago. Beginning with the 2010-11 and continuing this year, this report presents published tuition and fees amounts as averages both unweighted and weighted by full-time equivalent enrollments. Unlike unweighted averages, which treat each institution equally no matter how big or small it is, enrollment-weighted averages provide a truer estimate of the published price a typical student faces based on enrollment patterns. Appendix E provides more information regarding enrollment weighting. In addition to the full report, all tuition and fee data tables are available to download in Excel format below. November 2011 ~ 64pp. ~ Pub #2A346H ~ 2.42 MB~ DOWNLOAD ADDITIONAL DETAILS, LINKS, AND DOWNLOADS + Download Excel files: Table 1 Average Tuition and Fees at Public Institutions in the WICHE Region, 2011-12, 2010-11, 2006-07, and 2001-02 Table 2 Average Tuition and Fees in Constant (2011) Dollars at Public Institutions in the WICHE Region, 2011-12, 2010-11, 2006-07, and 2001-02 Table 3 Resident and Non-Resident Undergraduate Tuition and Fees at Public Four-Year Institutions in the WICHE Region: State Averages, 2011-12, 2011-12, 2006-07, and 2001-02 Table 4 Resident and Non-Resident Undergraduate Tuition and Fees at Public Four-Year Institutions in the WICHE Region, 2011-12, 2010-11, 2006-07, and 2001-02 Table 5 Resident and Non-Resident Graduate Tuition and Fees at Public Four-Year Institutions in the WICHE Region: State Averages, 2011-12, 2010-11, 2006-07, and 2001-02 Table 6 Resident and Non-Resident Graduate Tuition and Fees at Public Four-Year Institutions in the WICHE Region, 2011-12, 2010-11, 2006-07, and 2001-02 Table 7 Resident In-District/County and Non-Resident Tuition and Fees at Public Two-Year Institutions in the WICHE Region: State Averages, 2011-12, 2011-12, 2006-07, and 2001-02 Table 8 Resident In-District/County and Non-Resident Tuition and Fees at Public Two-Year Institutions in the WICHE Region, 2011-12, 2010-11, 2006-07, and 2001-02 Table 9 Resident Undergraduate Tuition and Fees at Public Four-Year Institutions in the WICHE Region by Carnegie Classification, 2011-12, 2011-12, 2006-07, and 2001-02 Table 10 Non-Resident Undergraduate Tuition and Fees at Public Four-Year Institutions in the WICHE Region by Carnegie Classification, 2011-12, 2010-11, 2006-07, and 2001-02 Table 11 Resident Graduate Tuition and Fees at Public Four-Year Institutions in the WICHE Region by Carnegie Classification, 2011-12, 2010-11, 2006-07, and 2001-02 Table 12 Non-Resident Graduate Tuition and Fees at Public Four-Year Institutions in the WICHE Region by Carnegie Classification, 2011-12, 2010-11, 2006-07,and 2001-02 Appendix G Mandatory Fees at Public Two-Year Institutions in the WICHE Region Appendix H Mandatory Fees at Public Four-Year Institutions in the WICHE Region Appendix I Undergraduate FTE Four-Year Institutions in the WICHE Region Appendix J Graduate FTE Four-Year Institutions in the WICHE Region Appendix K Undergraduate FTE Two-Year Institutions in the WICHE Region

• WICHE Commission Meeting Agenda Book - October 31-November 1, 2011

  October 31 - November 1, 2011 Laie, Hawaii November 2011 ~ PDF ADDITIONAL DETAILS, LINKS, AND DOWNLOADS + AGENDA Schedule at a Glance TAB 1 Agenda (Open and Closed Sessions) TAB 2 Committee of the Whole, Call to Order/Introductions TAB 3 Plenary Session I: What’s Up in the West? Reorganizing Governance in the West TAB 4 Programs and Services Committee Meeting TAB 5 Issue Analysis and Research Committee Meeting TAB 6 Self-funded Units Committee Meeting TAB 7 Lunch and Presentation: Higher Education in Hawai’i: Unique Challenges, Unique Opportunities TAB 8 Plenary Session II: The Use of Technology in the New Normal of Higher Education TAB 9 Luau and evening show TAB 10 Committee of the Whole – Business Session TAB 11 Plenary Session III: What’s Up at WICHE? WCET’s Predictive Analytics Reporting Framework and the Multistate Data Exchange Project TAB 12 Plenary Session IV: Finance in the New World TAB 13 Reference COMPLETE AGENDA BOOK  (5.5 MB)

• Benchmarks: WICHE Region 2011

  This report presents information on the West’s progress in improving access to, success in, and financing of higher education. The information is updated annually to monitor change over time and encourage its use as a current tool for informed discussion in policy and education communities, focusing demographics related to Access, Success, and Finance in the West. State-by-state data for Figures 1-15 and three introductory tables are available in Excel file format below. October 2011 ~ 4pp. ~ PDF ~ DOWNLOAD ADDITIONAL DETAILS, LINKS, AND DOWNLOADS + Download Excel Tables Please note: These files are in .xlsx format Figure 1 The Education Pipeline Figure 2 Undergraduate Enrollment Among 25-49 Year Olds as a Percent of Population Figure 3 Percentage of Public High School Completers as a Proportion of the Number of 9th Graders Four Years Earlier Figure 4 Share of Full-Time Undergraduate Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity vs Share of Population by Race/Ethnicity, 2000-01 and 2010-11 Figure 5 Share of Bachelor's Degrees Awarded by Race/Ethnicity vs Share of Population by Race/Ethnicity, 1999-2000 and 2009-10 Figure 6 College Participation and Impoverishment, 2009-10 Figure 7 Average Resident Undergraduate Tuition and Fees at Public Two-Year Institutions Figure 8 Ratio of Tuition and Fees to Median Household Income, Public Institutions, 2010-11, 2006-07, and 2001-02 Figure 9 Grant Aid per FTE in Public Institutions, 2004-05 to 2008-09 Figure 10 Need-Based Grant Aid Awarded by State Grant Programs per FTE Figure 11 Percentage of First-Time Full-Time Degree/Certificate-Seeking Students Receiving Federal Grant Aid Figure 12 WUE Total Savings to Families and/or States Figure 13 Total State and Local Appropriations to Higher Education per FTE, Public Institutions, FY 2001 to FY 2009 (Adjusted) Figure 14 Revenues from State and Local Appropriations and Tuition and Fees per FTE, FY 2001 to FY 2010 (Adjusted) Figure 15 State Tax Revenue Per Capita (Adjusted for Inflation)

• Crisis/Opportunity — WICHE 2011 Annual Report

  In the face of dwindling state support to adequately fund higher education, we know we still need to produce more postsecondary graduates; and because we need to reach deeper into the low-income and minority communities to do so, controlling costs and keeping tuition affordable is critical. Along with challenging economic circumstances (and in some cases because of them), four issues have come to the forefront in the West, in addition to the key issue of productivity: performance funding; governance changes; accountability; and innovation. It is clear that the demands on our higher education systems and our institutions will continue to grow and that state funding levels will not keep pace. Let's hope the last year, challenging though it was for many states, yields more such innovations in the future. September 2011 ~ PDF ~ 949 KB~ DOWNLOAD

• Its All About Outcomes: WICHE 2012 Workplan

  Ensuring that all students – including those we have not served well traditionally – learn what they need to know so that they can be successful members of their communities is a major priority for WICHE and its units: Policy Analysis and Research, Programs and Services, Mental Health Program, WCET, and the Technology and Innovation initiative. In fiscal 2012 we’ll strive to assist the West’s institutions to find ways to help students not only to graduate but also to hit their marks when it comes to learning. Our work will focus on five areas: finance, access and success, workforce and society, technology and innovation, and accountability. September 2011 ~ PDF ~ 577 KB~ DOWNLOAD

• Western Undergraduate Exchange 2011-2012
  	Over 140 campuses in 15 states have opened programs to undergraduates from other Western states at significantly reduced tuition levels. Describes the program and lists the participating institutions and the programs available at the reduced tuition rate. July 2011 ~ 4pp. ~ PDF ~ 420 kb~ DOWNLOAD ADDITIONAL DETAILS, LINKS, AND DOWNLOADS + Also available in tabloid format.

• The Common Core State Standards: Implications for Higher Education in the West
  	The Common Core State Standards are an unprecedented movement toward common academic standards in K-12 education. They create important challenges and implications for higher education. June 2011 ~ 6pp. ~ Pub #399 KB ~ PDF ~ DOWNLOAD

• WICHE Commission Meeting Agenda Book - May 16-17, 2011

  May 16-17, 2011 San Francisco, California (View presentations) May 2011 ~ PDF ADDITIONAL DETAILS, LINKS, AND DOWNLOADS + AGENDA Schedule at a Glance TAB 1 Executive Committee Meeting (Open and Closed Sessions) TAB 2 Committee of the Whole, Call to Order TAB 3 Plenary Session I: What’s Up in the West? The Complete Agenda TAB 4 Plenary Session II: Those Other Institutions TAB 5 Lunch and Presentation TAB 6 Plenary session III: The Vendors of Outsourced Education TAB 7 Plenary session IV: Nexus Policy Research Center TAB 8 Programs and Services Committee Meeting TAB 9 Issue Analysis and Research Committee Meeting TAB 10 Self-funded Units Committee Meeting TAB 11 Committee of the Whole -- Business Session TAB 12 Plenary Session V: Regulating the Other Institutions – State, Federal, and Accrediting Perspectives TAB 13 Reference COMPLETE AGENDA BOOK  (4.2 MB)

• State Approval Regulations for Distance Education: A ‘Starter’ List with Addendum

  This compilation lists all of the agencies and regulations for each state relative to their approval process for out-of-state distance ed programs. The Department of Ed. has enacted legislation that schools must be in compliance by July 1. The need for approval is determined by the laws and regulations of each state, which vary significantly across the country. To assist institutions in finding and complying with these regulations, the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies, Southern Regional Education Board, American Distance Education Consortium, and the University of Wyoming formed a partnership. The addendum on the final page includes revisions from: Michigan,  New Jersey Commission on Higher Education, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania. Future revisions will be published by NCHEMS, with surveys of all state regulators and additional questions that were not included in the several surveys that have been sent out previously. April 2011 ~ 89pp. ~ PDF ~ 1.32 MB~ DOWNLOAD

• Online Education: Where Is It Going? What Should Boards Know?

  Published by the Association of Governing Boards in Trusteeship Magazine, Jan/Feb 2011, this article highlights new data from the fall 2010 Managing Online Education Survey, sponsored by The Campus Computing Project and the WICHE Consortium for Educational Technology (WCET). Kenneth C. Green is founding director of the Campus Computing Project, the largest continuing study of the role of information technology in American higher education. Ellen Wagner is executive director of the WICHE Consortium for Educational Technology, a collaborative membership organization that works to advance excellence in technology-enhanced teaching and learning in higher education. February 2011 ~ 5pp. ~ PDF ~ 853 KB~ DOWNLOAD

• The College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) Program (2011)
  	This policy brief describes promising practices and lessons learned in Alaska, Nevada, North Dakota, and Washington during the second year of the federal College Access Challenge Grant program. February 2011 ~ 8pp. ~ PDF ~ 140 KB~ DOWNLOAD

• Western Undergraduate Exchange Enrollment Report Fall 2010

  Headcount of students sent and received through WICHE's Western Undergraduate Exchange with summaries by state, institution, and program. In 2010-11, WUE helped some 26,700 students and their families save $210.8 million dollars in tuition by paying 150% of resident tuition, instead of the full nonresident rate at 145 participating WUE institutions. February 2011 ~ 160pp. ~ Pub #2A374B ~ PDF ~ 1.14 MB~ DOWNLOAD

• Student Exchange Programs Statistical Report, Academic Year 2010-11
  	This report covers Fall 2010 enrollments for WUE, WRGP and PSEP and details the funds that flow between students’ home states and enrolling institutions in the Professional Student Exchange Program that receive them. January 2011 ~ 24pp. ~ Pub #01-02-00-5400:PP:1.2M:2A371B ~ PDF ~ 1.42 MB~ DOWNLOAD