Adult College Completion Network
Aims to unite organizations and agencies working to increase college completion by adults with prior college credits but no degree in a collaborative learning network
Behavioral Health Workforce Development
Provides analyses of mental health workforce supply and preparedness, with a special focus on rural issues and cultural competence in the workforce. ► Technical Assistance ► Annapolis Coalition ► Workforce Briefs
Benchmarks : WICHE Region 2011
Reports on the West’s progress in improving access to, success in, and financing of higher education.
Best Practices in Statewide Articulation and Transfer Systems
Seeks to develop a deeper understanding of how states coordinate their articulation and transfer programs for students who move from two- to four-year institutions.
College Access Challenge Grant Consortium and Network
Aims to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.
E-Learning News Digest
Gathers and disseminates press articles about advances in e-learning.
EduTools
Provides independent reviews and side-by-side comparisons of educational software to assist decision making in the e-learning community.
Facilitating Development of a Multistate Longitudinal Data Exchange
Coordinates a pilot data exchange incorporating longitudinal information captured by the K-12 education, postsecondary education, and workforce sectors in four states.
Getting What You Pay For
Helps legislators and policymakers better understand the complex and difficult-to-balance mix of higher education appropriations, tuition, and financial aid.
GOALS Project: Gaining Online Accessible Learning through Self-Study
Develops tools on web accessibility for institutions to use during the continuous improvement process for reaffirmation by the regional accrediting agencies.
Knocking At The College Door
Provides projections of high school graduates, including data on enrollments and graduates by state and for major racial/ethnic groups covering the period from 1991-92 through 2021-22.
Legislative Advisory Committee
Works to strengthen state policymaking in higher education in the West by engaging legislators who are appointed by the WICHE Commission in the discussion of higher education issues and by seeking their input on strategies for interstate collaboration.
No Significant Difference
Focuses on the effectiveness of alternative modes of education, serving as a companion to Thomas L. Russell's book The No Significant Difference Phenomenon.
Non-traditional No More: Policy Solutions for Adult Learners
Aims to help selected states increase the number of “ready adults” (those who’ve accumulated a significant number of college credits but remain just shy of completing their degree) who return to college and finish their postsecondary education.
Policy Publications Clearinghouse
Compiles a list of policy publications for Western decision makers, including studies, reports, surveys and briefs published by research and public policy organizations.
Population-specific Behavioral Health Support
Focuses on mental health service needs and outreach to particular populations. ► Children ► College and University Students ► Cultural Competence Standards ► Deaf and Hard of Hearing ► Military, Troops, and Veterans ► Older Adults
Regional Factbook for Higher Education in the West
Presents regional and state-by-state data related to demographic, access and affordability, economic, finance, and workforce conditions important to policymakers, educators, and researchers in the West.
Rural Behavioral Health
Promotes behavioral health care for individuals living in rural America. ► Frontier Mental Health Services Resource Network ► Promising Practices
State Higher Education Policy Database
Offers an inventory of state-level policies and resources in key policy domains related to student achievement, access, and success in higher education.
State-specific Behavioral Health Support
Assists states in evaluating and improving their behavioral health systems. ► Projects
Technology Costing Methodology
Supplies a set of resources to determine the costs of offering a course through different delivery methods.
Transparency by Design
Provides adult learners with information to become educated consumers of online higher education.
Tuition and Fees in Public Higher Education in the West
Reports on tuition and mandatory fees at public institutions in WICHE's 15-state region, providing an institution-by-institution review of tuition changes for the current academic year, as well as those from one, five, and 10 years ago.
Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)
Helps undergraduate students to study out of state in the West for less (150 percent of resident tuition) at some 145 institutions in 15 WICHE states.
What the Common Core State Standards Mean to Higher Education in the West
A meeting of postsecondary leaders to discuss the implications of the Common Core State Standards for higher education in the Western region.
Policymakers and researchers
WICHE provides a wide range of initiatives and information to support Western states' legislators and decisionmakers in public policy issues affecting higher education. Recognizing that the policy environment varies from state to state, we work closely with policymakers and education leaders in each WICHE state: fostering opportunities for discussion of issues and policy options; providing quantitative and qualitative information and analyses to support decision-making; identifying emerging issues; and tracking trends, particularly those of importance to the West.
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- Benchmarks : WICHE Region 2011
- Knocking At The College Door
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- Policy Publications Clearinghouse
- Regional Factbook for Higher Education in the West
- State Higher Education Policy Database
- Tuition and Fees in Public Higher Education in the West
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3035 Center Green Drive, Suite 200
Boulder, CO 80301-2204
Telephone 303.541.0200 | Network Fax: 303.541.0291