.st0{fill:url(#inactive_1_);}.st1{fill:#BAB6B2;}{"alaska":"Two Alaska tribal colleges participate in WICHE\u2019s effort to develop a consortium of Native-Serving Nontribal Institutions, with the goal of closing Native-student attainment gaps.","arizona":"7,758 out-of-state students from around the West came to Arizona for college last year, saving many thousands of dollars each on nonresident tuition through the Western Undergraduate Exchange.","california":"California resident students save $184 million annually on out-of-state tuition through the Western Undergraduate Exchange.","colorado":"WICHE partnered with Colorado behavioral health leaders to provide a tailored suicide prevention toolkit and trainings for primary care providers.","hawaii":"Hawai\u2019i was one of four states chosen to participate in a Multistate Longitudinal Data Exchange pilot project, aimed at helping policymakers better gauge student outcomes across state lines.","idaho":"Five Idaho institutions are members of the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET).","montana":"One of six founding members of WICHE, Montana is the home state of most recent past WICHE Chair Clayton Christian, commissioner of higher education for the Montana University System.","nevada":"86 percent of Nevada enrollees in WICHE\u2019s Professional Student Exchange Program return to serve health care workforce needs in their home-state communities.","new-mexico":"95 percent of New Mexico enrollees in WICHE\u2019s Professional Student Exchange Program return to serve health care workforce needs in their home-state communities.","north-dakota":"WICHE is partnering with the University of North Dakota to launch a new Mental Health Tech Transfer Center intended to speed the pace of behavioral health innovation into clinics and communities.","oregon":"Eleven Oregon institutions are members of the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET).","south-dakota":"WICHE recently examined how South Dakota might develop a strategy to redesign state-funded financial aid programs, and developed a model for consideration by the South Dakota Board of Regents.","utah":"Utah is one of three states selected for a newly launched WICHE Task Force on Closing Postsecondary Attainment Gaps. ","washington":"Washington resident students save nearly $44 million annually on out-of-state tuition through the Western Undergraduate Exchange.","wyoming":"Wyoming is one of three states selected for a newly launched WICHE Task Force on Closing Postsecondary Attainment Gaps.","pacific-islands-membership":"Guam in 2016 joined the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under the WICHE membership auspices of the U.S. Pacific Territories and Freely Associated States."}