The Western Alliance of Community College Academic Leaders Executive Committee welcomes nominations for the 2023 Bernice Joseph Leadership Award. This award publicly recognizes and elevates innovative achievements among two-year institutions and systems in the West that advance equity for student success. Nominations are due August 4 and the winning submission will be recognized at the annual meeting in Tacoma, Washington, on October 5.
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Regional Trend Showing Tuition and Fees Remain Steady as State Financial Aid Increases
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May 2023
Data based on annual survey of 350+ public postsecondary schools in the West BOULDER, Colo. – The most recent data on tuition, appropriations, and state grant aid present an economic outlook that appears favorable in the West, according...
Supporting Instruction and Learning Through Artificial Intelligence
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Jun 2023
Generative AI landed on our campuses like a comet. We saw it on the horizon but didn’t anticipate its immediacy or impact. How have teaching and learning practices changed, and which shifts will result in long-term learning transformation? How...
Alliance 2023 Annual Meeting
04
Oct 2023
The Western Alliance of Community College Academic Leaders (Alliance) is an interstate membership group of higher education leaders at two-year institutions based in the West. Roughly 60 chief academic officers at WICHE-region college and technical schools and related systems...
WCET 35th Annual Meeting
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Oct 2023
Save the date for the WCET 35th Annual Meeting. The WCET Annual Meeting brings together higher education professionals to share advances in digital learning practices and to explore emerging policy challenges facing institutions and organizations today.
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Education Leaders Discuss Challenges to Open Resources at 2nd OER Conference
This article from one of WICHE’s sister compacts, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), features Patrick Lane and Liliana Diaz (pictured) from WICHE’s Policy Analysis and Research team at the SREB OER and Dual Enrollment conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
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