This edition of WICHE Insights discusses the key findings of WICHE’s landscape analysis of state higher education strategic plans and highlights how states are developing and implementing workforce alignment strategies, including work-based learning, short-term credentials, and workforce alignment investments. This brief is part of a series highlighting the variation in how states prioritize, develop, and implement completion strategies to support postsecondary student success. More details on the landscape analysis and the series of briefs are available here.