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Ashley Wenger-Slaba, Rural Health System Senior Vice President, to Represent South Dakota on WICHE Commission
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Feb 2025
BOULDER, Colorado — Ashley Wenger-Slaba, who serves as Sanford Health’s senior vice president of employee experience, education, and workforce relations, has been appointed as a commissioner to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). WICHE is a regional...
Human-Centered AI: The Key to Effective Next-Gen Courses
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Feb 2025
Hosted in partnership with LearningMate. Technology is transforming education, but it’s the human element that truly drives learning. In this webcast, LearningMate, WCET, and higher ed leaders explored how next-gen courses can leverage the power of AI to enhance...
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Rural New Mexico Behavioral Health Internship Program Receives National Accreditation
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Feb 2025
SANTA FE, New Mexico – The New Mexico Health Care Authority and the New Mexico Psychology Internship Consortia announce full accreditation from the American Psychology Association for their psychology internship program, dedicated to training, recruiting, and retaining behavioral health...
Distance Education’s Disconnect: Understanding the Relationship Between the Cost and Price of Distance Education
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Feb 2025
Distance education has come a long way since WCET conducted a survey to understand better the relationship between the cost and price of distance education in 2016. Since then, the digital learning landscape has undergone notable changes due to...
Early bird pricing for 2025 Academic Partnerships Annual Meeting ends February 28
Discover the power of collaboration and resource sharing at this year’s annual convening of higher education leaders from two-year and four-year institutions across the West! The 2025 Academic Partnerships Annual Meeting, to be held April 23-25 in Reno, Nevada, brings together members of WICHE’s two membership organizations, the Western Academic Leadership Forum (Forum) and the Western Alliance of Community College Academic Leaders (Alliance). With sessions about AI, workforce development, strategic finance, infrastructure investment, new credentials and more, all presentations will have a special focus on working together to produce positive student outcomes. Register today.