POLICY
ANALYSIS AND
RESEARCH

Contact us

Reports and Publications

WICHE has published papers and briefs designed to inform and educate state policymakers about the integration of financial aid and financing policies. In partnership with various authors and organizations, these publications take different forms to best assist constituents in making better, more informed decisions designed to maximize participation, access, and success for all students.

• NEW— Integrating Higher Education Financial Aid and Financing Policy: Case Studies from the Changing Direction Technical Assistance States, February 2008 PDF download (980kb)

• State Grant Aid and Its Effects on Students' College Choices, June 2007 PDF download (471kb)

• Thinking Outside the Box: Policy Strategies for Readiness, Access, and Success, March 2007 PDF download (353kb)

• Strategies for Improving Student Success in Postsecondary Education, January 2007 PDF download (1.19mb)

• Western Policy Exchanges, December 2006
  "Sharpening the Dialogue: Engaging Policymakers in the Alignment of Appropriations, Tuition, and Financial Aid Policy" PDF download (138 KB)

• Policy Insights What State Policymakers Should Know About Federal Higher Education Policy, September 2006 PDF download (274 KB)

• State Financial Aid: Policies to Enhance Articulation and Transfer, March 2005 PDF download (1.4 MB)

• Linking Tuition and Financial Aid Policy: The Gubernatorial Perspective, October 2004     PDF download (4.0 MB)

• Informing Public Policy: Financial Aid and Student Persistence, August 2003 PDF download (7.3 MB)

• Integrating Financial Aid and Financing Policies: Case Studies from Five States, August 2003 PDF download (5.0 MB)

• Linking Tuition and Financial Aid Policy: The State Legislative Perspective, August 2003  PDF download (1.0 MB)

• Policy Insights Financial Aid and Student Persistence, October 2003 PDF download (37 KB)

• Policy Insights Financing in Sync — Policy Brief, October 2003 PDF download (50 KB)

• Policies in Sync: Appropriations, Financial Aid and Financing for Higher Education, April 2003 PDF download (1.1 MB)

• Tuition and Fees Policies in the Nation's Public Community Colleges, September 2003 PDF download (2.7 MB)

• Western Policy Exchanges, May 2003
  "What is Changing Direction? A Project Overview " PDF download (72 KB)

• Western Policy Exchanges, September 2004
  "Changing Direction: A National Policy Forum" PDF download (73 KB)