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Policymakers and researchers

Policymakers and researchers

WICHE provides a wide range of initiatives and information to support Western states' legislators and decisionmakers in public policy issues affecting higher education. Recognizing that the policy environment varies from state to state, we work closely with policymakers and education leaders in each WICHE state: fostering opportunities for discussion of issues and policy options; providing quantitative and qualitative information and analyses to support decision-making; identifying emerging issues; and tracking trends, particularly those of importance to the West.

 

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  • Behavioral Health Workforce Development

    Provides analyses of mental health workforce supply and preparedness, with a special focus on rural issues and cultural competence in the workforce. ► Technical Assistance ► Annapolis Coalition ► Workforce Briefs

  • Best Practices in Statewide Articulation and Transfer Systems

    Seeks to develop a deeper understanding of how states coordinate their articulation and transfer programs for students who move from two-year to four-year institutions.

  • College Access Challenge Grant Consortium and Network

    Aims to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.

  • EduTools

    Provides independent reviews and side-by-side comparisons of educational software to assist decision making in the e-learning community.

  • eLearning News Digest

    Gathers and disseminates press articles about advances in e-learning.

  • Fostering Collaborative State-Level Education and Workforce Database Development

    Helps states expand analytical capacity for improved policy and practice through longitudinal data systems development.

  • Getting What You Pay For

    Helps legislators and policymakers better understand the complex and difficult-to-balance mix of higher education appropriations, tuition, and financial aid.

  • No Significant Difference

    Focuses on the effectiveness of alternative modes of education, serving as a companion to Thomas L. Russell's book The No Significant Difference Phenomenon.

  • Non-traditional No More: Policy Solutions for Adult Learners

    Aims to help selected states increase the number of “ready adults” (those who’ve accumulated a significant number of college credits but remain just shy of completing their degree) who return to college and finish their postsecondary education.

  • Population-specific Behavioral Health Support

    Focuses on mental health service needs and outreach to particular populations. ► Children ► College and University Students ► Cultural Competence Standards ► Deaf and Hard of Hearing ► Military, Troops, and Veterans ► Older Adults

  • Rural Behavioral Health

    Promotes behavioral health care for individuals living in rural America. ► Frontier Mental Health Services Resource Network ►  President's New Freedom Commission ► Promising Practices

  • State-specific Behavioral Health Support

    Assists states in evaluating and improving their behavioral health systems. ► Projects

  • Technology Costing Methodology

    Supplies a set of resources to determine the costs of offering a course through different delivery methods.

  • Transparency by Design

    Provides adult learners with information to become educated consumers of online higher education.

  • Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)

    Helps undergraduate students to study out of state in the West for less (150 percent of resident tuition) at some 145 institutions in 15 WICHE states.

Policy and Data Resources

 

  • Benchmarks : WICHE Region 2009
  • Electronic Fact Book: Policy Indicators
  • Knocking At The College Door
  • Legislative Advisory Committee
  • Policy Insights
  • Policy Publications Clearinghouse
  • State Policy Inventory Database Online (SPIDO)
  • Tuition and Fees 2009-10
  • Western Policy Exchanges
Policymakers and researchers
Publications, Papers, and Reports
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    Promising Practices in Statewide Articulation and Transfer Systems (June 2010)
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    Tuition and Fees in the West 2009-10 (January 2010)
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    Tuition and Fees in Public Higher Education in the West, 2009-2010: Detailed Tuition and Fees Tables (November 2009)
  • A Framework for a Multi-state Human Capital Development Data System (October 2009)
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