Below is an alphabetical listing of all WICHE initiatives.
Behavioral Health Research and Evaluation
Provides behavioral health data and research to policymakers and practitioners in the mental health field. ► Suicide Prevention ► Western States Decision Support Group (WSDSG) ► WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Behavioral Health Training
Addresses shortages in the mental health workforce, especially in rural areas. ► Integrated Care ► Mental Health First Aid Training ► Rural Behavioral Health Webcasts/Webinars
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.
Cost-Saving Purchasing Options
Enables eligible institutions and agencies to cut costs through group purchasing through WICHE's partnership with MHECTech.
EduTools
Provides independent reviews and side-by-side comparisons of educational software to assist decision making in the e-learning community.
eLearning Common Interest Groups
Builds communities of higher education administrators to share resources, develop research projects, and discuss common concerns related to interinstitutional collaboration, academic integrity/student authentication, student retention in online learning, and more.
eLearning Membership Organization
WCET (formerly the Western Cooperative for Telecommunications) serves a membership cooperative of institutions and organizations dedicated to advancing access and excellence in higher education through the innovative use of technology.
eLearning News Digest
Gathers and disseminates press articles about advances in e-learning.
eLearning Professional Development
Offers webcasts, conferences, and face-to-face sessions to promote good practices in distance and online education through WCET’s professional development offerings.
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.
Innovations in eLearning
Recognizes, via competitive awards, outstanding innovation, quality improvement, or achievements in using educational technology tools, techniques, or services by postsecondary institutions and organizations.
Internet Course Exchange (ICE)
Enables institutions to meet student, state, and workforce needs cost-effectively by exchanging high quality, Internet-delivered courses and programs.
Knocking At The College Door
Provides projections of high school graduates, including data on enrollments and graduates by state and for major racial/ethnic groups covering the period from 1991-92 through 2021-22.
Master Property Program
Lowers insurance costs for institutions and improves risk management systems.
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
Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP)
Helps students who want to earn a professional degree in the health professions pay reduced tuition at participating programs in the West.
Rocky Mountain Collaborative to Transform the Health Professions Workforce
Works to expand the pipeline of underrepresented populations through all sectors of postsecondary education and ultimately into the health professions.
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 Scholars Initiative
Administered by WICHE from October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2009, SSI partnered with business leaders to motivate students to complete a rigorous course of study in high school.
State-specific Behavioral Health Support
Assists states in evaluating and improving their behavioral health systems. ► Projects
