ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Western Undergraduate Exchange: Your Ticket to Affordable Out-of-State College in the West
Author: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 2013-01-23
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Student Financial Aid,State Colleges,College Programs,Tuition,Admission Criteria,Out of State Students,Place of Residence,Residence Requirements,Financial Policy,Student Exchange Programs,Eligibility,Information Sources,Access to Education,State Policy,Undergraduate Study

WUE is the Western Undergraduate Exchange, a program coordinated by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). Through WUE, students in Western states may enroll in participating two-year and four-year public college programs at a reduced tuition level: up to 150 percent of the institution's regular resident tuition. In all cases, WUE tuition is considerably less than nonresident tuition. Virtually all undergraduate fields are available to WUE students at one or more of the participating colleges and universities. Some institutions have opened their entire curriculum on a space-available or first-come, first-served basis. Others offer only designated programs at the discounted WUE rate. For the academic year 2013-2014, the 25th year of WUE's operation, resident students from the following states may participate, if they meet eligibility requirements: (1) Alaska; (2) Idaho; (3) Oregon; (4) Arizona; (5) Montana; (6) South Dakota; (7) California; (8) Nevada; (9) Utah; (10) Colorado; (11) New Mexico; (12) Washington; (13) Hawaii; (14) North Dakota; and (15) Wyoming.
Overview of State Policies on Lower-Division General Education Core in the WICHE States. Interstate Passport
Author: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 2011-10-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: College Curriculum,Time to Degree,General Education,College Credits,Transfer Policy,Pilot Projects,Articulation (Education),Graduation,Graduation Rate,College Transfer Students,Outcomes of Education,Colleges,Higher Education,Core Curriculum,Educational Policy

The WICHE Interstate Passport Initiative, launched in October 2011, is a pilot project that addresses interstate student transfer. When students transfer from one postsecondary institution to another--both within and out of state--they may be required to repeat courses, which can add to the time and cost of completing their education. Although most states have implemented intrastate policies aimed at streamlining pathways to graduation, these policies do not affect interstate transfer students. Working with five Western states--California, Hawai'i, North Dakota, Oregon, and Utah--the Passport initiative attacks this issue toward the goal of improving graduation rates, shortening time to degree, and saving students money. The Interstate Passport Initiative seeks to forge general education core transfer agreements between 28 institutions in the five partner states based on the Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP) Essential Learning Outcomes, a quartet of targets that a college curriculum should aim to foster in students in order to prepare them for work, life, and strong citizenship. One of the Passport initiative's main goals is to provide data and information for understanding the status of the general education core and its relationship to state transfer policies and patterns in the 15 WICHE states, the numbers of students who transfer among the WICHE states, the role of outcomes in defining the core, and the process by which change in policy occurs in each pilot state. This document provides an overview on the current policies around the lower-division general education core in the WICHE states and presents the general education credits required in each state. By examining the existing policies and conducting this pilot project, this document hopes to highlight particular policies or practices that may be effective models for exploration and replication by other states; identify where some strategies might need to change in order to support the new transfer framework; and pinpoint likely places where the Passport Initiative may be expanded. (Contains 2 tables.)
Knocking at the College Door: Projections of High School Graduates
Author: Prescott, Brian T.
Date: 2012-12-00
Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data
Subjects: Educational Opportunities,Ethnicity,Geographic Regions,High School Graduates,High Schools,Public Schools,Private Schools,Race,Prediction,Educational Trends,Enrollment,Tables (Data)

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) has been producing high school graduate forecasts for over 30 years. This publication marks the eighth edition in the series, covering the period from 1996-97 through 2027-28, with projections starting with graduates of the 2009-10 academic year. WICHE is proud to produce these projections by state and race/ethnicity, which have become a trusted source of information for a wide and diverse audience of policymakers, enrollment managers, college counselors, schools and school districts, researchers, and the media. As in the past this edition updates the projections for graduates of both public and nonpublic high schools for the nation, four geographic regions, and each of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia. Projections disaggregated by race/ethnicity are also available for public high school graduates. This publication includes detailed analysis of the data for the nation and the four regions. WICHE's principal goal in generating these projections is to equip decision makers at all levels with information about how the supply of high school graduates is likely to change in the years ahead. Such information is crucial for planning and policymaking, to ensure that educational opportunities beyond high school are both widely available and of high quality. Appended are: (1) Data Tables; and (2) Technical Information. (Contains 66 figures, 20 tables, and 59 endnotes.)
Western Undergraduate Exchange: Enrollment Report, Fall 2010
Author: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data
Subjects: Majors (Students),Student Financial Aid,Social Sciences,Biomedicine,Employment Opportunities,Tuition,Regional Cooperation,Out of State Students,Student Exchange Programs,Undergraduate Study,Interstate Programs,Annual Reports,Enrollment Rate

The Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) is a regional tuition-reciprocity agreement that enables students from WICHE states to enroll in participating two- and four-year public institutions at 150 percent of the enrolling institution's resident tuition. WUE has been operating for almost 25 years and is the largest program of its kind in the nation. Since 1999, WUE has provided WICHE students and their parents discounts on more than 236,600 annual tuition bills--a benefit of a remarkable $1.4 billion dollars in estimated tuition savings. And since the WUE program began in 1988, WICHE state residents have saved on more than 300,100 annual tuition bills. The program continues to grow: in 2010-11 some 26,700 WUE students saved $210.8 million dollars in tuition costs. This year, WUE students saved an average of $7,891. A graph included in this report shows the continued growth of the program in enrollment and savings over the last five years. Students can choose from 145 participating WUE institutions. California State University's Monterey Bay is WUE's newest member, and will begin enrolling students through WUE in fall 2011. This fall's WUE headcount demonstrates that WUE students know where the current and future job opportunities are. Their &quot;Top Ten&quot; majors are directly aligned with some of the West's most crucial workforce needs. They are: (1) healthcare; (2) the biological and biomedical sciences; (3) engineering; (4) business; (5) education; (6) the social sciences; (7) visual and performing arts; (8) psychology; (9) parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies; and (10) communication and journalism. (Contains 5 tables and 2 charts.) [For the Fall 2009 edition of this report, see ED508994.]
Western Undergraduate Exchange: Enrollment Report, Fall 2011
Author: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data
Subjects: Majors (Students),Social Sciences,Biomedicine,Employment Opportunities,Tuition,Regional Cooperation,Student Financial Aid,Out of State Students,Undergraduate Study,Interstate Programs,Annual Reports,Enrollment Rate,Student Exchange Programs

The Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) is a regional tuition-reciprocity agreement that enables students from WICHE states to enroll in participating two- and four-year public institutions at 150 percent of the enrolling institution's resident tuition. WUE was created in 1987 and is now the largest program of its kind in the nation. Since the first exchanges began in 1988, WUE has provided WICHE students and their parents with discounts on more than 328,650 annual tuition bills--saving them an estimated $1.76 billion. The program continues to grow. In 2011-12 more than 29,000 WUE students saved $223.8 million overall: an average of $7,696 each. A chart included in this report shows the continued growth of the program over the past five years. Students can choose from 148 participating WUE institutions. Colorado Northwestern Community College and Eastern Oregon University are WUE's newest members. WICHE encourages nonparticipating institutions to consider joining the WUE network as a tool to meet their recruitment and enrollment goals. Last fall's WUE headcount demonstrates that WUE students know where the current and future job opportunities are. Their &quot;top 10&quot; majors are directly aligned with some of the West's most crucial workforce needs. They are: (1) healthcare; (2) the biological and biomedical sciences; (3) engineering; (4) business; (5) education; (6) the social sciences; (7) visual and performing arts; (8) psychology; (9) parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies; and (10) communication and journalism. (Contains 5 tables and 2 charts.) [For the Fall 2010 edition of this report, see ED540130.]
WICHE Workplan 2013
Author: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 2012-05-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Higher Education,Health Programs,Policy Analysis,Student Exchange Programs,Access to Education,Accountability,Best Practices,Educational Policy,Educational Research,Enrollment Trends,Labor Force,Mental Health Programs,Paying for College,Rural Areas,Colleges,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Finance,Educational Technology,Innovation,Partnerships in Education

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and its 15 member states work to improve access to higher education and ensure student success. Their student exchange programs, regional initiatives, and research and policy work allow them to assist constituents throughout the West and beyond. In fiscal 2013 WICHE's four units--Programs and Services, Policy Analysis and Research, Mental Health Program, and WCET--will strive to assist the West's institutions and students, focusing on five areas: finance; access and success; workforce and society; technology and innovation; and accountability. At the commissioners' request, they've redesigned the workplan for FY 2013, using a crisper, more accessible format that includes essential information about each project. In the workplan presented in this paper, WICHE staff describe existing activities, as well as initiatives that are new directions or on the horizon, by unit. Along with a brief narrative of each project, they include its focus area/s; priority in terms of WICHE's mission; funding source and amount; staffing level; timeline; organizational partners; and state institutional partners.
It's All about Outcomes: 2012 WICHE Workplan
Author: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Higher Education,Educational Innovation,Policy Analysis,Global Approach,Access to Education,Online Courses,Adult Students,State Legislation,Technology Uses in Education,Mental Health Programs,Accountability,Labor Force,Educational Resources

&quot;When will they ever learn?&quot; is the refrain of a Pete Seeger song from the '60s. It could also stand as one of the primary questions in higher education today. It's a question that the educators who teach in institutions, and the businesspeople who hire those institutions' graduates, are asking about students: When will they learn what they need to know to pass that class, earn that degree and become contributing members of society? It's a question that legislators and policymakers are asking about colleges and universities: When will they learn how to educate their students--effectively and economically--so that they can succeed at school and life? It's a question that higher education consumers--college students and their families--are asking about the whole postsecondary setup: When will those who run the system learn how to ensure that students' investment of money and time truly pays off, in the form of learning? For many policymakers the focus is on boosting the percentage of students earning degrees: in today's global economy, it's thought that higher degree completion rates will make the U.S. more competitive.  As educational consultant Arthur Hauptman recently pointed out, focusing too narrowly on raising degree completion rates may undercut the real purpose of higher education: &quot;learning.&quot; Ensuring that all students learn what they need to know so that they can be successful members of their communities is a major priority for WICHE and its units: Policy Analysis and Research, Programs and Services, Mental Health Program, WCET, and the Technology and Innovation initiative. In fiscal 2012 WICHE will strive to assist the West's institutions to find ways to help students not only to graduate but also to hit their marks when it comes to learning. Its work will focus on five areas: (1) finance; (2) access and success; (3) workforce and society; (4) technology and innovation; and (5) accountability. Each of these areas is discussed in this paper.
Protecting Our Priorities: 2010 Annual Report
Author: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Higher Education,Student Financial Aid,Health Services,Mental Health,Articulation (Education),Distance Education,First Aid,Transfer Policy,High School Graduates,Educational Policy,Access to Education,Labor Force,Educational Finance,Technology Uses in Education,Enrollment Trends,Educational Innovation,Colleges,Educational Research,Rural Areas,Policy Analysis,Student Exchange Programs,Community Colleges

What does &quot;protecting our priorities&quot; mean in an era when economic realities require that institutions of higher education trim their budgets while also providing critical education and training to more and more students--those &quot;human resources&quot; whose skills will be the key to any economic turnaround? This is a question WICHE addresses every day. For over 50 years, WICHE has helped states deal with scarcity: it was founded specifically to assist states that lacked important resources--specifically, medical, dental and vet schools--to find a way to train the physicians, dentists and veterinarians they needed. Since those early days, WICHE has worked to provide states and institutions with the programs, tools, and research to improve access to higher education--including hundreds of professional, graduate, and undergraduate programs--and to ensure that students succeed. At the core of all its efforts are three elements: efficiency, effectiveness, and innovation. Its research into financial aid looks at ways to coordinate and maximize state, federal, and institutional funding, while its project on transfer and articulation pinpoints promising practices that could help states cut time to degree and lower the cost of college for students. The expansion of the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) is helping students tap educational resources outside their state's borders at reduced tuition rates--and saving their state money; while the Internet Course Exchange (WICHE ICE) is assisting colleges and universities in sharing resources to better meet their students' needs. The Master Property Program is helping institutions enhance the protection their assets and reduce the cost of property insurance. WICHE's study of mental health first aid is examining how to help college students in need of mental health services. And its efforts with distance education are showing that innovative new modes of delivery can be just as effective--and more economical--than traditional classroom-based learning. These are just a few of the ways that WICHE worked to protect higher education priorities in the last fiscal year. The 2010 annual report details these, and many more.
Crisis/Opportunity: 2011 Annual Report
Author: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Academic Achievement,Educational Technology,Accountability,Governance,Leadership,Student Exchange Programs,Mental Health Programs,Educational Opportunities,Educational Finance,Financial Support,Higher Education,Graduate Study,Adult Students,Electronic Learning,Science Instruction,Community Colleges,Labor Force,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Innovation,Philanthropic Foundations

If there's one quality that WICHE's home region, the West, is famous for, it's endurance in the face of crisis. And if there's another, it's the ability to find--and make--opportunities even in tough times. Over the last fiscal year, WICHE has done just that. The organization has been highly successful in terms of developing new projects and securing funding for them from a variety of foundations and other organizations. States have received excellent value for their support over the last year. It has worked directly with a number of them--including California, New Mexico, Oregon, and North Dakota--to help them find solutions to challenges in a number of areas, including higher education finance, performance-based funding, governance structures, and accountability. In addition, WICHE has seen a record number of students participating in the Student Exchange Program: over 28,000 enrolled in the Western Undergraduate Exchange, Professional Student Exchange, and Western Regional Graduate Program last year. Its research efforts were particularly strong in fiscal 2011. It advanced its work on the multistate longitudinal data exchange project and helped to launch another multistate initiative, the Predictive Analytics Reporting Framework project. The organization secured resources for a new project, the North American Network of Science Labs Online, and continued its efforts on the College Access Challenge Grant Consortium and Network. It wrapped up its work on the Non-traditional No More project--and thanks to the depth of experience it gained through it, WICHE was selected as the national administrator for the Adult College Completion Network. It launched a new partnership, the Western Alliance of Community College Academic Leaders, a companion to its four-year-college-focused Western Academic Leadership Forum. And the Mental Health Program initiated and worked on many projects in a wide range of areas last year, from behavioral health training to meet the needs of returning soldiers to rural mental health and mental health first aid. Over the last fiscal year, the work of its commission--under the leadership of Chair Joseph Garcia, Vice Chair Bonnie Jean Beesley, and Past Chair Thomas Buchanan--has been a major assist in helping shape the organization's agenda so it can achieve its goals in five focus areas: finance, access and success, workforce and society, technology and innovation, and accountability.
Educational Directory: 1928. Bulletin, 1928, No. 1
Author: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education (ED)
Date: 1928-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Deans,Organizations (Groups),Veterinary Medicine,Jews,Superintendents,Parochial Schools,Dentistry,Federal Government,Educational Administration,College Presidents,Two Year Colleges,Law Schools,Pharmacy,Human Body,Medical Education,Summer Programs,Teacher Education Programs,Libraries,Librarians,Library Schools,Library Associations,Public Schools,Administrators,Department Heads,Churches,Boards of Education,Religious Education,Catholics,Periodicals,State Government,Local Government,School Community Relationship,Directories,Law Related Education,Principals

This 1928 educational directory published by the Bureau of Education covers the following categories: (1) United States Bureau of Education; (2) Principal State school officers; (3) County and other local superintendents of schools; (4) Superintendents of public schools in cities and towns; (5) Public-school business managers; (6) Presidents of universities and colleges; (7) Presidents of junior colleges; (8) Heads of departments of education; (9) Presidents or deans of schools of theology; (10) Presidents or deans of schools of law; (11) Presidents or deans of schools of medicine; (12) Presidents or deans of schools of dentistry; (13) Presidents or deans of schools of pharmacy; (14) Presidents of schools of osteopathy; (15) Presidents or deans of schools of veterinary medicine; (16) Presidents, etc., of institutions for the training of teachers; (17) Directors of summer schools; (18) Educational boards and foundations; (19) Church educational boards and societies; (20) Jewish educational organizations; (21) Superintendents of Catholic parochial schools; (22) International associations of education; (23) American associations--educational, civic, and learned; (24) National Congress of Parents and Teachers; and (25) Educational periodicals. [Best copy available has been provided.]
Statistics of Nurse Training Schools 1926-1927. Bulletin, 1928, No. 2
Author: Phillips, Frank M.
Date: 1928-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Student Costs,Patients,Hospitals,Nurses,Nursing Education,Tuition,Statistical Data,Enrollment Trends,Graduates,Admission Criteria,Age,Working Hours,Institutional Characteristics

This report contains statistics of nurse-training schools for the year 1926-27. The principal items included are: Number of schools; number of nurse-training pupils; number of graduates; bed capacity of the hospitals maintaining the schools; average number of patients in these hospitals, length of the nurse-training course; admission requirements, including age limitations; number of  hours nurse-training pupils are on duty; tuition charges for the course; money allowances for services of pupils; State summaries containing the above items; and detail information for each institution. (Contains 13 tables.) [Best copy available has been provided.]