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Download full textWestern Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2015
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and its 16 members work collaboratively to expand educational access and excellence for all citizens of the West. By promoting innovation, cooperation, resource sharing, and sound public policy among its members and their institutions, WICHE strengthens higher education's contributions…
Descriptors: Interstate Programs, Organizations (Groups), Higher Education, Student Exchange Programs
PDF pending restorationAbbott, Frank C. – 1985
Following an introductory discussion of tuition reciprocity agreements in the western states and the four types of state authorization of tuition reciprocity, the authorizations of individual states are provided. Five states have authorizations in general terms, and six have authorizations with specific requirements. The tuition reciprocity…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Contracts, Exchange Programs, Higher Education
Parsons, Michael H. – 1982
The pressures engendered by the scarce resources of the 1980s demand the development of new organizational designs that respond to local cultural, economic, and social needs. In the Cumberland and Shenandoah Valleys, a four-state region containing 12 postsecondary institutions, a voluntary association of colleges was formed to solve mutual and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Financial Problems
Prince, Heath – Jobs for the Future, 2006
Increasing the numbers of students who participate in financial aid programs has become a critical issue for many state systems. Reasons for the low rates of financial aid uptake vary, from lack of awareness among students to the many and complex types of aid available to inadequate capacity at the institutional level for conducting outreach to…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Minority Groups, Grants, College Students
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Direct linkJohnstone, Sally M.; Tilson, Stephen – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1997
Describes the development and function of Western Governors University, a virtual university, and its implications for the role of the community college. Recommends that community colleges continue to develop the capacity to provide electronic instruction. Suggests that partnerships between virtual universities and community colleges will be…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accrediting Agencies, Community Colleges, Distance Education
Call, M. Douglas; And Others – 1988
Because of the existence within the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia of pockets of populations near the state borders that are underserved in regard to access to higher education, an information Tri-State Reciprocity Committee (TSRC) was convened to investigate the possibility of developing a tri-state tuition reciprocity…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Contracts, Equal Education
