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WICHE Workplan FY 2016
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Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2015
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and its 16 member states and territories work collaboratively to expand educational access and excellence for their citizens. By promoting innovation, cooperation, resource sharing, and sound public policy, WICHE strengthens higher education's contributions to social, economic, and…
Descriptors: Interstate Programs, Educational Finance, Access to Education, Higher Education
WICHE: Six Decades of Collaboration in the West
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Western 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
Implications of a Virtual University for Community Colleges.
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Johnstone, 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
The Appalachian Education Satellite Project Executive Report.
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Appalachian Education Satellite Project, Lexington, KY. – 1976
The objective of the Appalachian Education Satellite Project was to demonstrate the use of educational technology as a means of strengthening existing local education programs in Appalachia. Teachers at fifteen remote sites in Appalachia received graduate credit for completion of courses broadcast via satellite communication network. While…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Communications Satellites, Coordination, Educational Improvement
Results of Appalachian Education Satellite Project Needs Assessment Conferences. Technical Report No. 14.
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Bramble, William J.; Mertens, Donna M. – 1976
An assessment was conducted to determine the needs of people in Appalachia for continuing education, adult education, in-service education, and undergraduate and graduate education for college credit. Needs have been categorized in five areas: education, medicine and health, business and industry, human resources and services, and government. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Education, Communications Satellites, Conference Reports
The Appalachian Education Satellite Project Final Report.
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Appalachian Education Satellite Project, Lexington, KY. – 1976
The first section of this report describes the objectives, project organization, and program of the Appalachian Education Satellite Project. The second section describes the resource coordinating centers and their seven missions: reading course development, career education course development for K-6 and 7-12, four-channel audio program…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Communications Satellites, Cooperative Programs