Supporting adult learners as they complete their postsecondary certificates and degrees is essential to meeting our state's educational attainment goals and meeting the employment needs of students and Washington employers. Academic Credit for Prior Learning (ACPL) is awarded when a student's prior learning is assessed and found to be the…

America's private colleges and universities include most of the oldest institutions of higher education in the country, and their evolving physical campuses say much about American education. In recent years, the study of campus history, preservation, and adaptive reuse has received increasing attention by many sectors of the educational…

Achieving national goals for increased college completion in a time of scarce resources will require the postsecondary institutions that enroll the majority of undergraduates--community colleges and less-selective public universities--to graduate more students at a lower cost. Davis Jenkins and Olga Rodriguez examine research on how these…

The Statewide Student Mobility Report provides data on student movement between institutions of higher education within the state. The report includes data for two- and four-year institutions, both public and private. Beginning this year, the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) took over responsibility for compiling the report. Based on the…

"Key Facts about Higher Education in Washington" provides vital data to chart higher education's progress and challenges. First published in 2002 by the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, this annual report highlights "Key Facts" about Washington's postsecondary institutions--including faculty, students, budgets,…

The Louis W. and Maud Hill Family Foundation is engaged in a productivity program to assist private colleges in its eight state service region (Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) in controlling escalating costs while maintaining educational quality. The Hill Foundation's effectiveness could…

The 2007-09 Appropriations Act provided funding to the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) to study the state's capital facility and technology capacity. Specifically, "...state appropriation is provided solely to implement a capital facility and technology capacity study which will compare the 10-year enrollment projections with the…

This document presents national comparisons of higher education support on the following criteria: (1) the tax support obtained from local taxing districts as well as state appropriations, (2) the proportion of each state's population enrolled in the state's higher education institutions, (3) the proportion of total student population in each…

A comprehensive listing of degree programs and program options/specializations offered in Washington's two-year and four-year, public and independent colleges and universities in 1979-80 is presented. The report is organized alphabetically by both institution and program. Each listing reflects both the preferred institutional program title and the…

Fall 1982 higher education enrollment data for Washington State and 1983-1985 biennial enrollment targets are presented. In addition to providing enrollment data on the community college and four-year college systems, separate data are presented for each four-year institution. Data tables compare headcount forecasts, actual and contracted student…

This study investigated the feasibility of collecting enrollment data on distance learning programs sponsored by private institutions within and outside of Washington State. E-commerce developments have allowed in-state independent providers and out-of-state public institutions to serve residents of Washington State, and many nontraditional…

The process of pricing decision making in public and private higher education, who participates, and what factors are considered are described, based on illustrated case studies of the tuition- and fee-setting processes at Yale University for 1982-84 and in the State of Washington in 1981-83. (MSE)

The effectiveness of existing contingency planning efforts at five community colleges, three colleges, and five universities during the Mount St. Helens eruptions in 1980 in Washington state was assessed. Planning efforts in the areas of institutional policy, academic policy, business office, physical plant, residence halls, financial aid, and…

This publication, one in a series of biennial reports, reports on the status of and projections for higher education enrollments in the state of Washington. The main sources of enrollment data included in this report are from the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges Management Information System and from the Higher Education Enrollment…

This document consists of tables and figures detailing the status of and projections for public and private institutions of higher education in the state of Washington. The report considers university/college characteristics, access and participation rates, service level and student flow, off-campus programs, and special institutional goals and…