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Educational Opportunities; Ethnicity; Geographic Regions; High School Graduates; High Schools; Public Schools; Private Schools; Race; Prediction; Educational Trends; Enrollment; Tables (Data)

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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.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Tuition; Fees; Student Costs; Undergraduate Students; Public Colleges; Two Year Colleges; Higher Education; Educational Policy; Educational Finance; State Aid; Student Financial Aid

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This issue of "Policy Insights" reviews the results from an annual survey, conducted by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), of tuition and fees at public colleges and universities in the WICHE region (which includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). Complete data are available in "Tuition and Fees in Public Higher Education in the West, 2011-12: Detailed Tuition and Fees Tables" (www.wiche.edu/pub/15454), published by WICHE in November 2011. The survey on which the report and this policy brief are based was administered to state higher education executive offices or system offices in the Western states. (Contains 5 figures and 12 endnotes.) [For "Tuition and Fees in the West 2010-11. Policy Insights," see ED539045.] Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Higher Education; Educational Vouchers; Enrollment Trends; Fees; State Aid; Student Financial Aid; Access to Education; Program Effectiveness; Formative Evaluation; Finance Reform; Funding Formulas; Educational Finance

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In 2004 Colorado passed legislation enacting the nation's first voucher-based approach to financing higher education, known as the College Opportunity Fund (COF). The work of an unusual coalition that included higher education leaders, generally conservative policymakers, and others, COF completely replaced the traditional approach of subsidizing public higher education through direct appropriations with a combination of vouchers and "procurement contracts" for educational services. Within and outside of higher education, few believe that COF has increased access or led to more competition among institutions. But despite its shortcomings, there is wide recognition that the policy has been instrumental in breaking the state's beleaguered higher education institutions free from a fiscal and legal tangle that had seemed an imminent threat to their missions. This article reports on the findings of the full-scale evaluation of the COF policy undertaken by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and commissioned by the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), which included interviews with key members of the coalition that supported COF's passage and representatives from public institutions, as well as an analysis of enrollment data. (Contains 3 figures.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Higher Education; Public Colleges; Tuition; Cost Indexes; Fees; Institutional Research; Student Costs; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Budgets; Educational Finance; Enrollment Projections; Change Strategies

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This issue of "Policy Insights" reviews the results from Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education's (WICHE's) annual survey of tuition and fees at public colleges and universities in the region. The survey on which the report and this policy brief are based was administered to state higher education executive offices or system offices in the Western states. The survey response rate was 100 percent. Respondents were invited to correct previous years' data, and the averages calculated were not weighted by enrollment. Average resident undergraduate tuition and fees for the academic year 2009-10 at public two-year institutions in the WICHE states increased by 6.4 percent ($160) from the previous year, while published prices at public four-year institutions grew by 12.5 percent ($639). By comparison, nationally, the one-year increase was 7.3 percent for two-year and 6.5 percent for four-year institutions. During the same period, the Consumer Price Index fell 2.1 percent. The increase in the regional average price for two-year institutions in the West was slightly below the national average increase. The increase in the regional average price for the West was substantially above the national average for four-year institutions (by 22.3 percent), though the actual average tuition within the region for these institutions remains substantially below the national average. (Contains 5 figures, 1 table, and 9 endnotes.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Human Capital; Outcomes of Education; Databases; Data Collection; Measures (Individuals); Academic Achievement; Longitudinal Studies; Educational Experience; Student Mobility; Database Design; Cooperation; State Agencies

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The rise of a globalized knowledge economy requires nations to understand the distribution of skills and abilities in their populations. It is no longer sufficient to know how many resources are devoted to the development of nations' human capital. Today, nations also must be able to demonstrate and understand the outcomes of their educational processes. This growing need has energized interest in building longitudinal data systems capable of following individual students throughout their educational careers. Despite growing commitment and funding, significant obstacles persist. One example is the lack of coordination nationally with the assignment of unique student identifiers--one of the cornerstones of the database development framework advocated by the Data Quality Campaign (DQC). These numbers--critical to linking records for longitudinal tracking--are being put into place state by state, with different structures and attributes, despite the fact that a substantial number of students will cross state lines in the course of their careers. Excessively rapid and uncoordinated database development can and will have unforeseen negative consequences. This paper presents a framework for how a multi-sector, multi-state data resource might be designed and governed. It is based on discussions and ongoing initiatives across several WICHE (Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education) states, especially an effort involving the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Hawaii, to develop a prototype multi-state data exchange. (Contains 5 figures, 5 resources, and 2 endnotes.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Prediction; Educational Trends; Ethnicity; Race; Private Schools; Public Schools; High School Graduates; Regional Characteristics; Differences; Enrollment Projections

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This publication marks the 7th edition of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education's projections of high school graduates. It updates forecasts of the number of high school graduates for public and nonpublic schools for the nation, four geographic regions, and all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and also includes projections of public school graduates by race/ethnicity. The report, which has a history reaching back over 30 years, is recognized widely as the most comprehensive and reliable data source on the future size and composition of high school graduating classes across the country. It also serves as a vital tool for effective educational planning and policymaking. The 7th edition includes data on enrollments and graduates by state and for major racial/ethnic groups covering the period from 1991-92 through 2021-22. Chapters 2 and 3 of this report documents, first, the overall change in the number of high school graduates that the nation, each of its four geographic regions, and individual states may expect to see in the coming years. These data include graduates from public schools as well as estimated figures for graduates from nonpublic schools. The next chapter, following an introduction, examines more closely the racial/ethnic composition of public high school graduating classes. Though there are important differences by state, the central finding in this chapter is the rapid diversification of virtually all states' high school graduate cohorts, which is largely the result of a dramatic upsurge in Hispanic students combined with a decrease in the number of White non-Hispanic students. Next comes a more detailed description of the methodology used in this study. Finally, an appendix provides state-by-state views of the number of high school graduates from public and nonpublic schools, as well as the composition of public school graduates by race/ethnicity. This edition is is targeted at a wide range of users, including researchers, planners, policymakers, businesspeople, and education leaders. (Contains 15 tables and 61 figures.) [For the Executive Summary of this document, see ED500531.] Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Tuition; Fees; Student Costs; Undergraduate Students; Public Colleges; Two Year Colleges; Higher Education; Educational Policy; Educational Finance

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This issue of "Policy Insights" reviews the results from WICHE's (Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education's) annual survey of tuition and fees at public colleges and universities in the region. Complete data are available in "Tuition and Fees in Public Higher Education in the West, 2007-08: Detailed Tuition and Fees Tables," published by WICHE in November 2007 and available at www.wiche.edu/policy. The survey on which the report and this policy brief are based is administered to state higher education executive offices or system offices in most states. Respondents are invited to correct previous years' data, and the averages calculated are not weighted by enrollments. The survey instrument included two questions concerning differential tuition pricing policies and practices. There is growing evidence (mostly anecdotal) that institutions are resorting to differential tuition in an effort to both maximize and stabilize their tuition revenue stream. In particular, they see such policies as a reasonable strategy to counter the unpredictability and inconsistency of state appropriations levels. (Contains 4 figures, 1 table and 11 endnotes.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Higher Education; Age; Educational Attainment; Competition; Graduation Rate; Educational Trends; Demography; Foreign Countries

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The United States led the world in the percentage of its population with college degrees through the middle and end of the 20th century. Its overall success gave the nation competitive confidence. But in recent years, several other countries have been making remarkable progress in educating their residents, producing young-adult populations that are more educated than any age group in their histories. Further, several of the countries that have surpassed the United States are improving the educational attainment of their younger residents at rates unmatched in the United States. In this article, the authors discuss the current demographic trends in American higher education and the prospects for the nation's ability to remain competitive in the global knowledge-based economy. (Contains 7 figures.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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