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COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Updates and Resources

Post author By Rosa Calabrese
Post date August 19, 2021

Beginning in 2020, WCET created a series of curated pages highlighting various resources for institutions to help them adequately respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Although we have retired these initial response pages, below is a list of resources that may be helpful to institutions as we continue to face challenges during the ongoing pandemic.

Please contact us if you have any questions or should you need any assistance retrieving previous resources.

Important Updates

General COVID-19 Resources

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State Authorization and Military Students

Post author By Rosa Calabrese
Post date August 18, 2021
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The Funding of Academic Collaborations

Post author By ewalton
Post date August 9, 2021

This paper from WCET’s Academic Collaboration Common Interest Group, WCET, and the WICHE Policy Analysis and Research unit surveyed academic collaborations to gain insight on effective models used to finance their activities. This work was also undertaken in partnership with Kansas State University’s Institute for Academic Alliances, which seeks to create a website for the purpose of sharing academic collaboration policies and procedures.

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Online versus Traditional Learning: A Comparison Study of Colorado Community College Science Classes

Post author By ewalton
Post date August 9, 2021
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Guidelines for Creating Student Services Online Lessons Learned

Post author By ewalton
Post date August 9, 2021

Guidelines for Creating Student Services Online Lessons Learned

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Guidelines for Creating Student Services Online Overview

Post author By ewalton
Post date August 9, 2021

These guidelines were the result of the U.S. Department of Education’s FIPSE-funded project “Beyond the Administrative Core”. This, and subsequent, work resulted in the now-retired Center for Transforming Student Services (CENTSS). The guidelines assist colleges and universities in planning and implementing online student services.

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Recent Developments in Prior Learning

Post author By ewalton
Post date August 9, 2021

This brief is part of a broad landscape analysis focused on policy and practice issues related to the recognition of prior learning and is published by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, with funding from Lumina Foundation and Strada Education Network. The landscape analysis focuses on issues arising in the practice of the recognition of prior learning, policies that encourage or limit its adoption, and key research needs and future directions for the field.

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Recognition of Learning, WICHE Key Initiative

Post author By ewalton
Post date August 9, 2021

WICHE partnered with several organizations from 2018-2020 to conduct a broad landscape analysis and original research related to the recognition of prior learning. The landscape analysis focuses on issues arising in the practice of the recognition of prior learning, policies that encourage or limit its adoption, and key research needs and future directions for the field. This work has culminated in a series of briefs, reports, and actionable toolkits that can be found below. Additional materials will be added through the end of 2020. This initiative was made possible through generous funding from Lumina Foundation and Strada Education Network.

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Baseline cyber/data/privacy Governance for Maturing Companies

Post author By ewalton
Post date August 9, 2021
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The Transformation of Instruction by Information Technology: Implications for State Higher Education Policy

Post author By ewalton
Post date August 9, 2021

White paper by Dennis Jones, NCHEMS, and Dewayne Matthews, ECS, on the impacts technology has had on higher education and higher education public policy. Related to the Technology Costing Methodology.

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