2023 SHEEO Higher Education Policy Conference

The 2023 SHEEO Policy Conference was held Aug. 7-10 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown in Denver, Colorado. The conference highlighted crucial issues and policy considerations states must address to build and sustain excellent systems of higher education. Attendees included a record-breaking number of registrants, including SHEEO state agency executives, leaders from national higher education policy organizations, institutions, state and federal government, and vendors.

Presentations

Note: Not all presentations or panelists provided powerpoint presentations.

General Sessions:

• State Approaches to the College Enrollment Crisis
  • National Student Clearinghouse Research Center
  • Oklahoma
• Local, Timely, and Actionable: A Plan for Democratizing Education and Workforce Data
• Postsecondary Value: Improving Economic and Equitable Outcomes through Data and Action
• A Shared Democracy: State Leaders are Revitalizing Civic Learning & Building Bridges Across Divides

Concurrent Sessions:

• Education-to-Licensure Pathways in Teaching and Nursing: Principles to Guide Decision-Making
• Reconnecting Adults with Higher Education: A Policy Imperative
• Making Higher Education Equitably Accessible via Statewide FAFSA Completion Initiative
• Direct Admissions: Policies and Practices to Improve Access
• Impacting #CollegeCompletionASAP Through Systems-Scaled ASAP|ACE Replication
• Pell Reinstatement is Here: What do SHEEOs Need to Do Now
• Better Together: The Benefits of System-Level Alignment of Concurrent Enrollment and K-12 Programs
• Equity in Postsecondary Education Funding: Navigating Student- and Institution-Centered Approaches
• SHEEO Research Session: Strong Foundations 2023 and College Closures
• Building the Noncredit Community College Data Infrastructure: The Intersection of Policy and Data
• Bans, Compacts, and Collections… Oh My! State Approaches to Addressing Stranded Credits
• Promising Practices in College Completion Coaching
• Defining a Data Strategy: A Multi-SHEEO Perspective
• Colorado’s CORE: Four-Year Institutions Awarding Associate Degrees for Credits Already Earned
• IPEDS Recent and Upcoming Changes – With Q & A
• Reshaping Louisiana’s Dual Enrollment Policies and Practices to Increase Access and Equity
• Advancing Education Through the Community of Innovation
• Findings from a Multi-State Equity Audit Pilot Project
• Increasing Accountability to Protect Student and State Investments: A New Jersey Case Study
• Communicating College-Going Data to Promote Policy Change
• Leveraging the State Resources Through Establishing Partnerships to Address Teacher Shortage in South Carolina
• The Intersection of Advocacy and Allocation: The Power of Analytics, Finance, and Advocacy
• SHEEO Federal Update
• SHEEO College Closures