2024 SHEEO Higher Education Policy Conference

The 2024 SHEEO Higher Education Policy Conference was held Aug. 5-8, 2024, in Washington, D.C., at the Captial Hilton.

The conference highlighted crucial issues and policy considerations states must address to build and sustain excellent systems of higher education.

Conference Presentations

Keynotes

• Promoting the Value of Higher Education
• Aligning Higher Education and Workforce Needs
• Enrollment Challenges Past and Future
• Artificial Intelligence and Higher Education Policy

Concurrent Sessions

• My College Core – New Statewide Tool Helps High Schoolers Earn a Year of College at Little/No Cost
• The Wellness Blueprint – Early Learnings From The SHEEO-JED Mental Health Learning Community
• Lessons Learned: Key Takeaways from the SHEEO|ASAP College Completion Coalition Learning Community
• Creating Aligned K12-Higher Ed State Policy Conditions for Accelerated Pathways to Degrees & Careers
• Leveraging Data and Research to Support Test-Optional Policy Decision-Making
• Unlocking Potential: Utilizing State-Level Communications for Effective Higher Education Strategies
• Federal Policy Update
• The Direct Route: State Perspectives from Idaho, Georgia, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
• State System Strategies to Align Academic Programs with State Workforce Needs
• Redefining Success: The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Survey of Community College Outcomes
• The Power of Longitudinal Data Systems and Collaboration in Improving Postsecondary Affordability
• Leveraging Cross-Agency Partnerships to Improve Postsecondary Access and Completion
• Economic Returns to Up/Reskilling
• Embracing Change: A More Equitable Statewide Approach to College Placement in Arkansas
• Lessons from Michigan and North Carolina: A two-state approach to advancing equity through postsecondary attainment goals
• The Secret to Building Statewide Transfer Pathways in Months, Not Years
• Examining the Higher Education Regional Accreditor Landscape
• Better Together: How SHEEOs and Statewide Nonprofits Can Partner to Increase Attainment
• Strengthening Student Protections: State Implications of Recent Department of Education Regulations
• Reducing Barriers to Student Success: Rethinking Institutional Debt to Increase Retention
• Helping Students Pay for Unmet Need: Partnering with State-Based Nonprofits
• The National Landscape of Credit for Prior Learning (CPL)
• Leveraging State Longitudinal Data Systems and Collaboration to Conduct Equity-Based Research
• Ohio’s Efforts to Scale a Statewide Initiative Awarding Credit for Industry Credentials
• Emergency Aid for Student Success
• Digital Equity Toolkit – A Higher Education Framework for Closing the Digital Divide
• State-Level Strategies to Build Economically Mobile Pathways from Noncredit Education and Training
• Tracking Transfer: How States Measure Transfer Student Behavior and Success
• Managing Changes in Directive and Direction: Responding to Modifications in Legislative Mandate
• The Funding Formula Review Process
• State of the State: A Deep Dive into Postsecondary Data Systems through Strong Foundations 2023
• Improving State Consumer Protections through State Authorization Capacity Building and Research
• Moving to a Paperless Solution: Examples from Three States
• Defining Adequacy and Equity in Illinois’ Proposed University Funding Model
• Building Inclusive Policy Development by Activating Participatory Community + Stakeholder Engagement
• Sustaining Regional Colleges: Strategies for Financial Monitoring and Resiliency
• Constructing the State Noncredit Data Infrastructure: A How-To for State Leaders
• Aligning Needs and Opportunities: Implementing and Evaluating a Dual Enrollment Pilot in West Virginia