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. See the full event agenda here.

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