November 29, 2023
New SHEEO report explores higher education executive officers’ views on college affordability and the role of a state-federal financing partnership
A new report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) examines the views state higher education executives have on the federal government’s role in college affordability and policy proposals to make college tuition free. Growing concerns over student debt have led to a series of sweeping policy proposals from the higher education community over the last decade to align state and federal higher education financing policy. The existing…
Read moreNovember 21, 2023
West Virginia’s Sarah Tucker named SHEEO Executive Committee Chair
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission Chancellor Dr. Sarah Armstrong Tucker has been named the chair of the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) Executive Committee. Dr. Tucker is Chancellor of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) and Chancellor of the Community and Technical College System (CTCS). She is the first person to simultaneously hold these two roles – and the first woman to serve as CTCS Chancellor. …
Read moreNovember 3, 2023
SHEEO and CUNY|ASAP kickoff inaugural learning community with NYC convening
New York – Teams from five states came together this week with members of the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) and The City University of New York’s (CUNY) Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) | Accelerate, Complete, and Engage (ACE) National Replication Collaborative for the launch of a new college completion learning community. In early September, SHEEO and CUNY kicked off the new learning community, including five $50,000 state…
Read moreOctober 23, 2023
SHEEO Communities of Practice: Exploring Multi-State and Multi-Sector Data Projects Call for State Teams
UPDATE: Deadline extended! States interested in participating should submit a letter of interest by November 27, 2023. The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) is pleased to announce the next installment of its Communities of Practice project. This multifaceted project promotes the effective use of state postsecondary data systems and provides a forum for states to work on solutions to common issues with those systems. This work is funded…
Read moreOctober 23, 2023
New SHEEO brief details national and state impacts of FAFSA Simplification
The changes mandated by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Simplification Act, passed in December 2020, represent a significant overhaul of the federal financial aid process. Through a grant-funded partnership between the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) and the National Association of State Student Grant & Aid Programs (NASSGAP), SHEEO used national- and state-level data to explore and assess how FAFSA simplification will affect specific states,…
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