WESTERN INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS

With BC-CNS-Veterinarians-Exchange

By Cronkite News Service

Here are programs offered by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), set up in the 1950s to allow Western states to share higher education resources:

Professional Student Exchange Program

Allows students to enroll in professional programs out of state, usually because those fields aren’t offered at public institutions in their states. Students receive preference in admission and pay resident tuition at public institutions and reduced tuition at private schools.

Western Regional Graduate Program

Graduate students studying in a limited number of programs pay resident tuition.

Western Undergraduate Exchange

Arizona residents may enroll in certain programs at two- and four-year public institutions in other Western states. Tuition is 150 percent of the host school’s resident tuition.

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For more information: Arizona Board of Regents (www.abor.asu.edu; see “Special Programs, WICHE”).