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University system outlines shared policy goals on affordability, student success and tribal partnerships
Summary
Deputy commissioners and system staff updated the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Education on a set of shared policy goals including improvements to the Apply Montana portal, student-success initiative "Montana 10," free-speech guidance, credit-for-prior-learning pilots, expansion of the Digital Academy, and stronger tribal-college ties.
The Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education (OCHE) presented the legislature’s Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Education with a progress report on shared policy goals, highlighting work on financial-literacy tools, student success initiatives, free-speech training, proficiency-based learning, online course access, and tribal college partnerships.
OCHE Deputy Commissioner Tyler Trevor and Deputy Commissioner Joe Thiel told the panel the system has concentrated resources on data and a single online application portal, Apply Montana, to help students compare costs, financial-aid options and program-to-career wage outcomes. "We have a long history of developing goals and objectives. We're proud of them," Trevor said. Thiel added that updated financial-aid dashboards and centralized FAFSA outreach were recent priorities.
The report said Apply Montana now integrates Montana scholarship information and program-level wage data drawn from the Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) and, where available, U.S. Census postsecondary employment outcomes to show 1-, 5- and 10-year earnings and whether graduates work in-state or…
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