Key Partners
We maintain a long and distinguished history of successful partnership and collaboration with the following Washington-based agencies and organizations on issues of postsecondary access, affordability, quality and efficiency:
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- College Success Foundation
- Council of Faculty
- Education Research and Data Center
- Independent Colleges of Washington
- Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Professional Educator Standards Board
- Puget Sound College & Career Network – Puget Sound Educational Service District
- State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
- Washington Roundtable
- Washington State Board of Education
- Washington STEM
- Washington Student Achievement Council
- Washington Student Association
- Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board
Joint Documents
We have worked with leaders across our institutions as well as our key partners to develop the following documents covering a wide range of public policy issues:
- A Message from Washington’s Colleges and Universities to Washington’s Students, September 2022
- Joint letter to graduating high school seniors of the Class of 2021 | en español
- Joint letter in support of doubling the maximum Pell Grant award
- Joint letter on emergency waivers on certain graduation requirements
- Joint statement on the events of January 6, 2021
- Factsheet: Partnering for student transfer success
- Letter on campus sexual violence
- Statement on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program
Affiliations & Memberships
A key facet of our work involves substantial involvement in a number of broader statewide coalitions, organizations, task forces, initiatives, and work groups. Many of those are listed below.
- Academic Credit for Prior Learning Work Group
- Action Alliance
- Aim Higher Washington
- Behavioral Health Workforce Work Group
- Career Connect Washington
- Career Launch Endorsement Review (CLER)
- College & Career Compass Washington
- College in the High School Standards Report Review Committee
- College in the High School Alliance Ambassador
- College Promise Coalition
- Complete Count Committee
- Dual Enrollment Reacher Pipeline Working Group
- INSPIRE in Postsecondary Ed Powered by Forefront Suicide Prevention
- Intercollege Relations Commission
- Joint Transfer Council
- K-20 Education Network
- Non-Academic Student Supports Work Group
- Pacific Northwest Association for College Admission Counseling
- Ready Washington
- Results Washington
- STEM Education Innovation Alliance
- Washington Council for High School-College Relations
- Washington Student Achievement Council
- Washington Student Achievement Council Dual Credit Work Group
- Washington Student Engagement Networks
- Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board