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CNMI awaits data on efficacy of $125K WICHE membership
The CNMI is still waiting to see how many students have availed of the Western Interstate Commission of Higher Education’s discounted tuition rate, for which, among other services, the CNMI doles out an annual $125,000 membership fee.
The Northern Marianas College expects the most current data to be out in fall this year, according to outreach counselor Christine Inos yesterday.
CNMI residents can avail of a discounted rate of 150 percent at WICHE-affiliated colleges or universities.
A WICHE statistics report for 2014-2015 noted zeroes across the board for the number of CNMI students in WICHE schools. But an asterisk in the report notes that the CNMI just joined WICHE in 2013.
In an NMC board meeting in March, the issue of a lack of data was taken up. Questions directed toward the investment of $125,000 in annual fees taken from the CNMI Scholarship Office to pay for WICHE membership were brought up. But more time for the statistics to come through was also encouraged.
The college had reported then, from data from the CNMI Scholarship Office, that there were 50 students under the WICHE program. But this data did not account for how many students availed or may have not availed for themselves the WICHE discounted tuition rate.
