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Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 3035 Center Green Drive, Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80301 | Publication Number ECMC002pb26  \nStrategies to Support Student Success and Increase Completion  \nT hroughout WICHE’s landscape  \nanalysis of completion strategies in the West, which included areview of state strategic plans and stakeholder focus groups, it was clear that states took on a central role in developing and delivering student success initiatives.1 These strategies are focused on supporting student completion by providing interventions outside of the academic classroom setting.  \nFirst and foremost, every state in the West prioritizes affordability, aiming to ensure that cost does not serve as a barrier to completion, though this is operationalized differently depending on each state’s  \nKey Student Success Strategies Across the West  \nunique context. Another popular statewide focus is student advising, providing appropriate guidance for students’ paths to completion. From shaping system policy to providing shared resources, states can impact advising quality in different ways. More recently, states across the West have launched initiatives to support student access to basic needs and mental health services, in response to research linking these supports with student retention and completion.  \ncircle-dollar Affordability   \nAlthough every state emphasizes affordability as a priority, the concept of “affordability” is defined differently across varied state contexts. An affordable postsecondary experience is impacted by a wide range of factors, including state appropriations for institutional operating support, tuition levels, and federal financial aid opportunities. This section focuses on policy levers directly available to states to impact the amount students pay out-of-pocket for postsecondary education, which include a combination of investments in state grant aid programs, maximization of federal resources, and efforts to keep tuition manageable  \n 2  COMPLETION STRATEGIES IN THE WEST: STUDENT SUCCESS  \nfor students. Focusing on these policy dimensions highlights how states are adapting their approaches to better serve students and making the most of limited funds to meet state goals. State approaches to affordability include large-scale and targeted financial aid programs, Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion initiatives, and tuition setting policy.  \n▶ Alaska has an explicit priority of offering students certainty around financial aid in order to reduce debt, which they are working to achieve through a combination of FAFSA completion efforts and strategic use of state and institutional grant aid.2  \n▶ Through the Reach Higher New Mexico initiative, the state’s higher education department works to provide residents with the information they need to access the state’s robust financial aid offerings, including the New Mexico Opportunity  Scholarship, which seek to eliminate the cost of tuition and fees as a barrier for New Mexico students.3  \n▶ Utah frames its work around return on investment (ROI), focusing on tuition policy, FAFSA completion, and continued refinement of state aid and scholarship opportunities to ensure that students are receiving the most value possible from their postsecondary experience.4  \n▶ Affordability is one of four pillars in Washington’s Strategic Action Plan. The state addresses this through a multifaceted approach, including  \nAbout the Landscape Analysis  \nAs states across the region explore how to enhance the value proposition of higher education, it has become clear that credential completion is a critical component of delivering a valuable postsecondary experience. 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