Northern Marianas College Vice President of Administration and Advancement Frankie Eliptico, 2nd right, joins other educational leaders at a Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education meeting on recent action related to higher education at the federal level and how they affect the region. The discussion also provided an opportunity for institutional, system, and state leaders to share how they are responding to the changes and to gain a deeper understanding of how federal and state/territory roles interact to support higher education goals. From left, Barbara Damron, chair of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and professor, College of Nursing and School of Medicine, University of New Mexico; Christopher T. Murray, partner, Thompson Coburn LLP; Eliptico; and Geoffrey Landward, commissioner of higher education in Utah.
