The Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) brings together leaders from midwestern states to develop cost-savings opportunities, generate collaborative solutions to challenges and opportunities in higher education, and promote postsecondary alignment with workforce needs.
MHEC’s contracts, programs, initiatives, and research save institutions and states millions of dollars annually, address issues that require interstate cooperation, and advance student success, postsecondary access and affordability, and workforce readiness. Learn more in this brief video.
MHEC’s cooperative contracts save its member states millions of dollars each year.
MHEC’s applied research advances student success, workforce readiness, and college accessibility and affordability.
MHEC’s programs respond to challenges that require interstate cooperation.
MHEC convenes regional leaders to address emerging topics in postsecondary education.
MHEC works with higher education system leaders, state policymakers, legislators,
and institutional leaders to strengthen postsecondary education.
MHEC is comprised of 12 member states from the Midwestern region of the U.S.
Colleges and universities benefit in many ways from MHEC's contracts, research, programs, and initiatives.
Through MHEC’s student reciprocity agreements, students and families in the Midwest save millions of dollars annually.
June 8, 2026
The 2026 Executive Committee Meeting will be held in Indianapolis. Contact Katie Chock with any questions.
June 9, 2026
The 2026 College Affordability Summit will bring together practitioners, policymakers, and postsecondary partners to strengthen financial…
June 25, 2026
This in-person meeting will bring our Regional Steering Committee and State Portal Entities together for a…
September 23, 2026
This invitation-only, in-person symposium, hosted by MHEC in partnership with Complete College America (CCA) and Indigo…
Read about MHEC’s latest Strategic Impact and Innovation Grants and a new partnership with Gallup, plus access resources from our recent Workforce Pell webinars.
MHEC has awarded Illinois’ State Attainment Working Group a Strategic Impact and Innovation Grant to help project Illinois’ workforce needs in 2040.
The grant will support modernization of information technology and infrastructure to meet the evolving needs of students, institutions, and the workforce in Kansas.
