The board shall coordinate educational activities among all segments of higher education taking into account the educational programs, facilities, and other resources of both public and independent two and four-year colleges and universities. The four-year institutions and the state board for community and technical colleges shall coordinate information and activities with the board. The board shall have the following additional responsibilities:

     (1) Promote interinstitutional cooperation;

     (2) Establish minimum admission standards for four-year institutions, including a requirement that coursework in American sign language or an American Indian language shall satisfy any requirement for instruction in a language other than English that the board or the institutions may establish as a general undergraduate admissions requirement;

     (3) Establish transfer policies;

     (4) Adopt rules implementing statutory residency requirements;

     (5) Develop and administer reciprocity agreements with bordering states and the province of British Columbia;

     (6) Review and recommend compensation practices and levels for administrative employees, exempt under *chapter 28B.16 RCW, and faculty using comparative data from peer institutions;

     (7) Monitor higher education activities for compliance with all relevant state policies for higher education;

     (8) Arbitrate disputes between and among four-year institutions or between and among four-year institutions and community colleges at the request of one or more of the institutions involved, or at the request of the governor, or from a resolution adopted by the legislature. The decision of the board shall be binding on the participants in the dispute;

     (9) Establish and implement a state system for collecting, analyzing, and distributing information;

     (10) Recommend to the governor and the legislature ways to remove any economic incentives to use off-campus program funds for on-campus activities; and

     (11) Make recommendations to increase minority participation, and monitor and report on the progress of minority participation in higher education.

[1993 c 77 § 2; 1992 c 60 § 3; 1988 c 172 § 4; 1985 c 370 § 6. Formerly RCW 28B.80.350.]

NOTES:

     *Reviser's note: Chapter 28B.16 RCW was repealed by 1993 c 281, with the exception of RCW 28B.16.015 and 28B.16.240, which was recodified as RCW 41.06.382. For exemptions to higher education personnel law see chapter 41.06 RCW. RCW 28B.16.015 and 41.06.382 were subsequently repealed by 2002 c 354 § 403, effective July 1, 2005.