Member States

Member states of the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) are: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The state is the member and MHEC serves all public and private (not-for-profit) postsecondary institutions within its member states. In some cases, K-12 districts and schools or city, state, local government, and political subdivisions may be eligible to participate in MHEC’s technology contracts.

Affiliate Members

States not eligible to become a party to the Compact and/or Canadian provinces may become affiliate members of the Commission when mutual interests exist and when it would benefit the Compact to enter into such arrangements. Such other states and/or Canadian provinces may be afforded status as affiliate members to the Commission in accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Commission.

The Compact legislation must be approved by affiliate member states or provinces prior to being afforded affiliate member status.

Associate

Entities not eligible to become members of the Compact may be afforded status as Associates of the Commission in accordance with the policy outlined below. The Commission reserves the right to modify this policy at any time.

Associate Status in Institutional Procurement Programs

After approval from the Commission, an entity outside of a MHEC state can become a MHEC Procurement Program Associate by making a payment to MHEC.  The amount of the payment will be dependent upon the number of programs of which the entity is a participant, as is more fully set forth below:

  1. Participation in one MHEC program: $50,000
  2. Participation in more than one MHEC program: an additional $25,000 per program

The payment, which is required annually, can be made through any of the following methods:

  • Direct payment to MHEC (i.e., $50,000 if participation in one MHEC program, $75,000 if participation in two MHEC programs, etc.)
  • Over the course of a single year, payment of administrative fees to MHEC through participation in MHEC programs which in the aggregate equal the required payment amount
  • Any combination of payments through a and b above that results in the required payment amount to MHEC

MHEC Procurement Program Associate status allows participation in the applicable MHEC programs (i.e., use of the specific MHEC program contracts).  MHEC Procurement Program Associate status may allow for participation in program committee governance, depending upon established program specific criteria.

MHEC Procurement Program Associate status does not allow any other rights conferred on Compact or Affiliate members, such as:

  • Any MHEC governance rights
  • Guaranteed participation in MHEC Commission meetings, including paid cost of attendance by MHEC
  • Participation in the Midwest Student Exchange Program or the MHECare Student Health Consortium
  • Participation in any State Authorization Program

Associate Status effective as of Nov. 17, 2013.

Sponsorship

Entities also have an opportunity to sponsor MHEC events.