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Advocacy Alert: Change of Date for Upcoming NACIQI Meeting

June 13, 2025
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education’s (MSCHE) wants to bring to your attention a change of date for our appearance before the United States Department of Education’s (USDE) National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) meeting. The summer NACIQI meeting...

Advocacy Alert: MSCHE Signs Amicus Brief

June 13, 2025
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) was among the 28 higher education groups to sign an amicus brief submitted on June 9, 2025, by the American Council on Education (ACE) in support of Harvard University’s motion for a summary judgement in...

Statement on OCR Notification and Columbia University

June 6, 2025
On June 4, 2025, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) received a letter from the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (USDE OCR) to notify us that USDE’s OCR and the United States Department of Health and Human...
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