Middle States Commission on Higher Education

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (abbreviated as MSCHE and legally incorporated as the Mid-Atlantic Region Commission on Higher Education) is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association that performs peer evaluation and accreditation of public and private universities and colleges in selected regions of the United States and foreign institutions of American origin. It is one of the seven regional accreditation organizations dating back 130 years and is recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

Middle States Commission on Higher Education
MSCHE operational area
AbbreviationMSCHE
Formation1887
Legal statusAssociation
PurposeEducational accreditation
HeadquartersPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Region served
Delaware, District of Columbia - (Washington, D.C.), Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
Board President
Elizabeth H. Sibolski
AffiliationsCHEA
Websitemsche.org

Its headquarters are in University City, Philadelphia.[1]

Region and scope

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is recognized by the United States Department of Education to accredit degree-granting institutions in the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland; the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.), plus the American territories/commonwealths of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (in the Caribbean Sea), that wish to participate in Federal "Title IV" student loan programs.[2][3] The commission also accredits non-American institutions such as Central European University in Budapest and Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada.[4]

History

MSCHE grew out of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA), an organization established in 1887 to improve education using evaluation and accreditation. MSCHE itself was established in 1919 and was one of three Commissions of MSA until 2013 when MSCHE incorporated as a separate entity in Pennsylvania as the Mid-Atlantic Region Commission on Higher Education doing business as the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.[5]

See also

References
  1. Contact. Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Retrieved on July 5, 2019. "3624 Market Street, 2nd Floor West, Philadelphia, PA 19104"
  2. "College Accreditation in the United States - Pg. 6". U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  3. "Newsletter June 2010". Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  4. Tamburri, Rosanna (June 19, 2013). "More Canadian universities seek U.S. accreditation". University Affairs. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  5. "Frequently Asked Questions About the Middle States Association and the Middle States Commission on Higher Education". Middle States Commission on Higher Education. 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2015.


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