The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), and the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) are collaborating with the National Accreditation Commission (NAC) to deploy NAC’s AIHub platform to align education with labor market demand. Together, MSCHE, NWCCU, and WSCUC collectively serve more than 900 institutions and 6.3 million students across 20 states and territories. Through this
Washington, DC — The Council of Recognized Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC) submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education in response to its proposed interpretive rule addressing the use of the terms “national” and “regional” by federally recognized accrediting agencies. C-RAC expressed support for the Department’s efforts to ensure that outdated references to “regional accreditation” are removed from federal, state and institutional communications and policies. C-RAC
Washington, DC – Earlier this month, the Council of Recognized Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC) nominated Dr. Heather F. Perfetti, President of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) and Chair of C-RAC, to serve on the U.S. Department of Education’s Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) negotiated rulemaking committee representing institutional accreditors recognized by the Secretary of Education. Today, C-RAC is pleased to announce their nomi
The WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) today announced that its public-facing Key Indicators Dashboard (KID) now organizes program-level return on investment data by field of study, allowing institutions, students, policymakers, and other stakeholders to compare outcomes for specific disciplines across institutions and against national benchmarks. “As demand grows for clearer, program-level insight into postsecondary outcomes, organizing data by field of s
