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C-RAC in the News: Accreditation Myth-Busting with MSCHE

On August 1, Dr. Heather F. Perfetti, President of Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) and Chair of the Council of...

C-RAC in the News: HLC Studying Institutional Closures

On April 18, Ben Unglesbee, Senior Reporter at Higher Ed Dive, published the article , “‘We are not hospice’: The race to get faster in...

C-RAC Members Present at the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) 2024 Annual Conference

PHILIDELPHIA, PA – On July 23rd, 2024, three C-RAC presidents—Dr. Heather F. Perfetti (Middle States Commission of Higher Education), Dr....

C-RAC Announces Leadership Transition

WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC) announced today that Middle States Commission on Higher...