Regional policy · Quality assurance and accreditation · United States
MSCHE president testifies at Pennsylvania Senate hearing on reduced-credit bachelor's degrees
Heather F. Perfetti, president of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, gave written and oral testimony for a Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee hearing on reduced-credit baccalaureate degrees on 20 October 2026.
Why it matters: The Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee's hearing on reduced-credit baccalaureate degrees included written and oral testimony from MSCHE's president.
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) said its president, Heather F. Perfetti, provided written and oral testimony for a Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee hearing on 20 October 2026.
According to MSCHE, the hearing was on reduced-credit baccalaureate degrees.
MSCHE said Perfetti testified on the commission's behalf after being invited by a Pennsylvania state senator.
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Richard Davies, Policy and Finance Editor
MSCHE's president provided written and oral testimony on the commission's behalf for the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee's 20 October hearing on reduced-credit baccalaureate degrees, doing so at the invitation of a state senator.
