The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) is the coordinating body for higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Established by the Virginia General Assembly in 1956, SCHEV provides strategic planning, policy guidance, data analysis, and budget recommendations for Virginia’s public colleges and universities. Its mission is to advocate for and promote the development and operation of an educationally and economically sound, vigorous, progressive, and coordinated system of higher education in the state.
Higher education funding and appropriations, statewide academic planning and program approval, student financial aid policy, workforce development alignment, college access and affordability initiatives, institutional accountability and performance metrics, and data transparency in public higher education.
State government appropriations from the Commonwealth of Virginia
Virginia General Assembly, Virginia public colleges and universities, Virginia Community College System, Virginia Department of Education
State government agency
