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State Council of Higher Education for VirginiaAgency overview

Formed| 1956 (1956)
Type| State Council
Jurisdiction| Virginia
Headquarters| Richmond
Motto| To promote the development of an educationally and economically sound, vigorous, progressive, and coordinated system of higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Agency executive|

* Director, Peter A. Blake

Website| SCHEV Home Page

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) is the Commonwealth's coordinating body for higher education. SCHEV was established by the Governor and General Assembly in 1956. Its mission, which is outlined in the Code of Virginia (§23.1-200), is "to promote the development of an educationally and economically sound, vigorous, progressive, and coordinated system of higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia."

## Director[edit]

Peter A. Blake joined SCHEV as Interim Executive Director on April 1, 2011, a position that was made permanent in January 2012. A former Virginia Secretary of Education, Blake previously worked at SCHEV as an Associate Director overseeing higher education analyses in the areas of faculty and staff compensation, higher education funding policies, academic libraries, distance learning and instructional technology, and student financial aid. He left SCHEV in 1999 to serve as the Legislative Fiscal Analyst for the Virginia General Assembly's House Appropriations Committee.

## Location[edit]

SCHEV is located on the 9th floor of the James Monroe Building in downtown Richmond.

## External links[edit]

* State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, Code of Virginia, Title 23.1, Chapter 2

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