Pennsylvania State Archives
RG-57
Records of the STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
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The State System of Higher Education (SSHE) was created by Act 188 of 1982. It comprises the fourteen publicly owned state universities. Its twenty-member Board of Governors includes the Governor and the Secretary of Education (both ex officio), fourteen others appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate (one of whom must be a student), two members of the Senate, and two members of the House of Representatives. The Chancellor, appointed by the Board, is the chief executive officer. The Board establishes broad fiscal, personnel, and educational policies, as well as procedures. The mission of SSHE is "the provision of instruction for undergraduate and graduate students to and beyond the master's degree in the liberal arts and sciences, and in the applied fields, including the teaching profession."
Additional materials may be found among the records of the Governor and the Secretary of Education, as well as within other series in their respective record groups (Records of the Office of the Governor (RG-10) and Records of the Department of Education (RG-22)).
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