<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2023/05-24/middle-states-reaffirmation.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>05/24/2023 05:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>Middle States Reaffirmation Update</title><sub-title/><description>As part of Downstate’s Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) reaffirmation of accreditation, our Middle States Steering Committee and nine Working Groups have begun Phase 3 of the self-study process.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2023/01-23/_images/middlestates-logo.png" alt="logo image"/></image><categories/></item>