Virginia’s State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) announced a new collaboration with Ohio to design a blueprint for three-year bachelor’s degrees requiring 90 credits. The initiative, “Scaling College in 3,” aims to produce proposed pathways by spring 2028 and to map out two three-year program models. SCHEV Executive Director Scott Fleming said there is no national blueprint for shorter degrees and emphasized building pathways that are rigorous and responsive to both students and workforce needs. The plan includes work with a mix of public and private colleges and national education organizations, including Jobs for the Future, Arnold Ventures, Strada Education Foundation, AAC&U, and Ithaka S+R. The effort is positioned alongside other states expanding similar pilots. Massachusetts’ higher education board approved first three-year programs this year at Merrimack College and Suffolk University, each with applied bachelor’s degrees under 120 credits. For institutions, the project puts course sequencing, credit-hour design, advising capacity, and transfer alignment at the center of state policy work—potentially accelerating state-level approval pathways for compressed credentials.