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  2. University of the People - Wikipedia

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    University of the People was started by Shai Reshef in January 2009. [2] The university has no campus due to its online distance learning nature; it uses a shared office in California as an office of admission. [3] The first UoPeople students began classes in September 2009, studying for associate and bachelor's degrees in business ...

  3. Higher education accreditation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Higher education accreditation in the United States is a peer review process by which the validity of degrees and credits awarded by higher education institutions is assured. It is coordinated by accreditation commissions made up of member institutions. It was first undertaken in the late 19th century by cooperating educational ...

  4. University of the Nations - Wikipedia

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    University of the Nations is not accredited by any recognized accreditation body. As such, its degrees and credits may not be acceptable to employers or other institutions, and use of degrees from schools without accreditation from a nationally recognized accrediting agency may be illegal in some states unless the school is approved by the ...

  5. List of recognized higher education accreditation ...

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    The Foundation for the Accreditation of Study Programs in Germany or Accreditation Council (Akkreditierungsrat) was created in a KMK resolution on October 15, 2004. The Accreditation Council certifies accreditation agencies and establishes guidelines and criteria for program and system accreditation. There are currently ten certified agencies.

  6. Educational accreditation - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Educational accreditation is a quality assurance process under which services and operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated and verified by an external body to determine whether applicable and recognized standards are met. If standards are met, accredited status is granted by the appropriate agency.

  7. Council for Higher Education Accreditation - Wikipedia

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    The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is a United States organization of degree-granting colleges and universities.It identifies its purpose as providing national advocacy for academic quality through accreditation in order to certify the quality of higher education accrediting organizations, including regional, faith-based, private, career, and programmatic accrediting ...

  8. Higher education accreditation - Wikipedia

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    Higher education accreditation is a type of quality assurance process under which services and operations of post-secondary educational institutions or programs are evaluated to determine if applicable standards are met. If standards are met, accredited status is granted by the agency. In most countries around the world, the function of ...

  9. University of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.It is one of nine colonial colleges and was chartered prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence when Benjamin Franklin, the university's founder and first president, advocated for an educational institution that trained leaders in academia, commerce, and public service.