Monday, April 18, 2016

Sullivan University

Sullivan University is authorized to offer bachelor's, expert's and doctoral degrees by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education as per the procurements of KRS 164.945-164.99, situated in Louisville, Kentucky and is licensed by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools—the first revenue driven school or college to get this accreditation. Sullivan University at present has physical grounds in Louisville, Lexington, and Fort Knox, and an online grounds. With roughly 6,000 understudies, Sullivan is Kentucky's biggest private college. 

History

Sullivan Business College was established in 1962 by A.O. Sullivan and his child, A.R. Sullivan, as a one-year school planning individuals for professions. In 1972, the school started to offer partner degrees notwithstanding its one-year profession certificates. The foundation was renamed in 1976 to Sullivan Junior College of Business to mirror its power to allow partner degrees, and moved to its present Louisville grounds on Bardstown Road and the Watterson Expressway. The school soon extended by opening extra grounds—its Ft. Knox grounds was opened in 1982, and its grounds in Lexington (presently on Harrodsburg Road) in 1985. In 1987 Sullivan opened the National Center for Hospitality Studies offering degrees in culinary expressions, preparing and cake expressions, lodging and eatery administration and providing food. Sullivan College of Technology and Design and Spencerian College are additionally part of the Sullivan University System. 

In 1990, the baccalaureate degree project was included, getting its accreditation in 1992. The school initially offered a MBA degree in 1997. The name was changed to its present assignment, Sullivan University, in 2000, mirroring the school's development. In 2008, Sullivan started its first doctoral system, the Doctor of Pharmacy, which is licensed by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). Drug store graduates are qualified to sit for the National Board Exam. In 2010, Sullivan dispatched its first Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program in administration. The vast majority of the University's degree projects are accessible online through Sullivan University Online. 

Sullivan University still mirrors its unique rationality of rapidly planning understudies for vocations by offering a "stair step" approach. An understudy can achieve a vocation certificate in one year, a partner degree in eighteen months, a four year certification following an extra eighteen months, and a graduate degree in an extra eighteen months. Along these lines, they can achieve business at a passage level while moving in the direction of a degree. Sullivan University works on the quarter framework with every period enduring eleven weeks. The Louisville and Lexington grounds offer "In addition to Friday," where grounds don't hold classes on any Fridays however do have the grounds workplaces open so understudies can work with full-time undergrad educators, who are required to be on grounds on Friday morning.


In 2012, Sullivan University went into a concurrence with Historic Homes Foundation, Inc., the proprietor of the connecting Historic Farmington Plantation, to rent 5 of the milestone's 18 sections of land for use as a 300-space parking garage to be shared by the substances. Dubious inquiries concerning the proposition were brought up in online media paving the way to its thought in the February 3, 2013 meeting of the Metro Louisville Landmarks Commission's Individual Landmarks Architectural Review Committee.

University of the People


College of the People (UoPeople) is an American 501(c)(3) non-profit online establishment of advanced education headquartered in Pasadena, California, United States. Founded by Shai Reshef in 2009, it right now offers degree programs in business organization and software engineering, with arrangements to offer a degree in wellbeing sciences and additionally a MBA in the close future. It is the main OER (open instructive assets) college in the world. The school is certify by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission. It is likewise endorsed by California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE). 

History

Instructive business visionary Shai Reshef propelled University of the People in January 2009. Its first companions began considering in September 2009, when 177 understudies from 49 nations over the globe involved the inaugural class of the University. The Information Society Project at Yale Law School (Yale ISP) extended its system in computerized instruction by going into an exploration association with University of the People in September 2009. The college was declared at the UN on May 19, 2009, and was introduced at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in August 2010.

In November 2010, at the Clinton Global Initiative, UoPeople focused on tolerating 250 qualified Haitian youth to concentrate free online. In June 2011, University of the People set up coordinated effort with New York University (NYU) to distinguish UoPeople understudies who are qualified for admission to a standout amongst the most particular foundations on the planet - NYU Abu Dhabi. In June 2011 University of the People set up an association with Hewlett-Packard (HP). Through the association, HP focused on the sponsorship and mentorship of ladies understudies around the world, set up Virtual Research Internships, made access to HP Life E-Learning, gave PCs to the learning focus in Haiti and gave general backing to help UoPeople accomplish accreditation. In 2011, through a $500,000 commitment, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation joined University of the People's endeavors and helped UoPeople achieve accreditation. In April 2013 President Shai Reshef was welcome to brief individuals from the White House's National Security Council (NSC) on online education. In August 2013, Microsoft 4Afrika reported a grant project to give understudies from Africa grants to learn at UoPeople, and additionally access to Microsoft projects and assets. 

College of the People got accreditation in February 2014, through the Distance Education Accrediting Commission. In April 2014, the University graduated its first gathering of graduates who originated from four distinct nations: Jordan, Nigeria, Syria and the United States. In November 2014, the University declared an organization with UNHCR to offer advanced education to outcasts and refuge seekers worldwide. By November 2015, the University had acknowledged more than 2500 students from 170 nations.
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