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词条 University of Northern Virginia
释义

  1. Ownership and governance

  2. Enrollment

  3. Accreditation

  4. Affiliation

  5. History

  6. See also

  7. References

  8. External links

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The University of Northern Virginia (UNVA) was an unaccredited for-profit private undergraduate and graduate university in Annandale, Virginia, The university offered bachelors, Masters and doctoral degrees. Although UNVA was not well known within the United States, it called itself the most popular American university for students from India.[1][2]

UNVA has received government scrutiny and media coverage for its academic and immigration practices. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided UNVA offices and informed school officials on July 28, 2011, that the government was ending UNVA's authorization to admit foreign students.[1] Kapil Sibal, a minister in India's current cabinet, compared UNVA to a "sham university," stating UNVA does not have acceptable accreditation.[2] Although media sources in India speculated that UNVA would close permanently in 2011,[3] the university remained open[4] and moved to South Dakota in 2013 when the Commonwealth of Virginia revoked its license to operate in that state. On October 1, 2013, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ended UNVA's authorization to admit foreign students.[5][6]

In October 2013, UNVA announced its move to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[9] At its new location, UNVA is facing scrutiny as well. UNVA is investigated by the South Dakota Attorney General's office, and its office suite sits empty.[7]

As of March 6, 2014, UNVA has removed the references to their new location in South Dakota from their website.[8]

Ownership and governance

UNVA's founder and majority owner is Daniel Ho, an entrepreneur who owns Super Q Mart International Food, which operates three grocery stores in the Washington, DC, area. It is headed by a chancellor.[1] Chancellor David V. Lee resigned on August 19, 2011, stating that "discussions of my personal life have become a distraction for students and friends of UNVA."[13] His resignation came after The Smoking Gun reported that Lee was involved with sadomasochistic sexual activities.[9] Habib Khan took his place as chancellor.[10] On Aug. 9, 2012, Habib Khan resigned as Chancellor. The new chancellor is the former Academic Dean of UNVA, Ali Dastmalchi.[11] Ho is the registered agent.[17]

Enrollment

A March 2011 article in The Chronicle of Higher Education compared UNVA's enrollment practices and business model to those of Tri-Valley University, a California institution that was forced to close after facing an investigation for visa fraud.[12] The Chronicle article states that UNVA enrolls Indian students who work full-time in "internships," without being required to attend actual classes.[12]

UNVA was authorized by the United States government to enroll non-immigrant alien students.[13] On July 28, 2011, when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security raided the university offices, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement suspended UNVA's SEVP approval and informed UNVA of the intent to revoke the SEVP approval.[14] The school, however, maintained SEVP approval after the raid. Students are required to show they are attending classes and stayed in status for their visa.[15]

Accreditation

UNVA was formerly accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, but this accreditation was revoked for unspecified reasons on August 6, 2008.[12][24][16] The revocation of UNVA's accreditation led the Singaporean Ministry of Education to stop organizations in the country offering UNVA courses, affecting about 270 students. Singaporean educators and students called for more rigorous checking of academic standards.[17] As of January 2010, the university was an applicant for Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accreditation.[18] As of August 2011, UNVA was not included on the SACS list of accredited, candidate, and applicant institutions.[19] The University of Northern Virginia was certified to operate by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) as a non-accredited institution.[20]

In the past, UNVA claimed accreditation[21] by the American University Accreditation Council, which is not a recognized accreditation agency in the United States.[12] The accreditor lists its address as the same as the site of a car repair shop owned by the Chairman of the university, while the listed phone number has an answering machine recorded message saying "This is D'Angelo, so get at me back."[14] UNVA also claimed to have received full accreditation from an EU accreditation body for its Prague branch,[22] but a closer examination of the accreditation certificate[23] showed that the Swiss accreditation agency EduQua had only accredited the MBA program of the Prague branch of the Swiss institution Victoria University.[24][25]

At one time, UNVA published a website admitting that it is not accredited.[26]

Affiliation

Four to twenty partner institutions grant UNVA degrees and allow students to enroll in UNVA courses.[12] For example, students can enroll in UNVA business courses at Shines College in Singapore. In 2008, Shines College students were reported to be confused and unsure how they would be affected by news that UNVA had lost accreditation in the United States.[27]

History

In 2007, UNVA Properties, an investment group associated with UNVA, provided financing to Myers University (subsequently renamed Chancellor University) in Cleveland, Ohio, allowing that financially troubled non-profit school to continue operating.[28][29] It was alleged that UNVA Properties wanted to acquire Myers University's regional accreditation for {{Not a typo|for}}-profit use.[30][29]

In October 2009 it was reported that UNVA had sued Tiffin University, a private university based in Ohio, alleging that Tiffin had unlawfully attempted to "divert" students from UNVA's Prague school to Tiffin's newly established school there. Tiffin denied the claims.[31]

One of the university's former accountants pleaded guilty, in May 2010, to stealing more than $225,000 from the university.[32]

On July 28, 2011, The U.S. Department of Homeland Security raided the university, hauling away computers and boxes of paperwork and notifying the university that it may lose its ability to accept foreign students.[14] UNVA, which had been authorized to issue 50 I-20 forms documenting that students were engaged in full-time study, had 2400 students on their books, 90% from India.[33]

On July 16, 2013, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia revoked UNVA's license to operate because the institution was not accredited by a recognized accreditor, forcing the institution to close.[34][35][36][37][38] The university subsequently moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota,[39] where it reincorporated on August 23, 2013.[40]

On October 1, 2013, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ended UNVA's authorization to admit foreign students.[5]

On August 4, 2014, UNVA was sued by the state of South Dakota and Minnehaha county for violating a SD state law that prohibits universities from operating in SD without accreditation.[41]

See also

  • Diploma mill
  • List of unaccredited institutions of higher learning
  • List of unrecognized accreditation associations of higher learning

References

1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43935088 |title=ICE Raids University of Northern Virginia Offices |publisher=MSNBC |date=July 28, 2011 |accessdate=July 29, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-india-has-enough-safeguards-to-keep-away-sham-us-colleges-sibal/20111012.htm|title=India has enough safeguards to keep away sham US colleges: Sibal|publisher=|accessdate=July 30, 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.unva.edu/forms/Message_Chancellor.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-12-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427095803/http://www.unva.edu/forms/Message_Chancellor.pdf |archivedate=April 27, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.unva.edu/forms/message_counsel.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-12-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427095829/http://www.unva.edu/forms/message_counsel.pdf |archivedate=April 27, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
5. ^1 {{cite web|title=Update for University of Northern Virginia Students|url=https://www.ice.gov/sevis/students/unva.htm}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=SEVP Certified Schools|date=January 15, 2014|url=http://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/assets/pdfs/Certified_School_List_1-15-14.pdf|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218210606/http://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/assets/pdfs/Certified_School_List_1-15-14.pdf|archivedate=February 18, 2014|df=mdy-all}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Relocated Virginia university raises questions in South Dakota|url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2014/02/28/relocated-virginia-university-raises-questions-in-south-dakota/5898991/|archive-url=https://archive.is/20141203204653/http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2014/02/28/relocated-virginia-university-raises-questions-in-south-dakota/5898991/|dead-url=yes|archive-date=December 3, 2014|date=February 28, 2014|author=Dirk Lammers|publisher=argusleader.com}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Virginia university removes SD campus references|date=March 6, 2014|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-university-removes-sd-campus-references/2014/03/06/f418add4-a54f-11e3-b865-38b254d92063_story.html|publisher=Washington Post}}
9. ^Jeane MacIntosh, Sex-tracurricular college boss, New York Post, August 2, 2011
10. ^1 Lee Resignation letter {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928192811/http://www.unva.edu/forms/change_chancellor.pdf |date=September 28, 2011 }}, August 19, 2011, UNVA official website (accessed August 19, 2011)
11. ^Message from Chancellor {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326013953/http://www.unva.edu/message-chancellor.html |date=March 26, 2013 }} UNVA official website (accessed September 3, 2012)
12. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Tom Bartlett, Karin Fischer, and Josh Keller, Little-Known Colleges Exploit Visa Loopholes to Make Millions Off Foreign Students, The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 20, 2011
13. ^Accreditation {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723112519/http://www.unva.edu/accredit.htm |date=July 23, 2010 }} at UNVA official website (accessed May 25, 2010).
14. ^1 2 Tom Bartlett, Karin Fischer, and Josh Keller, Federal Agents Raid Virginia Institution That Draws Many Students From India, The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 29, 2011
15. ^{{cite news| date=9 August 2012| url=http://indiawest.com/news/5960-herguan-students-in-limbo-after-feds-downgrade-college-status.html| title=Herguan Students in Limbo After Feds Downgrade College Status| publisher=India West| deadurl=yes| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811212717/http://www.indiawest.com/news/5960-herguan-students-in-limbo-after-feds-downgrade-college-status.html| archivedate=August 11, 2012| df=mdy-all}}
16. ^Accreditation Denied, Withdrawn or Conditioned, Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and Schools website, accessed August 28, 2009
17. ^{{cite news|work=Straits Times |location=Singapore |title=Stop these degree courses, school told|author=Sandra Davie|date=September 15, 2008|url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20080911-87201.html}}
18. ^Institution Details {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227210354/http://www.sacscoc.org/details.asp?instid=74200 |date=December 27, 2010 }}, SACS website, accessed January 6, 2010
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/webmemlist.pdf|title=SACS Membership Directory, accessed August 25, 2011|publisher=|accessdate=July 30, 2017}}
20. ^Private & Out-of-State Colleges & Universities Certified to Operate in Virginia {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929200937/http://www.schev.edu/Students/PrivateCollegeList.asp |date=September 29, 2011 }}, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia website, accessed July 5, 2010
21. ^University of Northern Virginia, Study-Online.net, accessed March 31, 2010
22. ^{{cite web |url=http://unva.edu/accreditation.html |title=Accreditation |accessdate=2012-04-11 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125004021/http://unva.edu/accreditation.html |archivedate=January 25, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
23. ^UNVA Prague accreditation certificate{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, at UNVA official website, accessed October 24, 2011
24. ^{{cite web |url=http://vubs.ch/InfoDetail.asp?InfoID=68 |title=VU Certified By EduQua |accessdate=2016-12-17 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324110352/http://vubs.ch/InfoDetail.asp?InfoID=68 |archivedate=March 24, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}
25. ^{{cite web |url=http://unva.cz/victoria-university-program.php |title=Victoria University Programs |accessdate=2016-12-17 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022014548/http://unva.cz/victoria-university-program.php |archivedate=October 22, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}
26. ^{{cite web |url=http://unva.edu/accreditation.html |title=UNVA Accreditation |accessdate=2012-04-11 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413191007/http://unva.edu/accreditation.html |archivedate=April 13, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
27. ^Sandra Davie, 270 Shines College students here in a fix, The Straits Times, September 26, 2008
28. ^Eric Hoover, Deal Allows Survival of a Beleaguered Nonprofit University in Cleveland, The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 17, 2007
29. ^1 Marilyn H. Karfeld, Court, others struggle to save Myers University, Cleveland Jewish News, January 31, 2008
30. ^1 Andy Guess, "Rescue Mission or Hostile Takeover?", Inside Higher Ed, December 17, 2007.
31. ^Erica Blake, "Universities in suit over campuses in Prague: N. Virginia says Tiffin diverted its students", Toledo Blade, October 26, 2009.
32. ^"Former Accountant for University of Northern Virginia Pleads Guilty to Stealing $225,000", FBI Washington Field Office, May 26, 2010.
33. ^{{cite news|title=Another varsity being probed for fraud|work=Press Trust of India|date=July 29, 2011|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60ddkCnzp?url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Another-varsity-being-probed-for-fraud/H1-Article1-726881.aspx|archivedate=August 2, 2011|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Another-varsity-being-probed-for-fraud/H1-Article1-726881.aspx|deadurl=yes|df=mdy-all}}
34. ^{{cite web|url=http://watchdog.org/95968/university-of-northern-virginia-forced-to-close-leaving-students-in-limbo/|title=University of Northern Virginia forced to close, leaving students in limbo | author=Bre Payton |date=July 17, 2013 |work=Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau |publisher= Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity }}
35. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.schev.edu/schev/AgendaBooks/2013July/Agendabook0713.pdf |title=Agenda Book, July 15-16, 2013 |publisher=State Council of Higher Education for Virginia |page=A-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813124228/http://www.schev.edu/schev/AgendaBooks/2013July/Agendabook0713.pdf |archivedate=August 13, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}
36. ^{{cite web|url=http://watchdog.org/96528/soon-to-be-shuttered-va-university-had-history-of-accreditation-problems/|title=Soon-to-be shuttered VA university had history of accreditation problems|author=Bre Payton, Carten Cordell|date=July 19, 2013|work=Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau |publisher= Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity}}
37. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.schev.edu/students/UNVANotice.pdf|title=Notice Regarding Revocation of University of Northern Virginia|author=State Council of Higher Education for Virginia|date=July 19, 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822221303/http://www.schev.edu/students/UNVANotice.pdf|archivedate=August 22, 2013|df=mdy-all}}
38. ^{{cite web|url=https://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/virginia-orders-unaccredited-u-of-northern-virginia-to-shut-down/63441|title=Virginia Orders Unaccredited U. of Northern Virginia to Shut Down|author=Nick DeSantis|date=July 22, 2013}}
39. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.unva.edu/forms/letter_informing_students_about_south_dakota.pdf |title=Letter informing students about South Dakota |author=Ali Dastmalchi |publisher=University of Northern Virginia |date=October 7, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004822/http://www.unva.edu/forms/letter_informing_students_about_south_dakota.pdf |archivedate=December 3, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}
40. ^1 {{cite web |title= University of Northern Virginia, Inc. |work= South Dakota Secretary of State |url= https://sos.sd.gov/business/Documents.aspx?cid=DB058018|accessdate=August 10, 2015 }}
41. ^{{cite news|title=State Tells 'University' to Get Outta Town|date=August 8, 2014|url=https://www.courthousenews.com/2014/08/08/70218.htm}}

External links

  • {{official website|http://www.unva.edu/}}
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