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Established in 1918, the American Council on Education (ACE) [2] is a United States organization comprising over 1,800 accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities and higher education-related associations, organizations, and corporations. ACE is being known as the "umbrella" higher education association in the United States.
American Public University System – includes the American Military University and American Public University; distance education; offices in Charles Town, West Virginia, and Manassas, Virginia; not to be confused with American University; American Sentinel University – distance education, based in Denver, Colorado
For-profit colleges and universities: Their markets, regulation, performance, and place in higher education (Taylor & Francis, 2023). Hodgman, Matthew R. "Understanding for-profit higher education in the United States through history, criticism, and public policy: A brief sector landscape synopsis." Journal of Educational Issues 4.2 (2018): 1–14.
Although supporters of for-profit higher education have argued that the profit motive encourages efficiency, the for-profit educational industry has received severe negative criticism because of its sales techniques, high costs, and poor student outcomes. In some cases operators of for-profit colleges have faced criminal charges or other legal ...
For-profit colleges, universities, and other educational institutions providing higher education (meaning tertiary, quaternary or in some cases post-secondary education) in the United States. Most traditional public and private universities are non-profit institutions.
American education-related professional associations (3 C, 29 P) Professional educational fraternities and sororities in the United States (2 P) Educational publishing companies of the United States (2 C, 34 P)
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities – An organization made up of Jesuit institutions of higher education in the United States; Subject groups: Association of American Law Schools; Association of American Medical Colleges
These may be public or private universities, research universities, liberal arts colleges, community colleges, or for-profit colleges. U.S. higher education is loosely regulated by the government and by several third-party organizations. [2] Post secondary (college, university) attendance was relatively rare through the early 20th century.