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  2. American Public University System - Wikipedia

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    American Public University System (APUS) is a private, for-profit, online university system with its headquarters in Charles Town, West Virginia. It is composed of American Military University (AMU) and American Public University (APU). APUS is wholly owned by American Public Education, Inc., a publicly traded private-sector corporation (Nasdaq ...

  3. Higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As a whole, American universities are largely decentralized. Public universities are administered by the individual states and territories, usually as part of a state university system. Except for the United States service academies and staff colleges, the federal government does not directly regulate universities. However, it can offer federal ...

  4. History of higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A Documentary History of Education in the South Before 1860 (5 vol 1952); vol 5 online; Thelin, John R. ed. Essential documents in the history of American higher education (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014) online; Willis, George, Robert V. Bullough, and John T. Holton, eds. The American Curriculum: A Documentary History (1992)

  5. List of colleges and universities in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] [4] Marshall University and West Liberty University were both established in 1837, but as private subscription schools. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Founded in 1867, West Virginia University is the state's largest public institution of higher learning in terms of enrollment, as it had 29,707 students as of spring 2013. [ 7 ]

  6. American Public University System Recognized by American ...

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    American Public University System Brian Muys, 703-334-3145 bmuys@apus.edu. KEYWORDS: United States North America West Virginia INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:

  7. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [96] [97] Willard wrote one of the most widely used textbooks of American history and created the first historical atlas of the U.S. Her maps, graphs, and pictures added the details of the nation's geography into the broad popular image of the country as a large, powerful complex nation.

  8. For-profit colleges in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As early as 1892, the University of Chicago operated a correspondence school, a money-making strategy emulated by many other universities. The decline of proprietary colleges was aided by the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917. Also known as the National Vocational Education Act, this legislation funded public vocational education. [6]

  9. List of state and territorial universities in the United States

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    Montana University System (Listed below are the state universities. The MUS also includes the state's community, technical, and tribal colleges.) Montana State University System Montana State University (Montana State) (Bozeman – flagship/main campus) Montana State University Billings (Billings) Montana State University–Northern (Havre)