Accreditation applicationprocess@msche.org for CC-4 MIT OCW-centric wiki World University & School
Sunday, November 13, 2022
Dear President MacLeod,
Thank you for your interest in the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). MSCHE accepts applications for Candidate for Accreditation status from qualified degree-granting institutions offering one or more postsecondary educational programs of at least one academic year in length at the Associate’s or higher level, including those offered via distance education, without regard for geographic boundaries. Institutions that offer only postsecondary certificates, diplomas, or licenses are not eligible for accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. MSCHE does not accredit individual courses or programs but rather the institution (college or university) in its entirety.
To be eligible to apply, an institution must be able to demonstrate that it meets the following Pre-Applicant Minimum Requirements:
- The institution must be legally authorized or licensed, from an appropriate governmental organization or agency to operate as a postsecondary educational institution and must award postsecondary degrees or hold proper legal exemption in accordance with Requirement of Affiliation No.1 and federal regulation 34 CFR §602.28(a).
- The institution must be in good standing with no current non-compliance, adverse or the equivalent type of action with the state or other accreditors in accordance with federal regulation 34 CFR §602.28(b).
- The institution must be operational, with students actively enrolled in its degree programs.
- The institution must have a mission statement and related goals that define its purposes within the context of higher education.
- The institution must have a governance and administration structure that allows it to have education as its primary purpose and operate as an academic institution with appropriate autonomy.
- The institution must have documented financial resources, funding base, and plans for financial development, including those from any related entities (including without limitation systems, religious sponsorship, and corporate ownership) adequate to support its educational purposes and programs and to ensure financial stability.
- The institution must review the Certifications and Disclosures Statement and certify that the information provided throughout the application process is accurate, honest, and truthful.
If, following a review by the Commission staff and peer evaluators, the institution is determined by the Commission to satisfactorily meet the Pre-Applicant Minimum Requirements, it will be allowed to submit an application for Candidate for Accreditation Status.
I invite you to carefully review the information available on our website, https://www.msche.org/accreditation/application-and-candidacy/. You will find details regarding the requirements, timeline, and dues and fees related to the MSCHE Application and Candidacy process. Please note, the length of time it takes for an institution to achieve candidate for accreditation status depends upon the institution’s readiness and ability to demonstrate compliance with MSCHE standards for accreditation, requirements of affiliation, policies and procedures, and applicable federal regulatory requirements.
If you would like to pursue an application for Candidate for Accreditation status with MSCHE, please complete the following inquirer information and return it to my attention. Once I receive this information, I will follow up directly.
Institution Name | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Institution Address | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Institution Website | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Contact Name | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Contact Title/Position | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Contact Email Address | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Degree Granting or Licensing Authority | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Degree Levels Offered (check all that apply) | | ☐ Associate’s ☐ Bachelor’s ☐ Master’s ☐ Doctorate’s | |
Enrollment | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Control Type: Private For-Profit, Private Non-Profit, Public | | Choose an item. | |
Other Accrediting/Quality Assurance Organizations | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Brief Description of the Institution’s Mission and Focus | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincere regards,
Diana
Diana E. Bonner
Assistant Director for Institutional Support Services
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Middle States Commission on Higher Education
P: (267) 284-5030
dbonner@msche.org
www.msche.org
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COVID-19 Resources
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Dear Diana Bonner, President Heather Perfetti, Melissa Hardin, Terence Peavy, and the Middle States' Commission on Higher Education, (& Larry Viehland, WUaS accreditation committee), All,
Thank you for the WUaS "Inquirer Information" MSCHE accreditation information, and chart, on Sunday! I have drafted responses in each of your MSCHE's "Inquirer Information" chart's fields below.
And since WUaS couldn't CHECK OFF just Bachelor's and PhD degrees in the MSCHE "Inquirer Information" chart you shared to fill out, I think WUaS would seek newly to offer all 4 degrees in the WUaS with MSCHE accreditation process (and in WUaS planning to seek reimbursement from countries' departments of education, potentially on a WUaS Google for Education platform for reimbursement too, in all ~200 countries, for accrediting CC-4 MIT OCW-centric World University and School degrees, where Creative Commons' 4 licensed allows for 1. sharing, 2. adapting, 3. but non-commercially (but where WUaS seeking reimbursement for CC-4 licensed OCW-centric degrees is ok, per communication with a former director of MIT OCW, Cecilia d'Oliveira).
Here is a draft of the
"Candidate for Accreditation status with MSCHE WUaS Inquirer Information 15 Nov 2022"
Candidate for Accreditation status with MSCHE:
World University and School Inquirer Information
Institution Name |
| World University and School |
|
Institution Address |
| WUaS Pennsylvania office: 1401 North Negley Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 |
|
Institution Website |
| http://worlduniversityandschool.org |
|
Contact Name |
| Scott GK MacLeod |
|
Contact Title/Position |
| President, CEO, Professor, Founder |
|
Contact Email Address |
| sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org |
|
Degree Granting or Licensing Authority |
| WUaS is exploring licensing as an “Out-of-State Providers of Distance Education” per https://www.education.pa.gov/Postsecondary-Adult/CollegeCareer/Pages/Institution-Resources.aspx - with PO Box 442, Canyon, CA 94516 as the WUaS California address. |
|
Degree Levels Offered (check all that apply) |
| ☐ Associate’s ☐ Bachelor’s ☐ Master’s ☐ Doctorate’s |
|
Enrollment |
| 2 |
|
Control Type: Private For-Profit, Private Non-Profit, Public |
| Private Non-Profit |
|
Other Accrediting/Quality Assurance Organizations |
| World University and School is Creative Commons’ 4 licensed https://ocw.mit.edu/ -centric and CC-4 “CS First with Google at World Univ & Sch” course-centric (https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/s/en/home) for free online Bachelor, PhD, Law, Medicine and IB high school or similar degrees |
|
Brief Description of the Institution’s Mission and Focus |
| World University and School's mission is free education, courses, and degrees in all known languages. WUaS plans to accredit at the university and high school levels to offer online degrees and diplomas in all countries' main languages (and see further - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/World_University_Foundation). |
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What please would be the next steps? WUaS if at all possible is seeking to matriculate large numbers of students at accredited World University and School on September 1, 2023. While this may be unfeasible with your MSCHE current timeline I've read, WUaS would be interested in coming into conversation with MSCHE about this especially. Thank you.
Best wishes, Scott
PS
I've added some further questions I had to the extended WUaS Accreditation Committee per your email, Diana, to this blog post
World University Foundation, and please see the Academic Credit Committee here -
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- Scott GK MacLeod
Founder, President, CEO & Professor
World Univ & Sch (WUaS) - PO Box 442, Canyon, CA 94516
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Dear Larry, Kim, Ma, John, Ed,
Greetings!
It's so great to get this email from MSCHE's Diana Bonner on Sunday (below). As I read through her email, I'm focusing on the following, regarding the following itemized questions too.
(I may ask some of these questions of Diana Bonner).
1
am glad to read this ...
2
But WUaS isn't yet a "qualified degree granting institution" ...
also in her MSCHE's SECOND SENTENCE
WHAT TO DO?
3
Regarding licensing requirements -
"To be eligible to apply, an institution must be able to demonstrate that it meets the following Pre-Applicant Minimum Requirements:
- The institution must be legally authorized or licensed, from an appropriate governmental organization or agency to operate as a postsecondary educational institution and must award postsecondary degrees or hold proper legal exemption in accordance with Requirement of Affiliation No.1 and federal regulation 34 CFR §602.28(a).
"
Is this the right direction for WUaS to head in, regarding PA licensing -
4
"3. The institution must be operational, with students actively enrolled in its degree programs."
(WUaS has been in a very limited way ...)
WHAT TO DO?
5
"6. The institution must have documented financial resources, funding base, and plans for financial development, including those from any related entities (including without limitation systems, religious sponsorship, and corporate ownership) adequate to support its educational purposes and programs and to ensure financial stability."
WHAT TO DO?
6
Fees ... and could WUAS develop a different timeline ???
7
Could the TIMELINE be fungible? ...
8
Here are my DRAFT RESPONSES to filling out the table she sent;
Outstanding questions -
a. institution Address
(Speculatively, POB 442, 670A Ridgecrest Road, Canyon CA 94516 for historical reasons possibly is NOT the address to enter here possibly ...)
b. Degree Granting or Licensing Authority
?
c. Degree Levels Offered
(check all that apply)
ADD newly MASTER'S DEGREES since WUaS may be able to seek reimbursement from departments of education in all 200 countries for these too? (Up to this time, I've been thinking only in terms of Bachelor and PhD degrees - with regards to such an accreditation agency as MSCHE)
d. Enrollment
If WUaS could collaborate with the US State Department for Yemen World Univ & Sch and all official ~25 Arabic language countries, for example, for 9/1/23, and Arabic language speaking American students in the USA ... could we plan for student enrollment here?
8a
"Candidate for Accreditation status with MSCHE WUaS Inquirer Information 15 Nov 2022"
Institution Name |
| World University and School |
|
Institution Address |
| Click or tap here to enter text. |
|
Institution Website |
| http://worlduniversityandschool.org/ |
|
Contact Name |
| Scott GK MacLeod |
|
Contact Title/Position |
| President, CEO, Professor |
|
Contact Email Address |
| sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org |
|
Degree Granting or Licensing Authority |
| Click or tap here to enter text. |
|
Degree Levels Offered (check all that apply) |
| ☐ Associate’s ☐ Bachelor’s ☐ Master’s ☐ Doctorate’s |
|
Enrollment |
| Click or tap here to enter text. |
|
Control Type: Private For-Profit, Private Non-Profit, Public |
| Private Non-Profit |
|
Other Accrediting/Quality Assurance Organizations |
| World University and School is Creative Commons’ 4 licensed OCW.MIT.EDU -centric and CC-4 “CS First with Google at World Univ & Sch” course-centric for free online Bachelor, PhD, Law, Medicine and IB high school or similar degrees |
|
Brief Description of the Institution’s Mission and Focus |
| World University and School's mission is free education, courses, and degrees in all known languages. WUaS plans to accredit at the university and high school levels to offer online degrees and diplomas in all countries' main languages (and see further - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/World_University_Foundation). |
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In what ways could World University and School bring together in collaboration
1 MSCHE
2 National Science Foundation (to help pay for accreditation with MSCHE and the state of PA licensing)
3 the US State Department (in ~200 countries)
4 Google Education (with new 1000 languages' project)
5 MIT OCW (in 7 languages sort of, with its
https://ocw.aprende.org/ website going in and out) with ~2600 undergraduate and graduate courses in English
... in one big conversation in the above regards?
Thoughts, ideas, questions, suggestions? Please read her whole letter, and see if other questions emerge for you!
It's snowing outside quite heavily ... kind of pretty.
Sincerely, Scott
| Sun, Nov 13, 5:21 PM (2 days ago)
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to Application, Terence, Melissa, me, Larry, edsmythmd@gmail.com, John, Heather, Janie, Alden, Sid, David, Henry, Claudia, Marc, Shawn, Hank, Robert, Info, Joan, Lydia, Scott, Scott, Meeting, Anne, Peter, Nancy, George, stuart@stuartliddell.com, Roland, Edward, Robin |
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Dear President MacLeod,
Thank you for your interest in the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). MSCHE accepts applications for Candidate for Accreditation status from qualified degree-granting institutions offering one or more postsecondary educational programs of at least one academic year in length at the Associate’s or higher level, including those offered via distance education, without regard for geographic boundaries. Institutions that offer only postsecondary certificates, diplomas, or licenses are not eligible for accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. MSCHE does not accredit individual courses or programs but rather the institution (college or university) in its entirety.
To be eligible to apply, an institution must be able to demonstrate that it meets the following Pre-Applicant Minimum Requirements:
- The institution must be legally authorized or licensed, from an appropriate governmental organization or agency to operate as a postsecondary educational institution and must award postsecondary degrees or hold proper legal exemption in accordance with Requirement of Affiliation No.1 and federal regulation 34 CFR §602.28(a).
- The institution must be in good standing with no current non-compliance, adverse or the equivalent type of action with the state or other accreditors in accordance with federal regulation 34 CFR §602.28(b).
- The institution must be operational, with students actively enrolled in its degree programs.
- The institution must have a mission statement and related goals that define its purposes within the context of higher education.
- The institution must have a governance and administration structure that allows it to have education as its primary purpose and operate as an academic institution with appropriate autonomy.
- The institution must have documented financial resources, funding base, and plans for financial development, including those from any related entities (including without limitation systems, religious sponsorship, and corporate ownership) adequate to support its educational purposes and programs and to ensure financial stability.
- The institution must review the Certifications and Disclosures Statement and certify that the information provided throughout the application process is accurate, honest, and truthful.
If, following a review by the Commission staff and peer evaluators, the institution is determined by the Commission to satisfactorily meet the Pre-Applicant Minimum Requirements, it will be allowed to submit an application for Candidate for Accreditation Status.
I invite you to carefully review the information available on our website, https://www.msche.org/accreditation/application-and-candidacy/. You will find details regarding the requirements, timeline, and dues and fees related to the MSCHE Application and Candidacy process. Please note, the length of time it takes for an institution to achieve candidate-for-accreditation status depends upon the institution’s readiness and ability to demonstrate compliance with MSCHE standards for accreditation, requirements of affiliation, policies and procedures, and applicable federal regulatory requirements.
If you would like to pursue an application for Candidate for Accreditation status with MSCHE, please complete the following inquirer information and return it to my attention. Once I receive this information, I will follow up directly.
Institution Name | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Institution Address | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Institution Website | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Contact Name | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Contact Title/Position | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Contact Email Address | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Degree Granting or Licensing Authority | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Degree Levels Offered (check all that apply) | | ☐ Associate’s ☐ Bachelor’s ☐ Master’s ☐ Doctorate’s | |
Enrollment | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Control Type: Private For-Profit, Private Non-Profit, Public | | Choose an item. | |
Other Accrediting/Quality Assurance Organizations | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Brief Description of the Institution’s Mission and Focus | | Click or tap here to enter text. | |
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincere regards,
Diana
Diana E. Bonner
Assistant Director for Institutional Support Services
![]()
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
P: (267) 284-5030
dbonner@msche.org
www.msche.org
Follow us: @mscheorg
COVID-19 Resources
MSCHE: https://www.msche.org/covid-19/
U.S. Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/coronavirus
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Regarding India World University and School in its 22 official languages - 'Invite for session on Digital Citizenship and Internet Maturity'
Dear Vishal Varia (school principal in Rajkot, Gujarat, India),
Mr. Raghu Pandey, Peter (Norvig), Siddhartha Mazumdar (in the US federal government), Rohit Sharma (a lawyer in India, but am not sure if he's reading this
india@worlduniversityandschool.org email address's emails), All,
Greetings! Thanks for this invitation! Seeking to develop a mature conversation further here in reply to your email.
Is this video of Mr. Raghu Pandey and Antara Shrivastava
in both English and Hindi, or English and Urdu, or ...
I see that iMature.in -
https://imature.in - is based in Bhopal (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal) where Hindi and Urdu are main languages, among many other Indian languages (and where the Bhopal disaster tragedy -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster - was perhaps caused by an American for profit corporation, Union Carbide, a chemical company with a pesticide plant in Bhopal, which now owned by Dow Chemical ... with possible racist implications of some non-socially-responsible American for-profit corporations ... )
I also see from my LinkedIn network that Mr. Raghu Pandey -
https://www.linkedin.com/in/raghupandey/ - is connected with Urs Gasser (former director of Harvard Law's Berkman Klein Center) and Sandra Cortesi (still at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, with a focus on Youth), both from Switzerland originally. (Switzerland has its potentially long history in the illegal and wrongful sex industry internationally, and enslavement of people from this too, as modern forms of slavery as I see this).
In developing CC-4 licensed MIT OCW-centric wiki World University and School for free online degrees, potentially on a WUaS Google Education platform too, in India and in the other 200 countries, and in their main languages, and in calling for abolition of the illegal sex and drug industries internationally ... to protect students and kids and women and men and others ... and potentially as WUaS seeks to develop World University and Schools for free online degrees in each of all 22 official languages in India, and potentially with ~200 Law Schools too (and online 'western' allopathic Medical Schools) in each of all 200 countries, I wonder how best to grow World Univ & Sch's free degrees in India while protecting Indian students and kids from sex offenders, perpetrators, pedophiles and purveyors (sellers or dealers - in this case of people, wrongfully, harming-wise, ... and illegally in different countries in different ways).
Am recalling the GEG Punjab / India GEG's Google Currents' presentation in April 2022 and the email conversation afterwards and the alarm signals for me in some of the Google Currents' post-it notes that people were sharing - relating to Jayshree Nair (I think) - in possibly subtle and insidious ways regarding the sex industry even (possibly tragically), and wonder how best to approach such questions.
Won't be attending this early morning meeting on Saturday, which is right before the World Univ & Sch Monthly Business Meeting (conducted loosely in the manner of unprogrammed Quakers, Friends, with the Religious Society of Friends' abolitionist history), but am open to a conversation further about this in this email thread.
Best wishes, abolition-ally, Friendly greetings,
Scott
And you can find the word 'abolition' here, and particularly in Minute 17 -
PS
If poverty is still an issue in Madhya Pradesh (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh), here is Stanford Mine Pi Free Money Daily for those who have smartphones (but although one can accumulate free Pi coins daily by mining it taking less than 5 seconds, one can't buy anything with it yet) -
I am sending you 1π! Pi is a new digital currency developed by Stanford PhDs, with over 35 million members worldwide. To claim your Pi, follow this link
https://minepi.com/sgkmac and use my username (sgkmac) as your invitation code.
PPS
#Abolish #illegalSexIndustryWorldWide in all 200 countries #Abolition w new laws & effective #lawEnforcement too>#WUaSAbolition?
PPPS
Friend #EdSmythMD & @ScottGkMacLeod #WUaSabolition
Friend #EdSmythMD & @ScottGkMacLeod 1st in 2009 in #Berzerkeley #BerkeleyCA #SFBayArea where Ed knows #Canyon94516 which may be becoming #NewlySafe -
PPPPS
India blog label in daily blog -
PPPPPS
How best to build #WUaSAbolition at #IndiaWUaS to protect #IndianStudents, #IndianKids, & in all ~200 countries?
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- Scott GK MacLeod
Founder, President, CEO & Professor
World Univ & Sch (WUaS) - PO Box 442, Canyon, CA 94516
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- Scott MacLeod - Founder & President
- World University and School
- 415 480 4577
- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization.
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nucifraga_columbiana
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