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American Central University (ACU) is an unaccredited distance learning private, for-profit〔(Profit Corporation - Domestic ), ACU filing at Secretary of State's Office, Wyoming. Retrieved 16 January 2008〕 university licensed by the state of Wyoming in 2004.〔(Private School Registration ) Wyoming Department of Education. Retrieved 16 January 2008 〕〔 The Oregon Office of Degree Authorization states that the institution may be run from Malaysia.〔 ==Controversy== According to the Associated Press, "For not having even one qualified instructor in Wyoming, the agency prepared last fall () to pull the school's license—only to have the process bog down while state attorneys deliberate how to do that."〔(Tie to illegal degrees doesn't block Wyo. school licensing ), by Mead Gruver, ''Casper Star Tribune'', March 12, 2005. 〕 American Central University is being investigated for offering students false degrees from state universities, through their online courses. The Associated Press noted, "Wyoming licensed a Laramie-based online school last year even as its owner helped direct a Hawaii online school that was offering illegal medical degrees and was later shut down by a judge."〔 The article further explained, "The owner of American Central University, Adalat Khan, was the Malaysian regional director for American University of Hawaii, a fact that Wyoming education officials concede they overlooked in the documents Khan provided on his background."〔 In July 2006 Wyoming passed a law requiring all schools to either have accreditation or be a candidate for it.〔(Schools seek accreditation ), by Mead Gruver, ''Casper Star Tribune'', July 03, 2006〕 ACU applied for accreditation one day prior to the deadline, July 1, 2006, after which the law gives schools five years to get the accreditation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Central University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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