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Columbia Southern University is a for-profit private university specializing in distance education, headquartered in Orange Beach, Alabama, United States. Offering degrees in various fields, Columbia Southern's online programs are among the most affordable options in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.onlineu.org/college-rankings/most-affordable )〕〔Golden, Daniel, () "For-Profit Colleges Target the Military", ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', December 30, 2009〕 ==History== Columbia Southern University was founded in 1993 by Dr. Robert G. Mayes, Sr.〔(Barron's Guide to Distance Learning: Degrees, Certificates, Courses ) by Pat Criscito (2002), ISBN 0-7641-1791-2, page 179〕〔(History of CSU ), Columbia Southern University website (accessed February 24, 2008)〕 The university developed its first degree programs in environmental engineering and occupational safety and health in 1994. By 1996, the infrastructure to administer these programs was firmly in place and additional degree programs were developed and offered. The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration was the first to be offered before computer science, criminal justice administration and health administration were also made available.〔 Achieving accreditation had been a goal for Columbia Southern University since its inception and that goal became a reality on Jan. 15, 2001, when the Distance Education and Training Council granted national accreditation to CSU. In 2002, several approvals and affiliation agreements with state schools were achieved along with receiving Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support and Veterans Affairs approval. In 2003, Columbia Southern University expanded its international offerings by being one of the first U.S. universities to offer a hybrid (online and classroom) degree program in Vietnam. The opportunity to earn an MBA degree was offered in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Between 2002 and 2004, CSU expanded its degree offerings to include associate degrees and six new majors and launched the Learning Partnership program. This program would allow businesses, municipalities, organizations and corporations to partner with CSU and receive benefits such as tuition discounts, application fee waivers, and later scholarship opportunities, for employees/members and their spouses and children. Dr. Mayes headed the institution until his death in 2005, when his son, Robert Mayes, Jr., assumed the presidency.〔 In 2008, Columbia Southern University received approval by the U.S. Department of Education to offer Federal Student Aid. In the same year, the school broke ground on a new 67,000-square-foot building which would open in 2009. On January 8, 2010, Waldorf College, a private undergraduate liberal arts college in Iowa, was purchased and became CSU’s sister college. In 2011, CSU’s program in Vietnam became the first distance learning program to be accredited by the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training. 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「Columbia Southern University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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