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Institutional Mission and Goals
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The international program is rooted in the U.S. institution’s stated mission and goals and reflects any special social, religious, and ethical elements of that mission. |
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The faculty, administration, and governing board of the U.S. institution understand the relationship of the international program to the institution’s stated mission and purposes. |
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Authorization
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The international program has received all appropriate internal institutional approvals, including that of the governing board. |
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The international program has received all appropriate external approvals where required, including system administration, government bodies, and accrediting associations. |
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The U.S. institution documents the accepted legal basis for its operations in the host country. |
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Instructional Program
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The U.S. institution specifies the educational needs to be met by its international program. |
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The content of the international educational program is subject to review and approval by the faculty of the U.S. institution. |
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The international education program reflects the educational emphasis of the U.S. institution, including a commitment to general education when appropriate. |
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The program is taught by faculty with appropriate academic preparation and language proficiencies, and whose credentials have been reviewed and approved by the U.S. institution. |
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The standard of student achievement in the international program is equivalent to the standard of student achievement on the U.S. campus. |
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The international education program, where possible and appropriate, is adapted to the culture of the host country. |
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Resources
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The institution currently uses and ensures the continuing use of adequate physical facilities for its international educational program, including classrooms, offices, libraries, and laboratories, and provides access to computer facilities where appropriate. |
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The U.S. institution has demonstrated its financial capacity to underwrite the international program without diminishing its financial support of the U.S. campus. Financing of the international program is incorporated into the regular budgeting and auditing process. |
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Admissions and Records
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International students admitted abroad meet admissions requirements similar to those used for international students admitted to the U.S. campus, including appropriate language proficiencies. |
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The U.S. institution exercises control over recruitment and admission of students in the international program. |
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All international students admitted to the U.S. program are recognized as students of the U.S. institution. |
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All college-level academic credits earned in the international program are applicable to degree programs at the U.S. institution. |
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The U.S. institution maintains official records of academic credit earned in its international program. |
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The official transcript of record issued by the U.S. institution follows the institution’s practices in identifying, by site or through course numbering, the credits earned in its off-campus programs. |
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Students
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The U.S. institution ensures that its institutional program provides a supportive environment for student development, consistent with the culture and mores of the international setting. |
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Students in the international program are fully informed as to services that will or will not be provided. |
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Control and Administration
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The international program is controlled by the U.S. institution.
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The teaching and administrative staff abroad, responsible for the educational quality of the international program, are accountable to a resident administrator of the U.S. institution.
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The U.S. institution formally and regularly reviews all faculty and staff associated with its international program.
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The U.S. institution assesses its international program on a regular basis in light of institutional goals, and incorporates these outcomes of such assessments into its regular planning process. |
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Ethics and Public Disclosure
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The U.S. institution can, upon request, provide to its accrediting agencies a full accounting of the financing of its international program, including an accounting of funds designated for third parties within any contractual relationship. |
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The U.S. institution ensures that all media presentations about the international program are factual, fair, and accurate. |
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The U.S. institution’s primary catalog describes its international program. |
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The U.S. institution does not sell or franchise the rights to its name or its accreditation. |
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The U.S. institution ensures that all references to transfer of academic credit reflect the reality of U.S. practice. |
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The U.S. institution ensures that if U.S. accreditation is mentioned in materials related to the international program, the role and purpose of U.S. accreditation is fairly and accurately explained within these materials. |
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Contractual Arrangements
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The official contract is in English and the primary language of the contracting institution. |
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The contract specifically provides that the U.S. institution controls the international program in conformity with these guidelines and the requirements of the U.S. institution’s accreditation. |
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The U.S. institution confirms that the foreign party to the contract is legally qualified to enter into the contract. |
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The contract clearly states that the legal jurisdiction under which its provisions will be interpreted will be that of the U.S. institution. |
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Conditions for program termination specified in the contract include appropriate protection for enrolled students. |
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