APSCU members and their students participate in a variety of government-sponsored financial aid programs to assist students in paying the cost of their education. The largest source of such support are the federal programs of student financial assistance under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, commonly referred to as ―Title IV Programs, which are administered by the U.S. Department of Education.
Important objectives of this guidance document are to help Institutions understand the misrepresentation rule and equip them with the appropriate legal background related to third-party advertising and marketing.
The Code of Conduct clearly articulates that our members agree and commit to a collection of fundamental ethical practices in the delivery of educational services, always putting students first.
APSCU encourages every member to develop and implement its own internal code of ethics and conduct to guide their employees and we offer a Model Employee Code as a starting point.
The need for state licensure or approval is determined by the laws and regulations of each state, whichare quite varied across the country. This is a document put together to assist institutions in finding and complying with these regulations. The document was created through colaboration of the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies, Southern Regional Education Board, the American Distance Education Consortium and the University of Wyoming. This list is inteded to provide institutions with a starting point for determining the states, if any, in which approval needs to be secured.
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Skills Gap APSCU lays out the skills gap in relation to the workforce
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APSCU Facts
PSCUs open doors to many of the 13 million unemployed and 90 million underemployed Americans by providing a skills-based education. To remain competitive over the next decade, we must identify between 8 and 23 million new workers with postsecondary skills.PSCUs are a necessary part of that solution, having produced over 800,000 degrees last year alone.
