Wyoming the home of online schools – State law allows the operation of unaccredited facilities

The campus of American Capital University has no tree-shaded quadrangle, no stately old buildings or libraries, no classrooms, no fraternity houses — not even a student curled up with a book in a quiet corner.

There’s just a middle-age man who sits at a computer in a tiny, undecorated, windowless office in the basement of a downtown building.

But in a sense, this fellow — Bill Allen, American Capital University’s chief academic officer — has lots of company: Wyoming licenses 10 other online schools that are not accredited by any mainstream organization and maintain only a token physical presence in the state.

By Mead Gruver
The Associated Press

(Thanks to Headwaters News for passing this along.- Russ)

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