據(jù)了解,美國憲法規(guī)定,各州政府負責(zé)注冊并審批各類高等院校,但各院校是否被社會所認可則取決于政府承認的認證機構(gòu)的認證。
美國高等院校包括公立與私立兩種。主要實行二年學(xué)制或四年學(xué)制,二年制的多為技術(shù)??茖W(xué)校和社區(qū)學(xué)院。據(jù)統(tǒng)計,目前美國各類高等院校有3600多所。
美國高等院校的質(zhì)量認證一般由專業(yè)認證機構(gòu)負責(zé),經(jīng)美國教育部認可的專業(yè)認證機構(gòu)主要有六大區(qū)域認證機構(gòu)及近百個專業(yè)認證機構(gòu)。聯(lián)邦政府通過認證機構(gòu)間接起到對各院校的管理與規(guī)范。全美高等教育認證委員會(CHEA)是協(xié)調(diào)并審核認證機構(gòu)的專業(yè)機構(gòu)。 通過區(qū)域性認證協(xié)會或其它專業(yè)認證機構(gòu)的認證,各院校可實現(xiàn)學(xué)分相互轉(zhuǎn)換,所頒發(fā)的學(xué)位證書或文憑證書能獲得社會的廣泛認可。
2012年美國俄亥俄州教育部批準境外正規(guī)高校名單:
Ohio
Academy of Court Reporting (Akron)
Academy of Court Reporting (Cincinnati)
Academy of Court Reporting (Cleveland)
Academy of Court Reporting (Columbus)
AEC Southern Ohio College (Akron)
AEC Southern Ohio College (Cincinnati)
AEC Southern Ohio College (Findlay)
AEC Southern Ohio College-North Canton (North Canton)
Air Force Institute of Technology (Wright-Patterson AFB)
Akron Institute (Cuyahoga Falls)
Akron Machining Institute (Norton)
Allegheny Wesleyan College (Salem)
American Institute of Alternative Med. (Columbus)
American School of Technology (Columbus)
Antioch University (Yellow Springs)
Antonelli College (Cincinnati)
Art Academy of Cincinnati (Cincinnati)
The Art Institute of Cincinnati (Cincinnati)
Ashland Theological Seminary (Ashland)
Ashland University (Ashland)
Athenaeum of Ohio (Cincinnati)
ATS Institute of Technology (Highland Heights)
Aveda Fredric‘s Institute (Cincinnati)
Baldwin-Wallace College (Berea)
Beatrice Academy of Beauty (Cleveland)
Belmont Technical College (St. Clairsville)
Bluffton College (Bluffton)
Bohecker’s College (Ravenna)
Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green)
Bradford School (Columbus)
Brown Aveda Institute (Mentor)
Capital University (Columbus)
Carnegie Institute of Integrative Medicine and Massotherapy (Suffield)
Carousel Beauty College (Dayton)
Carousel Beauty College (Kettering)
Carousel Beauty College (Middletown)
Carousel Beauty College (Springfield)
Carousel of Miami Valley Beauty College (Huber Heights)
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland)
Cedarville University (Cedarville)
Central Ohio Technical College (Newark)
Central State University (Wilberforce)
Century School of Cosmetology, Inc. (Steubenville)
Charmayne Beauty Academy (Maple Heights)
Chatfield College (St. Martin)
CIMS College (Whitehall)
Cincinnati Bible College (CINCINNATI)
Cincinnati Bible College and Seminary (Cincinnati)
Cincinnati Bible Seminary (Cincinnati)
Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science (Cincinnati)
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College (Cincinnati)
Circleville Bible College (Circleville)
Clark State Community College (Springfield)
Cleveland Institute of Art (Cleveland)
Cleveland Institute of Dental and (Lyndhurst)
Cleveland Institute of Dental and (Mentor)
Cleveland Institute of Dental (Cleveland)
Cleveland Institute of Music (Cleveland)
Cleveland State University (Cleveland)