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General Information
Pre-dating The World Wide Web or "The Internet" by some 15 years, as a “distance education institution of higher learning, City University Los Angeles was–in this age of revolutionary high technological achievement–the "standard" for Internet-based higher education. Its motto, “A worldwide university for accomplished individuals,” places City University Los Angeles in the vanguard of academic institutions that view the person above the subject matter.
The university’s campus-based or residential programs in physical therapy were established in The Netherlands (Holland) under the leadership of Prof. Bert van Wingerden, Ph.D., Dean of CULA’s Graduate School of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences. The first European Graduation and Conferral Ceremony for students completing at least a two-year residential program was conducted by Chancellor Anderson on September 5, 1998 in Gennep, The Netherlands, with a local mayor delivering the commencement address.
In 2004, CULA moved its International Headquarters to Rabat, Morocco [North Africa] to serve that region. Yasser Medkouri, M.D. was appointed the Directur of Programmes. Qualified students were offered graduate programs in business, leading to the M.B.A. degree in such majors as banking, finance, accounting, marketing, public and private administration, and creative management.
In support of the goals and objectives of the 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Hussein Obama and the expectations of millions of people around the world, CULA is looking to establish a regional presence in South America during 2009.
Reference Listings and Citations
City University Los Angeles is recognized by the U. S. Department of Education as institution number unitid 112233 in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics, Washington, D.C. 20208.
City University Los Angeles is listed in the 1995 Directory of Postsecondary Institutions, Volume 1, 4-Year and 2-Year Intitutions. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, NCES 96-033-1.
City University Los Angeles is listed by U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. 1997 Directory of Postsecondary Instutions, Volume 1, Degree-Granting Institutions, NCES 98-299-1. Project Officers, Samuel Barbett and Austin Lin. Washington, DC: 1998.
City University Los Angeles is listed by the California State Department of Finance, Total and Full-time Enrollment California Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 1981, Fall 1982, Fall 1983, before and after: Sacramento California.
City University Los Angeles was first approved by the United States Immigrationn and Naturalization Service (INS) for attendance by non-immigrant alien students on March 31, 1981. For current INS status and/or CULA enrollment policy, please go to the admissions section of this Web Site or check with the school at (310)671-0783 (Public Affairs Office).
City University Los Angeles maintains a corporate account with the United States Postal service, Express Mail Delivery. The institution has had, but has not used in recent years a non-profit bulk mail permit.
City University Los Angeles is listed as a 'Member in Good Standing' and is accredited by the Association of Accredited Private Schools, Marion, South Carolina, USA.
City University Los Angeles is listed in College Facts Chart, 1984-85, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1999-2000 and earlier Editions. Prepared Annually by the National Beta Club: Spartanburg, South Carolina.
City University Los Angeles is listed on page 34 in Accredited College Degrees by Correspondence: Herald Crenshaw Publishing Company, Philadelphia: 1996, 26th Printing.
City University Los Angeles is listed in a number of editions of Bear's Guide to College Degrees by Mail, as amended. Publications have different sub-titles, publishers, dates and publication cities.
City University Los Angeles is variously listed in many generations of publications and more recently at a number of Internet-based directories and Web Sites. CULA is not responsible for the contents of any listings whatsoever; and interested parties are advised to make their own judgments concerning any secondhand information.
Citations
City of Los Angeles, State of California... Nation of Hawai'i, Office of the Head of State...
...It is the decision of the Commission on Higher Education to grant approval to issue academic degrees to City University, Pu'uhonuao Waimanalo, Waimanalo, 'Oahu, Hawai'i...All persons in free and sovereign nations throughout the world are requested to receive this document with all rights, privileges and honors hereunto appertaining. –Pu'uhonua B. Kanahele, Head of State, 1995
The Senate, California Legislature...
...Resolved by the Senate Rules Committee, That the Members commend City University Los Angeles for its exemplary record of diligent and devoted service to and concern for the educational needs of mature adults in the Los Angeles area, and especially in the area of professional advancement with the opening of the university's two law school campuses in Bakersfield and South Central Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles...
...For outstanding service in making possible to accomplished individuals the proper certification required by practicing professions in their career advancement, and for producing alumni who serve as leaders in their respective fields, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles extends its congratulations and best wishes to the university, its faculty and its President, Dr. Henry L. N. Anderson, upon the third anniversary of City University Los Angeles and the opening of its School of Law. –Kenneth Hahn, Supervisor, Second District, December 1976.
Congress of the United States, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C...
...Whereas City University Los Angeles has served the community since 1974 with a higher education program that makes it possible for accomplished individuals to obtain academic degrees at the level of their competency through evaluation rather than instruction...has provided jobs for adults and has cooperated with Los Angeles City and County in providing work experience and educational programs for the youth of the inner City.
THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN THIS 15th day of December, 1976 that we are in recognition of the City University Los Angeles upon the opening of a School of Law with two campuses, one in Bakersfield and one in Los Angeles. It is a pleasure to honor today the University President, Henry L. N. Anderson upon this momentous occasion and to wish him and the University success in the coming years. –Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Member of Congress, 28th Congressional Dist.
Empire Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah, Emperial Headquarters--Washitaw Proper...
...It gives me great pleasure to recognize your institution of higher learning and the Empire Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah wants to add City University Los Angeles to the Indigenous listing of colleges and universities that bring to its students education with the spirit of Washitaw LOVE, TRUTH, PEACE, FREEDOM, and JUSTICE. Congratulations and now on to the next millennium. --Her Highness Verdiacee "Tiari" Washitaw-Turner Goston El-Bey, Empress, June 19, 1999
Commemoration of Sisterhood Association, Four Institutions Participating...
Representing the United States of America, City University Los Angeles was the only U.S.A. institution of higher learning invited to join the Sisterhood Association. The other three institutions were: International Peace Promotion Association of the Republic of China; International Cultural (Foundation) Association of the Republic of Korea; and Japan Cultural Promotion Association, Tokyo–June 25, 1997.
Since 1974, City University Los Angeles has received recognition and citations too numerous to list. They have come from governments, companies, organizations (religious and secular), educational institutions, associations, groups and individuals. Of all these, City University Los Angeles graciously accepts the thoughtfulness. However, the university's greatest pleasures come from the few written and spoken words, received occasionally, from its accomplished alumni all over the world.
The very best "judge" of the credibility of an educational institution is the character of that institution's graduates of alumni. For example, Yale University is older than "accrediting associations" as we know them. Yet, Yale has produced more U.S. Presidents than any other U.S. School. And, Yale graduates have founded more institutions of higher learning than any other school's graduates. The founding chancellor of City University Los Angeles, Dr. Henry L. N. Anderson, is a Yale University graduate (Yale University Tercentennial Alumni Directory, 1701-2001, pg. 24).
City University Los Angeles enters the 21st Century still in the vanguard of non-traditional higher educational institutions that recognize the God-given rights to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” without interference by self-serving commercial parasites, or by such artificial status as sex, size, nationality, accreditation, race, handicap, weight, height, religion, color, sexual preference, or other non-performance status indices.
CULA believes in the sovereignty of individual souls, and encourages directed study through its “distance education” model to the end that graduates become—or remain—“agents of change” for the improvement of the human condition, at home and abroad, in the spirit of Love, Truth, Peace, Freedom and Justice.
City University Los Angeles can be found listed, as we have shown, in many publications and in various directories of colleges and universities throughout the world.
Institutional Accreditation As noted elsewhere, since its founding in 1974, CULA has been awarded recognition, approval and accreditation by various agencies and sovereign governments. As a private school, City University Los Angeles, was first accepted into membership of the Association of Accredited Private Schools in 1998. During the four years, from 1998 to 2001, CULA remained an institution "In Good Standing" with AAPS. In October of 2001, the institution was informed it was awarded full accreditation through AAPS, which itself had been acquired as the official accrediting agency of the Uaxashaktun Ministry of Education. As with all forms of accreditation, private and public, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, Distance Education and Training Council, the California State Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Education and other agencies remind consumers that accreditation in the United States of America is awarded by non-US governmental agencies, and "is a process that gives public recognition to institutions that meet certain standards. It is a promise that an institution will provide the quality of education it claims to offer...." Acceptance of Credits and Degrees According to 1993 statements by the State of California Department of Education, "Accreditation is not a guarantee of consumer protection. The evaluation criteria of accrediting bodies tend to be general and non-uniform, because of the great diversity of postsecondary educational institutions and accrediting bodies in the United States." And further that, "Because accreditation is granted by a private, non-governmental body, requiring candidates for professional licensure to obtain education from an accredited institution as a prerequisite for licensure may be a denial of the candidates' constitutional rights." Dr. Robert D. Welty, Consultant in the Office of Private Postsecondary Education, wrote in 1979: "City University Los Angeles is authorized to operate under California law. The degrees they award after instruction has taken place are legal degrees and recognized under the law as equal to their counterparts from other schools any place in the world. "Acceptance of their degrees by other schools and/or employers is at the discretion of the people involved which is true of any degree." CULA degrees have been accepted by Sao Paulo University, Getulio Vargas University and Escola Superior de Negocios, and the higher education system of Brazil, entitling graduates to pursue further studies recognized by the government of Brazil and the Ministry of Education. City University Los Angeles was recognized by and “authorized to operate under Section 15(a) of Decree 32 of (the) 1987 Law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as a “Distant Learning and External Degree Awarding Institution of Higher Learning.”
The Director of Personnel and Staff Development in the Norwalk Public Schools wrote in April of 1995: "To Whom It May Concern: This is to confirm that City University in Los Angeles, California is an accredited institution according to the Connecticut State Department of Education. "All graduate credits earned at City University will be accepted toward a degree level change." On January 11, 1990 the New England Association of Schools & Colleges, Inc. wrote: "...This commission..." expects "...our affiliated institutions in determining the value of credit in transfer from abroad to undertake to asses [sic] the validity of that credit before accepting it... Accreditation speaks to the probability but does not guarantee that students have met acceptable standards of educational accomplishment... Institutions are encouraged to review their policies and practices periodically to ensure that they accomplish the institution's objectives and that they function in a manner that is fair and equitable to students...." U.S. Department of Education
"Accreditation does not provide automatic acceptance by an institution of credit earned at another institution, nor does it give assurance of acceptance of graduates by employers. Acceptance of students or graduates is always the prerogative of the receiving institution or employer...." For overseas students, it is highly recommended that: "Due to the fact that the United States of America and (name of your country) have both subscribed The Hague Convention (which has abolished the requirement of legalizing public documents for foreign countries), the diploma and the transcripts should be sent to The OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE in California, in order to have the 'Apostille' affixed. With the apostille certification the documents are entitled to recognition in any of the countries that have joined the Convention." City University Los Angeles is an accredited institution that does not seek participation in U.S. government's funded educational programs. CULA is a private institution and is privately funded. FACILITIESThe Postgraduate study and Research Center, a residential or campus-based facility of CULA, within the Graduate School of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, is located at Kalboerstraat 2, 6591 BA GENNEP, The Netherlands. Prof. Bert van Wingerden is the dean of the school.
The World Wide Web address for CULA, "A Worldwide University for Accomplished Individuals–Since 1974", is http://www.cula.edu. The advent of the Internet, developed by fellow University of California, Los Angeles Alumnae of founding City University Los Angeles Chancellor Anderson, truly helps the university fulfill its mission, purpose and objectives. The dream of providing higher educational opportunity to working adults is now more than a reality! Alumni Affairs Offices:
LIBRARYExternal students are required to rely upon library facilities available to them in their respective communities. CULA provides a photo identification card verifying the period of enrollment and offering a $100.00 warranty to any library honoring the CULA student I.D. card. If such university, public, or private library resources are not available, this could be grounds for rejecting an application for enrollment.
Graduate instruction is scheduled in Sportscience and in Sports Physical Therapy (Master and Doctorate levels only). CULA provides verifications of program completion, official transcripts, and student copies. Any such requests must be presented to the Office of the Registrar and be on company or official letterhead, signed by an authorized individual. City University Los Angeles reserves the right to refuse to provide any information, if by providing such information the student's "right to privacy" would be violated. STUDENT SERVICESStudents are invited and welcome to discuss academic, personal, or financial concerns. Also, students are invited to make input and vote on actions being taken by any standing committee of the university, whether it is Admissions, Faculty, Academic Affairs, Student Services, or Administrative.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVESCity University Los Angeles was founded under, and always has been protected under the ‘free speech’ and other provisions of the Constitution of the United States of America, and its various Amendments.
The founding non-profit California corporation operates under state and federal laws to conduct the educational and charitable purposes for which it was founded. City University Los Angeles has become “more than one institution” in that it operates as a lawful institution worldwide. Dr. Robert D. Welty, Consultant, California State Department of Education, wrote in 1979 that: “I have been requested by Dr. Anderson, President of City University Los Angeles to respond to allegations made by persons named in the attached document. Not being sure just who he wishes to send my response I have prepared the following statement for him to distribute to the appropriate persons.
‘City University Los Angeles is authorized to operate under California law. The degrees they award after instruction has taken place are legal degrees and recognized under the law as equal to their counterparts from other schools any place in the world. What Dr. Welty says above is true of all lawful institutions. However, students from around the world should not assume acceptance of your “American degree” by all schools, by all employers, by all governments, by all agencies, or by all individuals. Even God’s own children do not enjoy such ‘universal acceptance!’ City University Los Angeles was conceptualized in 1969, when its founder, Dr. Henry L. N. Anderson, was a member of staff at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), serving as the Director of Project Upward Bound and Associate Director of the Department of Special Educational Programs. Observing the students of “higher potential” who had not scored well on various standardized testing instruments, which colleges and universities heavily relied upon to select new admittees, Anderson saw the day when “Anderson Schools...Chicago, New York, London, Madras, Rio de Janiero, Atlanta, Lagos, Philadelphia, Los Angeles would serve this ‘overlooked’ group of talented adults. Then, in 1970, the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education published a report, expressing the identical concerns observed by Dr. Anderson. That report, urging colleges and universities to develop programs which provided adult learners “less time and more options,” gave ‘birth’ to a new wave of educational programming which came to be known as “alternative higher education” and later as “distance education.” Dr. Anderson wrote to the State University of New York (Regents External Degree Programs), seeking information and guidance. On several occasions he spoke with staff, who not only guided, but provided complete sets of their literature, and much encouragement, as well. Thus, in October of 1974, an official “full disclosure” was filed with the California State Department of Education, and City University Los Angeles became a functioning reality. Operating only “external degree programs” for the first few years, two residential law school programs were added in 1976, in Bakersfield, California and in Los Angeles. By 1978, it had become clear that the residential programs would be too expensive to operate; did not add anything new to educational opportunity; and took the university away from its primary mission. In that same year, the law school curriculum was converted to “correspondence study.” In the mid-1980’s, after numerous changes in the California Education Code, administration decided to consolidate into CITY UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES. Bakersfield School of Law was suspended, since its curriculum and staff were the same as for City University School of Law. City University Los Angeles continues to offer quality programs as “A Worldwide University for Accomplished Individuals,” and has alumni in many countries throughout the world. WORLD WIDE ALUMNI ACCEPTANCECity University Los Angeles is listed as a "Member in Good Standing" and is accredited by the Association of Accredited Private Schools (AAPS), Marion, South Carolina, USA. The school has operated as a “nontraditional,” undergraduate and graduate degree-granting institution since 1974.
School of law students were permitted to take the California Bar Exam to become lawyers. Some of them passed the bar exam and are practicing lawyers in California, within corporations, and others are engaged in both government and the private sector, as CEO’s and legal consultants. A number of law school graduates settled for the ‘personal satisfaction’ they derived from completing “a life-long dream. Many law students came from non-legal academic backgrounds. ” Graduates of CULA may be found, in limited numbers in a wide variety of human endeavor. It may be well to note, as California Department of Education has cautioned:
“...Because accreditation is granted by a private, non-governmental body, requiring candidates for professional licensure to obtain education from an accredited institution as a prerequisite for licensure may be a denial of the candidates’ constitutional rights.” City University Los Angeles was recognized by and “authorized to operate under Section 15(a) of Decree 32 of (the) 1987 Law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as a “Distant Learning and External Degree Awarding Institution of Higher Learning.”
City University Los Angeles and its degrees have been accepted by Sao Paulo University, Getulio Vargs University and Escola Superior de Negocios, and the higher education system of Brazil, entitling graduates to pursue further studies recognized by the government of Brazil and the Ministry of Education. This means CULA has ‘accreditation’ in Brazil for matriculating students. Other countries also recognize CULA degrees and its graduates are accepted in the work place, in government, in private industry and in society. Many country leaders are alumni of CULA, including presidents, ministers, ambassadors, philanthropists, company executives, journalists, artists, civil leaders, professors, business men and women, and females in many walks of life. Some of these countries are Amirates Argentina, Australia, British West Indies, Canada, China, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Germany, Guam, Hawai’i, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Lebenon, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Qutar, Quwait, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Netherlands, Trinidad/Tobago, United Arab, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, Washitaw, and many others. The government of the United States, and its agencies, recognize lawful actions and recognition extended by friendly countries, including their Ministries of Education. This means CULA has recognition from agencies recognized by the U.S. government. The above notwithstanding, CULA is still being encouraged by worldwide alumni to initiate a lawful proceeding to challenge, and hopefully curtain the practice of “accreditation status discrimination” as it is practiced by the U.S. Department of Education, regional accrediting associations, professional agencies, some employers and any others who rely upon ‘status’ rather than ‘performance’ to reject, discredit or deny individuals, solely because their degrees were not earned at schools accredited by “agencies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.” It may be well to note, as California has cautioned: "Because accreditation is granted by a private, non-governmental body, requiring candidates for professional licensure to obtain education from an accredited institution as a prerequisite for licensure may be a denial of the candidate's constitutional rights." --CPPVE, 1993 |
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