Newport International University

Newport International University (NIU) is a non-accredited for-profit educational institution incorporated in Wyoming.[1] According to its website, it has an office in West Hills (Los Angeles), California.[2]

NIU was incorporated in Wyoming in 2002 and formerly operated there under a permissive state higher education law. After the state enacted a new law in 2006 requiring higher education institutions to be accredited or seek accreditation in order to remain in the state, NIU filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the new state law. The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld the law in a June 2008 ruling, and in April 2009 NIU relinquished its Wyoming registration and announced plans to merge with Newport University in California.[1][3][4]

While based in Wyoming, NIU operated educational programs in about 14 countries around the world. In 2005 the government of Kenya nullified more than 200 degrees that NIU had awarded in that country.[3][5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Important Information Concerning the Legal Status of Newport International University, Newport International University website, accessed April 22, 2010
  2. ↑ Newport International University © 2012
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Charles Huckabee, Unaccredited Institution to Leave Wyoming, The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 12, 2009
  4. ↑ Wyoming Supreme Court opinion No. S-07-0234, June 25, 2008
  5. ↑ Wachira Kigotho, East Africa to Crack Down on Unaccredited Universities, The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 7, 2006

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