Anne Arundel Community College is a comprehensive community center of higher learning. The vision of Anne Arundel is to be among the first in the nation to meet the call for higher expectations, to rethink the way we educate our students -- to respond to the challenges of a global economy and make our students among the best prepared citizens and workers of the world.

Baker College is the largest private college system in Michigan, and is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Baker College system, which serves over 17,000 students on 11 campuses and six satellite locations, grants certificates, associate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees in business, health and human service, and technical fields. It also boasts one of the largest on-line enrollments in the country.

Central Texas College provides quality instructional programs that will prepare students to fully participate in educational, occupational, economic, and social opportunities. Central Texas College has provided off-campus programs and services for more than 30 years and offered distance learning courses for more than 25 years. CTC programs are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Charter Oak State College was established in 1973 by the Connecticut Legislature to provide an alternative way for adults to earn a college degree. More than 5,500 men and women hold Charter Oak associate and bachelor’s degrees.

Cochise College was established in 1961 as the second community college in Arizona. The development of college programs and services has included the Center for Professional Development, Small Business Development Center, Career Services Center, Conferences and Elderhostel Program, Prison Education Programs, Adult Education, Binational Education Programs and Fort Huachuca Military Education Programs.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is an independent, non-sectarian, non-profit, coeducational university with a history dating back to the early days of aviation. The University serves culturally diverse students pursuing careers in aviation and aerospace.

Since 1971, SUNY Empire State College has been an international leader in providing innovative, adult-focused programs at the associate, bachelor's and master's degree levels throughout the State of New York, and beyond. The College was the first public nontraditional higher education institution to receive regional accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and among the first of its kind accredited in the United States.

Located in Fayetteville, NC, FTCC it is one of 59 institutions in the North Carolina Community College System. The purpose of Fayetteville Technical Community College is to provide low-cost vocational-technical, general education, college transfer, and continuing education programs which meet the needs and desires of its students and community.

Florida State University is a public and coeducational institution. It is a senior member of the ten state universities that compose the State University System of Florida. The main campus of the University is located in Tallahassee, the state's capital. The student body is 75 percent undergraduate, 19 percent graduate students, and 6 percent unclassified. FSU has sixteen major academic divisions.

For nearly 100 years, Franklin University has been the largest educator of nontraditional students in central Ohio, providing services and programs for students who work full time and may be older than those on traditional campuses. Franklin University has been nationally recognized for its service to students.

Indiana University brings educational opportunity into communities across the state and to citizens from around the world. With over 92,000 students, study-abroad opportunities, research partnerships on five continents, and with 445,000 alumni worldwide, IU is both a great public university and an internationally ranked institution of higher learning.

Kansas State University is a comprehensive, research, land-grant institution first serving students and the people of Kansas, and also the nation and the world. Since its founding in 1863, the University has evolved into a modern institution of higher education, committed to quality programs, and responsive to a rapidly changing world and the aspirations of an increasingly diverse society.

Lansing Community College serves nearly 40,000 students yearly. LCC offers nearly 150 degree and certificate programs and nearly 2500 different courses. The LCC Virtual College allows students to complete their coursework without time and place restrictions.

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is a public, comprehensive, land­grant university committed to fulfilling its fundamental purposes through exemplary undergraduate and graduate instruction, scholarly and creative research, and effective public service. The university, part of the University of North Carolina System, offers programs at the baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral levels with emphasis on engineering, science, technology, literature and other academic areas.

Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) is one of 23 two-year colleges that make up the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). The VCCS was established in 1966 with a mission which complements the missions of the secondary schools and the senior colleges and universities in the Commonwealth of Virginia. NVCC offers a wide range of programs meeting standards for transfer to baccalaureate degree programs in four-year colleges and universities.

Northwest Missouri State University is a state-assisted, four-year regional university. Founded in 1905, Northwest Missouri State has a recognized tradition of quality education.

Nova Southeastern University is the largest independent university in Florida with more than 18,000 students, and 2,426 full-time administration, faculty, and staff members.

Penn State University’s World Campus Program was launched in 1998. The World Campus is a University–wide, technology–based delivery initiative that is extending some of Penn State’s signature academic programs, for which there is an identified market need nationally or internationally, to learners around the world. It brings together the expertise of renowned faculty members, learner support services, and resources such as library access, orientation, registration and records, advising, logistics, assessment, career services, and informal learning and social opportunities structured to meet the needs of today’s busy adult learner.

Regents College, "America's First Virtual University," is the oldest college in the United States devoted exclusively to the needs of adult learners. With no residency requirement, Regents offers a flexible and affordable way for adults to maintain family, work, and community obligations while earning a college degree without leaving home. Regents College is a founding sponsor of the Commission for a Nation of Lifelong Learners, a unique and unprecedented partnership of business, labor, education, government, and philanthropy.

From its inception almost 20 years ago, Rio Salado has been a pioneer in distance learning and accelerated delivery options. Rio is committed to providing high-quality college credit and non-credit classes in the latest, most convenient formats. Rio Salado College is part of the Maricopa County Community College District.

St. Joseph’s College of Maine is a private, Catholic, primarily residential, coeducational liberal arts college founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy. SJCME offers challenging academic programs in the liberal arts and sciences, education, nursing, and business.

Saint Leo University is a world class university that offers top-notch academic programs and the resources of a large university in a small, student-centered environment. As the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in Florida, founded in 1889, the Benedictine values of Excellence, Community, Respect, Personal Development, Responsible Stewardship and Integrity are the cornerstones of academic and student life at Saint Leo University. A private, liberal arts college, Saint Leo University was ranked by U.S. News and World Reports as one of the top 10 southern liberal arts schools in the United States who provide students with small classes.

Thomas Edison State College was established by the State of New Jersey and chartered by the New Jersey Board of Higher Education in 1972. The College was founded for the purpose of providing diverse and alternative methods of achieving a collegiate education of the highest quality for mature adults.

Troy State University has provided higher education opportunities for adult students for more than one hundred years, and has been closely associated with Department of Defense agencies since 1961. The Troy State University Main Campus opened its doors in Troy, Alabama in 1887. Over the next 85 years, TSU created sites at Dothan, Maxwell AFB, and Europe. In 1979, the Troy State University Florida Region was created as part of the ‘University College’. Over the past several years, TSU has expanded its delivery of educational excellence to include new Distance Learning options and which have already made TSU a forerunner in Distance Education among the military.

The University of Alabama, the state’s oldest public university, is the senior comprehensive doctoral-level institution in Alabama. Established by constitutional provision, with subsequent statutory mandates and authorizations, the University advances the intellectual and social condition of all the people of the state through quality programs of research, instruction, and service.

University of the Incarnate Word is one of the many outgrowths of the original mission that brought the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word to San Antonio in 1869. University of the Incarnate Word is a Charter Member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and qualifies as an Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) under federal guidelines.

The University of Texas at Arlington is a 100-year-old, comprehensive research, teaching and public service institution located in the heart of the dynamic Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It is the second largest component of the world renowned University of Texas System and the sixth largest university in Texas.

Founded in November 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest state-supported institutions of higher education on the Pacific coast. The University is comprised of three campuses: the Seattle campus is made up of 16 schools and colleges whose faculty offer educational opportunities to students ranging from first year undergraduates through doctoral level candidates; the Bothell and Tacoma campuses, each developing a distinctive identity and undergoing rapid growth, offer diverse programs to upper division undergraduates and to graduate students.

Utah State University is a four-year, state university founded in 1888. More than 20,000 students are enrolled on campus or at education centers throughout the state. Typically, some 80 countries and every state in the nation are represented in the student body. With 45 departments

in 8 academic colleges as well as an extensive School of Graduate Studies, USU offers excellent opportunities in a wide range of subjects. Colleges include Agriculture, Business, Education, Engineering, Family Life, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Natural Resources, and Science. USU has an active distance education component with over 450 distance-learning students receiving degrees in 1995.