St. John International University: Difference between revisions

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'''St. John International University''' (SJIU) iswas a private,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sjiu.it/charter-mission.php |title=Charter & Mission |website=sjiu.it |publisher=St. John International University |accessarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528073451/http://www.sjiu.it/charter-datemission.php |archivedate=FebruaryMay 1928, 2015}}</ref> independent and formerly American [[university]] founded in 2007. It was incorporated by the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Hampshire]] in 2008 but lost its right to grant degrees in 2014.<ref name="IHED1">{{cite web |url=http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/07/01/troubled-italian-university-loses-us-degree-granting-authority#sthash.T7gNUq4u.M2zvQ4DB.dpbs |title=Troubled Italian University Loses U.S. Degree-Granting Authority |publisher=Inside Higher Ed |date=July 1, 2014 |access-date=February 19, 2015}}</ref> The university's campus was located in the Renaissance [[Della Rovere]] Castle in [[Vinovo]] ([[Turin|Torino]]), Italy, and its main office was in [[Concord, New Hampshire]].

SJIU offersoffered 4four-year undergraduate degrees, 2two-year graduate programs, short-term study abroad academic programs and English Languagelanguage preparatory programs. As detailed in its mission statement, it was the first environmental American university in Italy.

In May 2008, the Postsecondary Education Commission of the State of New Hampshire, Postsecondary Education Commission, voted to grant approval to St. John Internationalthe Universityuniversity to offer undergraduate and graduate Degreesdegrees. On June 29, 2009, the New Hampshire legislature authorized it to confer degrees upon its graduates, subject to the authority of the New Hampshire Postsecondary Education Commission. However, on June 30, 2014, the school lost its right to grant degrees.<ref name="IHED1" />

SJIU offersoffered undergraduate and graduate courses in the liberal arts, humanities and arts and sciences. Courses throughout the summer and academic year canwere be takenavailable in the following disciplines: architecture, art history, environmental sciences, political science, business administration, economics, history, Italian language and culture, film studies, computer science, sociology, religious studies, and modern languages and literature.

St. John International University offersoffered the following undergraduate and graduate programs:

==Loss of Degree-Grantingability Authorityto grant degrees==

On 30 June 30, 2014, after several years of controversy related to lack of proper finances and unpaid wages to current and former employees,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/22/disputes-about-unpaid-wages-renew-questions-about-oversight-italian-university#sthash.NEr8zO9Y.dpbs |title=Disputes about unpaid wages renew questions about oversight of Italian university chartered by New Hampshire |publisher=Inside Higher Ed |date=November 22, 2013 |access-date=February 19, 2015 |last=Redden |first=Elizabeth}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unionleader.com/article/20121021/NEWS02/710219890 |title=St. John International University's future uncertain as debt looms |website=UnionLeader.com |publisher=The [[New Hampshire Union Leader]] |last=Solomon |first=Dave |date=October 21, 2012 |access-date=February 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/10/26/new-hampshire-approved-university-italy-comes-under-scrutiny#sthash.fN0vncj1.dpbs |title=New Hampshire-approved university in Italy comes under scrutiny |publisher=Inside Higher Ed |date=October 26, 2012 |access-date=February 19, 2015 |last=Redden |first=Elizabeth}}</ref> St. John International University lost its degree-granting authority. when Thethe New Hampshire Higher Education Commission voted unanimously not to renew the Universityschool's degree-granting authority, thus allowing it to expire on 30 June 2014. Since the degree-granting authority was simply allowed to expire, rather than being revoked, SJIU does not have the option of appealing the Commission's decision.<ref name="IHED1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nhpr.org/post/nh-wont-renew-approval-italian-university |title=N.H. Won't Renew Approval of Italian University |publisher=[[New Hampshire Public Radio]] |last=Rogers |first=Josh |date=July 1, 2014 |access-date=February 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.education.nh.gov/highered/commission/documents/minutes20140630.pdf |title=Minutes of the meeting of June 30, 2014 |publisher=[[State of New Hampshire]] Department Of Education |format=pdf |date=June 30, 2014 |access-date=February 19, 2015}}</ref> As a result, St. John International University is no longer an American university.

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