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• Common Ground Film Festival
• Community Resolution Services (CRS)
• Conflict Consultation Group
• Credentialed by 26 Project
• Culture and Conflict Group
• Environment Conflict Resolution Group
• Equine-Assisted Family Therapy Project
(in partnership with Stable Foundations)
• Gender and Conflict Group
• Interdisciplinary Collaborative Divorce
Fostering Resilience—A Team Initiative
• Latin American and Caribbean Forum
• Middle East and Islamic World Working Group
• Needs Assessment and Capacity Building for
Land Rights Process in Suriname
• Peace Education Working Group
• Students United with Parents and Educators
to Resolve Bullying (SUPERB)
• Systemic Change in Schools
• The Consortium for Narrative Research
and Practice
H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business
and Entrepreneurship
• Distinguished Lecture Series
• Hudson Institute of Entrepreneurship and
Executive Education
• H. Wayne Huizenga Sales Institute
• International Institute for Franchise Education
• International Society of Franchising
Mailman Segal Center for Human Development
Autism Institute
• Autism Consortium
• Baudhuin Preschool
• Severe Behavior Disorder Program
• Starting Right
• Unicorn Children’s Foundation Clinic
Early Childhood Institute
• Family Center Infant and Toddler Program
• Family Center Preschool
• Summer Exploration Camp
Family Institute
• Family support groups
• Parent coaching
• Parenting classes
• Parenting Place
Oceanographic Center
• Broward County Sea Turtle
Conservation Program
• Guy Harvey Research Institute
• National Coral Reef Institute
• Save Our Seas Shark Center
Shepard Broad Law Center
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinical
Program
• Consumer Protection Internship
• Pro Bono Honor Program
• Public Interest Law Center and Public Interest
Law Fellowship
• Street Law Program
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
The university meets regulations that govern the
delivery of distance education in Florida and the
other states where it offers programs. Although states
differ in regulations, the process through which the
university obtains state licensure and certification
typically involves review at three levels. At the state
government level, Nova Southeastern University must
qualify as a foreign corporation in order to do business in
a specific state. At the higher-education authority level,
NSU must complete an extensive application process
and a rigorous review by each state. At the accrediting
body level, the university must comply with specific
requirements concerning distance education programs
and general areas such as fiscal stability and student
support services for each off-campus program offering.
The purposes of this process are the safeguarding
of consumer interests and the assurance of quality
control. NSU currently has active distance education
programs in 12 countries; in Puerto Rico; and in 16
states, including Florida, in full accordance with the
regulations of each of those jurisdictions.
DISTANCE EDUCATION AT NSU
Nova Southeastern University is a pioneer in the area of
distance education, having initiated distance education
programs in 1972. It was the first university in the
United States to offer graduate programs in an online
format, with the creation of the electronic classroom.
NSU has been offering online programs and programs
with an online component since 1983. NSU was also the
first to use the Unix system to host online courses, and
one of the first to use the Internet to support instruction.