2017 Fact Book

15 Shepard Broad College of Law • Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic • Career Development Programs • Children and Families Clinic • Civil Field Placement Clinics • Criminal Field Placement Clinics • Environmental and Land Use Law Clinic • Pro Bono Honor Program • Service-Learning Classes • Student Organization led initiatives • Veterans Law Clinic Regional Campuses The regional campuses serve students throughout Florida in Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Miramar, Orlando, Palm Beach, and Tampa, as well as in Puerto Rico. NSU’s regional campus’s faculty and staff members and students partner with local organizations to make a positive impact on the communities they serve. A partial list of community involvement is listed here: Fort Myers • College Goal Sunday • Fort Myers Regional Campus Community Day and Health Fair • Junior Achievement Jacksonville • Bridge of Northeast Florida • Dignity U Wear • Relay for Life Miami • Miami-Dade County Public Schools—Career Day participation • Relay for Life • The West Kendall Community Partners— Garden Project at Felix Varela Orlando • Boys and Girls Club Shark Tank Competition • Drug Free Coalition • Second Harvest Food Bank Palm Beach • Gulfstream Goodwill Industries—clothing drive • Samaritan Purse—Christmas boxes for the less fortunate • T. Leroy Jefferson Medical Society—Health Care and Science Stars of Tomorrow Career Symposium Tampa • Crisis Center of Tampa Bay—donation drive for sexual assault awareness • Jamaica Medical Mission • Walk in Her Shoes—Tampa Bay 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 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 library resources 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 4 countries; in Puerto Rico; and in 13 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. At NSU, distance education is delivered using a variety of instructional delivery systems. Modes of delivery to