[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39371-39372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17122]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Commission of Accreditation for 
Schools and Universities LLC

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 24, 2019, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), American Commission of 
Accreditation for Schools and Universities LLC (``ACASU'') has filed 
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the 
Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of 
business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature 
and scope of its standards development activities. The notifications 
were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting 
the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances.
    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: American 
Commission of Accreditation for Schools and Universities LLC, Syracuse, 
NY. The nature and scope of ACASU's standards development activities 
are: To develop educational standards and pedagogical tools for 
international schools and colleges. They will be related to the 
following categories: School governance structures; educational content 
and delivery; school operations; school culture; and quality 
improvement and maintenance plans. Standards will be developed in 
partnership with various experts in school and college education to 
promote a broad perspective and ensure applicability to varied 
international environments. Standards will go through a process of 
ongoing evaluation and revision based on feedback from our clients and 
through systematic review processes entailing additional experts. ACASU 
will also provide evaluation, accreditation, and education training 
services for educational institutions through the use of pedagogical 
evaluation tools and

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processes for schools and colleges wishing to do so on a voluntary 
basis. ACASU's mission is to endorse the highest quality education for 
students to lead to a lifetime of achievement and service to others in 
a connected world.

Suzanne Morris,
Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Unit, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-17122 Filed 8-8-19; 8:45 am]
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