We offer an educational process, not a place. Strassford University provides all of our services via electronic delivery, with no residency requirements. This is the reason we do what we do for such small fees. The idea of centralized government control over higher education in the United States was rejected in favor of a system of voluntary regional accreditation organizations. Membership in any one of the several U.S. regional accrediting associations is strictly voluntary. These regional accrediting associations are privately owned and operated and are not owned or operated by the U.S. Government or the U.S. Department of Education.