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- ↑ "DR. SLAWON STRESSES IMPROVED HIGHER EDUCATION -Outlines Government's Achievements". In Profile Daily. 20 March 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ↑ Best, Bai (28 June 2018). "6 'Bogus Universities' Ordered Closed". Liberia Observer.
- ↑ "Public Universities". National Commission of Higher Education. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kwanue, C.Y. (February 7, 2010). "Faculty at Liberia's 9 Universities, Colleges Numbers 1,137". Daily Observer. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Faith Based Higher Education Institutions". National Commission of Higher Education. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Private Tertiary Institutions". National Commission of Higher Education. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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