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October 1st, 2014 - 2:33 pm § in Misc.

Why is this Western Governors University ad on all the websites I search?

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September 10th, 2013 - 4:35 am § in Uncategorized

Nursing and Western Governors University

comment from a nurse about WGU: I am a Registered Nurse.  I got the degree that made me eligible for the NCLEX exam at a traditional brick and mortar college, and one of the oldest nursing programs in the country.  Nursing courses are all pass/fail.  The NCLEX exam is pass/fail.  Some schools gr[...]

January 15th, 2013 - 12:06 pm § in Misc.

More mail from the Western Governors University

This one if from [email protected] Comment Is it just me or does this whole article come across as completely biased so that the current 4 year universities can keep their stranglehold on higher education? To me it appears that people tend to be harsh about alternatives that threaten “the way[...]

November 12th, 2012 - 3:15 pm § in Misc.

What is an “Information Technology Mentor” at Western Governors UNiversity?

From WGU’s own blog … what are the qualifications for someone who mentors in information technology?  Would you hire an IT person who was “mentored” by someone with NO IT credential;s of her own? WGU Mentor Interview Series – Meet Ann Jacobsen 10/28/2010 12:15 pm What [...]

October 3rd, 2011 - 6:33 am § in Misc.

Western Governors University, a report by a very unhappy student and a response thread

from Ripoff Report, excerpted …. I start classes, if you can call the WGU intoductions to online education course a class. If you have an 8th grade education it is essentially busy work for a few weeks (cutting and pasting things from the school’s web site into Word documents to answer q[...]

June 16th, 2011 - 1:26 pm § in Misc.

Western Governors University of Washington .. up and running?

They even have a web site: There is a lot to look at there, but let me start on page one, the “about WGUW” page.  Over on the right they list two Washington state students who have praise for WGUW.  Here is one of these: “WGU has been the perfect solution for me as it […][...]

March 22nd, 2011 - 1:55 pm § in Schools & Colleges

Computer Science at an Online University, Western Governors University,

Ed. Michael Stiber, a UW professor on Computer Science at Western Governors University,” has written a brief review of the offerings in Computer Science at WGU. This is important because Comp Sci, Nursing and K-12 teacher education are the three areas where WGU claims to have considerable stre[...]

February 5th, 2014 - 3:04 am § in Misc.

GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY GETS PRESTIGOUS AWARD

  WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY GETS KOWSITALL AWARD! They certainly have been trying to earn this award for academic arrogance. After nearly two years I still can not get answers to questions from any source that supports Western Governors University about how WGU even qualifies as a university whi[...]

October 1st, 2012 - 10:49 am § in Uncategorized

Western Governers, Faux Universities and Election 2012

THE Ave hopes you will not ignore the relevance of BOTH parties to the effort to replace high quality AMERICAN education with one another sort of low quality … good enout for the masses alternative .. Western Governors is a great example. Read this article from Bloomberg (my amendments are in [...]

September 27th, 2012 - 3:47 am § in Misc., Schools & Colleges, UW

How to Fund a Major University

A serious challenge faces all of us at the UW.  What are we going to be?  How do we attract new, young faculty  competitive enough to eventually win a federal grants or stimulate their students to greatness? The desperate reaction to Washington state’s cuts to higher education have led, rig[...]