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[...]
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March 22nd, 2011 - 1:55 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Computer Science at an Online University, Western Governors University,
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[...]
The Scandal of Online Education
Highline, a new online magazine from the Huffington Post has a disturbing article on the abuse of higher education by private, for profit, online education services. The author, Kevin Carey is the director of education policy program at a policy institute, New America. His key points [...]
April 9th, 2019 - 8:30 am § in The Ave Scene
Why I Oppose “Free College”
The Bernies are touting another slogan .. free college. Great slogan but an idea that they have not thought out. The US has about 30 million college-age kids. If we estimate the cost of college at $50,000, that comes out to $1,500,000,000,000. That is 1.5% TRILLION dollars! The Bernies prot[...]
May 9th, 2018 - 9:27 am § in Schools & Colleges
Seattle Times Hypes WGU
Online-focused Western Governors University is thriving in Washington state; can it keep growing? Seattle Times Anyone concerned about the future of higher education, or the problems faced by UW adjunct faculty or by our excellent community colleges, should read this article by Katherine Long w[...]
Why I have started an adjudication against President Cauce, Vice Provost Cameron, Dean Ramsey, and my chair
THE FAILURE OF THE UW ADMISTRATION The University of Washington faculty, like the faculty at other major American research universities is governed by a Faculty Code, a set of laws written by the Faculty Senate, voted on by the faculty, and enacted by the Regents. Sadly, this is a story about [...]
March 7th, 2015 - 1:01 am § in The Ave Scene
How to make a LOT of money, TAX FREE!
The NY Times has a disturbing article on a scam being run by “non profit” universities. The scam is pretty simple and has three parts. 1. Non profits escape scrutiny. The federal government has focused on false promises that for profit schools make to train a student to get a[...]
Seattle NEEDS to Create a Public School
Seattle lacks an elite high school because such a school would require hiring an elite cadre of teachers .. something the unions oppose and the white liberal community disdains because they see the very concept of “elite” as tainted unless it refers to the public school serving the cause[...]
May 14th, 2014 - 11:46 am § in Misc.
AAUP: Why don’t Seattle’s Wealthy Provide Scholarships?
Robert, this idea leaves me with a taste of Dickens’ England. It seems to me that there is a much better chance that Seattle’s uber wealthy could be encouraged to create a scholarship for Washington’s best students just as their colleague Phil Knight in Oregon supports the best O[...]
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 [...]