WA state’s public colleges and universities have high standards that are recognized across the nation. The UW is rated amongst the elite, small group of public Ivies . WSU is a premier state university while WWU and Evergreen regularly rank at the top of national surveys. Our other regio[...]
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May 10th, 2011 - 5:11 pm § in Misc.
Article on WGU Fails to Ask the Obvious Questions
Ed. I recommend an article on Western Governor’s University at the Inside Higher Education website. What worries me, however, is that the author, Steve Kolowich, focuses on the challenge to WGU from teachers and educators. These are people who his readers may see as having a personal interes[...]
Let WGU manage the Huskies!
Now that Western Governors Washington is a Washington state university, why not ……? Imagine, without a need for faculty to annoy the athletes, their graduation rates would be wonderful! Imagine, for far less than the cost of athletic scholarship, WGU mentors could assure us that every at[...]
April 12th, 2011 - 11:40 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
McKinsey celebrates WGU as part of its Walmart approach to higher education…
Winning by degrees: The strategies of highly productive higher-education institutions Increasing the proportion of the adult population with a higher-education degree is critical to creating opportunities for individuals and sustaining the country’s economic growth. Yet college attainme[...]
WGU vs. Phoenix .. getting your BGED in Biology.
The Seattle Times reports that online schools are replacing the community colleges as place to get the bachelor’s equivalent degree. A new version of the GED is now emerging .. I call it the BGED .. Bachelor’s Graduation Equivalent Degree. Like their online high school equivalents, som[...]
April 12th, 2011 - 7:26 am § in Misc.
WGU: Credential or Education?
March 24, 2011 10:45 A.M. From the National Review By Jason Fertig I am agnostic as to whether Western Governors University–Indiana will be a net gain to education in my state. Yet, I firmly disagree with the online university’s current ad campaign. Take a look at the commercial that is practi[...]
The WGU Model II. Is the WGU model a “free lunch” for students?
Continued from Part I. In that post I recommended that the UW now must choose to become a private university in the State of Washington. This need not be. The UW is a resource, a financial resource of immense value to Washington. The Senate vote means a switch of resources from a state ma[...]
April 11th, 2011 - 12:00 pm § in Misc.
The WGU Model I: The UW now must choose between becoming a private university in the State of Washington or downgrading itself and depriving Washington of a top ranked research university.
Last Friday, the Washington State Senate voted to lower the standards of our colleges and universities to a standard that is shocking. These votes were not based on the need to control the bidgets. They actually add to the costs of higher education in the State. As a result of these votes, I wou[...]
April 11th, 2011 - 6:11 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
WGUI Chancellor, PR Agent for Iraq War, No Previous Experience with Higher Ed.
Ed. Western Governors University is now officially a campus under the state of Indiana’s University system. The-AVE has commented on WGUI at this link. This post is an update and discussed WGUI’s peculiar choice of a Chancellor whose main credentials seem to come from being a right wing [...]
April 7th, 2011 - 9:25 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
UPDATE ON WGU: The Miracle of WGU Indiana!
Ed. I just heard that WGUI is accessible under Indiana’s FOIA! Anyone who has ideas about this is welcome to send them to me. This is the new website for what Mitch Daniels, the Republican Governor refers to as Indiana’s “eighth state university.” The miracle of WGUI is t[...]