E-mail : deleted! a real person responded OK … another WGU post. This time I posted the email too. Who knows this coud be a real person who beoievees that WGU’s accreditation (actually it is fairly easy to get accredited .. mostly am a lot of paperwork) overcomes the fact that it giv[...]
Posts Tagged ‘online education’
December 9th, 2012 - 12:59 pm § in Misc.
IS WGU A DIPLOMA MILL? ANOTHER LETTER FROM SOMEONE AT WGU
Yet another WGU Testimonial. Since I first posted on WGU I get these comments. Many are anonymous. Others, like this one, are signed with an email address but .. when I ask for confirmation I dis not get one. The emails always follow the same theme … Lets call the author “William”.[...]
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 [...]
November 12th, 2012 - 7:38 am § in Misc.
Another WGU “Student” Chimes In
I currently am a student at WGU in the post bacc teaching cert program. I have a bachelors and masters from a bricks and mortar university. All the courses I needed for the program transferred to WGU. I did have to take 2 history and English courses that I did not have in my bs […][...]
Why do we still have a university press in an internet age?
The Gamble The answer may come from Princeton. The Princeton University Press cannot give away the ending of its forthcoming book, The Gamble,on the 2012 presidential election. But it does plan to give away the beginning. Read more[...]
September 12th, 2012 - 10:13 am § in Misc.
MORE WGU
Dear Sam I got more hate mail from a supporter of WGU. I posted it as a comment but wanted to post it here for two reasons. First, I see the problem getting worse. The investigations for the for profits are very worrisome. This inline industry refuses to publish even minimal statistics about t[...]
Election 2012: The local scene
Joel Connelly at the PI has an insightful view of the disarray onf Washington State Democrats as we approach to 2012 primary. Where the Rs are built around the core of vested wealth, the D’s old core are the unions, especially the teachers’ unions. This establishment, represents the jo[...]
July 1st, 2012 - 10:38 pm § in Misc.
Federal Court Declares Government Can’t Demand That Jobs Education Works
Federal College Regulations Struck Down By Federal Judge The Huff Post reports that “a federal judge has struck down central parts of hotly debated new federal regulations meant to rein in for-profit colleges that often leave students saddled with debts they cannot repay.” This decision [...]
The Inslee McKenna Debate, notes from Spokane
From the Spokesman Review Former Democratic Congressman Jay Inslee declined to promise that he would add a billion dollars in the next two-year budget to improve basic education in a way demanded by the state Supreme Court in a ruling made earlier this year. His opponent, Republican Rob McKenna did,[...]
McKenna’s Education Proposal … Magical Budgeting.
My biggest disappointment is that McKenna has acted more like a promise laden Democrat than like a business promoting Republican. I am disappointed. I had considered voting for McKenna despite the Tea Part albatross he carries. people I trust had told me that McKenna, a UW graduate, had a sincer[...]