Why does Western Governors University NOT have to disclose its profits or job rates? I do not understand the obsession with the words “non profit.” Huff Post reports that Corinthian Colleges Inc., has been inflating the numbers on how many of its grads get jobs. Meanwhile, West[...]
Posts Tagged ‘WGU’
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[...]
January 27th, 2014 - 4:30 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
UPDATE: A Response to OpEds on GWU
Public-University Group Offers Alternative to Obama’s College-Rating Plan This article in The Chronicle raises the very important issue of standards. Sadly, while this debate is being focused n universities tha[...]
January 25th, 2014 - 12:20 pm § in Misc.
Even Better than WGU
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January 22nd, 2014 - 3:26 am § in Schools & Colleges
Are MOOCs a failure?
Academics to Udacity Founder: Told Ya In a magazine profile, Sebastian Thrun says MOOCs are a “lousy product” to use for educating under prepared college students. My own suspicion is that MOOCs, like textbooks or any other toll, work best with students who are able to study on their own. The da[...]
December 9th, 2013 - 10:33 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Are we bringing the Walmart Model to the Universities?
Pope Francis has described pay too low to allow workers to better themselves as “wage slavery.” This topic has come up on THE Ave before. Taken to its extreme, Washington State now has “Western Governors University” .. a university with no faculty. at the UW A[...]
December 4th, 2013 - 11:50 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Ignorance of what the politicians do is no excuse!
How many of us pay attention to the politician’s moves BEFORE they impact us. Politico has a very important piece on the two new people appointed by the Dept of Education to oversee higher education. Neither Ted Mitchell, nominee for undersecretary of education, nor the administration’[...]
September 16th, 2013 - 2:39 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Gates Foundations Spends 5 billion on redesign of higher education
The low-cost, self-paced education lacks courses and traditional professors. Instead, students progress by showing mastery of 120 “competencies,” such as “can use logic, reasoning, and analysis to address a business problem.” http://chronicle.com/article/The-Gates-Effect/1403[...]
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[...]
Another Western Governor Message
This came in as a comment on a previous WGU post. “Simple research would prevent false allegations.” The author comments: I don’t even know where to start. Lets first start with the faculty that you mention numerous times in your attack on WGU. WGU hires course mentors that serve[...]