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 [...]
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November 12th, 2012 - 3:15 pm § in Misc.
What is an “Information Technology Mentor” at Western Governors UNiversity?
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 […][...]
October 20th, 2012 - 7:43 am § in Misc.
Education Free For ALL In 10 Years!
Why College May Be Totally Free Within 10 Years Higher education is in transition and with a coming proliferation in online courses could be totally free for many within a decade. The status quo won’t yield easily. But this is looking like a real answer to runaway student debt. Read more: http[...]
October 10th, 2012 - 1:26 am § in Misc.
MORE WGU!
Does it ever end? This guy, “Paul” apparently thinks I am not well enough trained as a typist for him to hire me. Boy is he correct, but it seems he needs a secretary himself (see red words). . In my day we used pens and pencils and I never did learn to type! Anyhow, […][...]
October 6th, 2012 - 9:47 am § in Misc.
WGUMore WGU Mail
I received the following from yet another WGU “student.” The post says that Jerry Davis, a very successful IT security guy got his training at WGU. I did look on the web to find out if it was valid but I did not see nay evidence that Jerry Davis trained at WGU. His public LinkedIn [...]
October 5th, 2012 - 2:09 am § in Misc.
WGU Updates: Anonymous student responds, defends her “degree”
UPDATE: One of the WGU students has responded to my posts. This is a step forward since most of the comments i get are either unpublishable invective or look like flak from WGU PR folks.,’ Read the comment thread from older posts here. I find the editor to be an absolute moron. Lets all make [[...]
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 - 3:13 pm § in Misc.
MORE WGU
Unfortunately before I understood how valuable an education was, I was past the point where I could drop everything and go to school. I have sporadically attended traditional brick and mortar institutions but had difficulty working 50 plus hours a week, going to school and raising a family. I have b[...]
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[...]
Budget Challenges to Univerities
With universities weighed down by overflowing classes, strained facilities and a shortage of lecturers, they are likely to find it difficult to admit more students. Education experts and university administrators have argued that additional enrollment can only be handled if the Government pumps more[...]