WEU.......any idea?

Hi,
In my long trip of looking for cheap tuitions universities....I have found World Education University .........I ve sent them an email and they told me that it is free.....Do you have any information about this university and is it accredited?
Thank you

 

Their website says that they are preparing the materials necessary to apply for accreditation.

 

I am enrolled in their Master of Science in Dispute Resolution program. It appears to be very rigorous.

 

Progams offered but courses not available

I signed up for the graduate certificate in Neuropsychology and completed the orientation only to discover that all the courses required for the certificate are not available yet. This is true of alot of their programs. They will e-mail me when the courses become available. They are supposed to be available soon.
I would be better to have the courses available before offering the program as this was disappointing.

 

Saylor has been known to list courses that are either unfinished or unavailable altogether as well. It may be done as a way to gauge interest.

 

thank you very much for your replies

 

Two things about WEU give me pause to wonder:

From its website: "WEU is authorized to operate as a degree granting institution of higher education and is exempt from the California Private Post-Secondary Act of 2009."

(1) I've never been able to figure why it's exempt -or if it really is. I once sent them an e-mail asking - and got no reply.

From an article, URL below: "The university operates as a degree-granting university through third-party evaluations and exams at Excelsior College in Albany, New York that range from $40 to $400."

(2) So just how free is a WEU degree?

World Education University Disrupts the Cost of Higher Education - Vander Ark on Innovation - Education Week

Anybody know the answer to (1) or (2)? And just who "authorized" them? No BPPE permission, that's for sure.

Johann

 

Thanks, Maniac. You're right. I believe the BPPE escape clause comes in if the entire degree program is under $2,500. I'll take your word on the inaccuracy of the article. I hope your program with them works out well for you.

Johann

 

Just a second, Maniac. That Pearson Vue-MOOC info appears all over. Here's a Canadian source (and our reporters are never wrong :smile: )

"Some edX students have the option of writing final exams at Pearson’s test centres."

It's here and I found it half-a-dozen other places, too. Are they all wrong? :question: :question:

All about MOOCs | University Affairs

Johann

 

Thanks, Steve.

So my question remains: What is the basis of WEU's claimed exemption, if they really have one, as they say. Looks like I wasn't as wrong as I thought!

I still believe there's never a free lunch -- and quite often, that weird old Emperor likes to run around without any clothes -- California weather suits him, I guess! :smile:

I'm back to thinking this might just be be one of those occasions. No accreditation, no State Permission (BPPE) and -- no oversight?

Johann

 

I sent the WEU an email asking about the possibility of having their courses evaluated for credit by ACE and NCCRS. A high-ranking company official replied and stated that they are in the process of working with ACE right now, and that they are looking into the NCCRS as a result of my suggestion.

They really may have something here. They're not milling, they're not claiming fake accreditation, and they have the understanding that having their courses evaluated for credit is a great way to offer students more value as well as giving the school some greater preparation for future institutional accreditation attempts.

If it all works out, this may be a blueprint for future upstart schools to learn from.

 

That's right, they're not claiming accreditation. All they're claiming is exemption from State permission. I can't figure why they'd be exempt. Their claim of exemption has been discussed in 3 or 4 forums and neither has anyone else figured it, so far - and WEU itself never replied to me on that matter.

People might prefer to look at UOTP. It's "tuition-free" as they say, but it really costs $100 a course - "exam processing fee." At least they've applied for DETC accreditation - no guarantees, though.

The man who started UOTP started with $millions, from the sale of his business. AFAIK, he won't have to worry about return on, or repayment of outside seed-money, or ad-supported revenue, as is the case with WEU. UOTP seems a lot less nebulous.

University of the People

Johann

 

And Maniac -- despite all I've said about WEU - and the articles - I still hope that if you've firmly decided on it, you have a good experience and prove me completely wrong. You're one of the good guys. :smile:

Johann

 

WEU is a for-profit enterprise, as its FAQs acknowledge. So they are expecting to gain revenue from your participation. Since courses are free, the revenue won't be coming from tuition. So what's their plan?

The WEU Catalog provides some possible clues:

My advice: if you sign up with WEU, get a separate email address for this purpose. WEU's business model appears to be based on the sale of online advertising, as well as the sale of student email addresses. So you might want to take steps to protect your usual inbox from WEU spam.

 

Good call -- as usual, CalDog!

Johann