Per the WASC website, University of the People was granted candidate status: https://www.wscuc.org/institutions/university-people Per WASC:...
By standards I mean admission exams, higher gpa's, and a review of ones extracurricular activities. In the beginning for profits were applauded...
Actually this is not always true. at my former place of employment, which was a small liberal arts college, the graduation rate was 45%. You can...
The for profits filled a need in higher education that was lacking: they could offer quick degrees, without any standards, and students could be...
All undergraduate and graduate courses require assignments that require a peer review/assessment. Usually these are the discussion forum...
I am not sure how they determine who gets a scholarship or not. I can say I have had students who are in 3rd world countries who have stated they...
Instructors are required to grade assignments that are not peer assessed. This irks instructors who simply would prefer to assess the assignments...
I agree with you 100%. I am an evaluator with WGU and there are plenty of papers to assess but at University of the People they only seem to want...
I should have been a bit more specific. So here goes: 1. Using competency based learning at University of the People: Many faculty in the internal...
This is a great idea, but it would fail at the university for a few reasons: , 1. Most are opposed to competency based education, you should see...
Peer assessments at the university really have nothing to do with the instructor pay as the university advertises their positions as volunteer...
ASIC is not an actual accreditor per say in the mold of American accreditors. It is a british entity and that should raise flags to you, that an...
I can say that they have definately applied, we received a few months ago surveys and an email stating that WASC officials may reach out to...
As someone who lives in NC it is not legitimate, but NC has strange laws that can allow universities to set up. For example it has a strong...
This is true but there is talk of fees going up or addition additional new fees internally to cover the cost of accreditation. But nothing is set...
I would say contact the university but to add some clarification. They are saying that it is up to any university accept credits from University...
Where I currently work full time, a group of faculty wanted to name a proposed similar degree as a BA in Academic Studies. Not sure why they...
University of the People now has several certificates in Business and in Healthcare. All are undergraduate level and most are 3 courses each. The...
I am a contract evaluator for Western Governors University and have a colleague there who is a full time clinical placer for their healthcare...
Clinical placements are tricky. For example, when I worked for a smaller, private liberal arts university, the nursing school had agreements with...
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