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| The WGU Advantage |
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You know how important a college degree is to you. But you lead a busy life. How can you fit college into a schedule that already includes work and family?
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Western Governors University is specifically designed to help adults like you fit college into your already busy lives. WGU's
programs are delivered online to allow learning to occur more on your schedule. Working with a mentor on a regular basis,
you'll follow a personalized Academic Action Plan that builds upon what you already know in the field. You may be able to
accelerate your degree depending upon the competencies you already possess and still juggle the demands of school,
work, and family.
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Understanding the competency-based approach
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WGU is the leading regionally-accredited university that grants degrees based completely on
competencies—your ability to demonstrate skills and knowledge through a series of assessments carefully designed to measure your knowledge of a field of study. The programs are not based upon required courses. Instead, you earn your degree by demonstrating your competence through a series of carefully designed assessments. This approach allows for extensive personalization.
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The WGU mentoring approach
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You probably won't fully appreciate WGU's personalized mentoring approach…until you become a student here! When you
enroll at WGU, you are immediately teamed up with a mentor who will see you through to your success. During your introductory
class — Education Without Boundaries — you will begin interacting with your mentor and the support staff.
Together, you and your mentor will develop your personalized Academic Action Plan (AAP), which becomes your
roadmap through your program. Your mentor will determine the best learning resources for you based upon your
background, strengths and weaknesses. Your mentor will ensure that you stay on track. In fact, your mentor will
serve in many more capacities for you than just academics — advisor, coach, tutor, even cheerleader! Quite simply,
your mentor is committed to your success!
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Why choose WGU
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If you're seriously considering an online degree program, you want high-quality academic content that's relevant to your career, tuition that's affordable, flexibility that fits your lifestyle, and a strong support system to help you stay on track. These are the critical attributes of WGU, a not-for-profit university founded by the governors of 19 western states to expand educational access for the working adult. In other words, for you.
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Student Success and Performance
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Click to learn more about WGU student success. Read about WGU student satisfaction, their successes on
national exams, as well as employer satisfaction in hiring WGU graduates.
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Watch Video from National College Review
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Click to see an 8-minute video about WGU that aired on the TV program National College Review. Meet students and faculty and hear comments
from the former governor of Utah and the CEO of Google Inc.
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| Click a question, see the answer below. |
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"Competency-based…"
"I like the idea of a competency-based program. In some areas I already had expertise and skills so I could take an independent study class and build the portfolio and take the exams. In other areas I needed more instruction."
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| —Gretchen Burr, WGU graduate, high school teacher |
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"I am an expert…"
"Western Governors has raised the bar for online courses. Instead of graduating from their courses and saying, "I have passed all of the requirements," they want their students to say, "I graduated from WGU and I am an expert in the field of..."
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| —Jeffrey Cravy, WGU graduate student |
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"Competency-based…"
"Google has pioneered the idea of access to information. The reason Google thinks WGU is such a good idea is because WGU has pioneered the concept of competency-based education whenever you want it."
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| —Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google Inc. |
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