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“For showing public schools another way to do business. The low-cost, self-paced WGU focuses on skills that lead to better jobs in teaching, health care, IT, and business.”
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WGU Featured Press Coverage
CNN
"It's a school without boundaries—there aren't any teachers, curriculums are personalized, and students can go at their own pace."
Students Go at Own Pace at School Without Boundaries:
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NPR - All Things Considered
"The nonprofit online school is challenging many traditional concepts about higher education with a new approach aimed to help adult students finish college."
Online School Helps Grown-Ups Finish College:
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New York Times
"While such programs are now the exception, Mr. Duncan said, 'I want them to be the norm.'"
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American RadioWorks
"WGU is like no other American university. It is designed to meet the needs of working adults who want to further their education but don't have the time to attend a conventional community college or university."
Washington Monthly
"Innovation allows WGU to offer its students a college degree that is of greater demonstrable value than what its for-profit competitors offer—and do so for about a third the price, in half the time."
Bloomberg Business Week
"Western Governors [University] . . . has the potential to transform the higher education industry because of its competency-based learning model."
LA Times
"Western Governors University is a nonprofit focused on keeping education affordable. Students work at their own pace, making WGU popular with those who have jobs and families."
Time Magazine
"Let's not waste anyone's time or money. You won't find that phrase emblazoned on a T-shirt, but it's essentially the motto of Western Governors University (WGU), a private online school that has worked hard to prove it is anything but a diploma mill."
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NBC Nightly News
"The dreams of 19 governors have become [WGU Grad Angie Gonzalez's] dream fulfilled." (Note: A short advertisement that can't be removed precedes the WGU segment.)
