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If you choose UoPeople to WGU, here's how it'd go. UoPeople requires a high school diploma equivalent and English proficiency. If you meet that, you're golden. The school uses a pr…

I somewhat agree. I don't think UoPeople and WGU were individually founded for this purpose. But, I think they were made necessary by cultural forces which necessitate "that piece …

Was this thread posted on Yammer or in a WhatsApp group?

I wouldn't called the school "innovative." It's fairly unique in higher ed, but definitely not innovative. The pedagogical approaches it uses have been around for decades in most c…

I don't know about borderline fraudulent, but I really wish there were better explanations by the school. I already knew what I was getting into when I started because I've been in…

The school is not free. It's tuition-free.

Exams are taken online. Some courses, which are marked in the catalog[0], require the use of a proctor for the final exam. The proctor requirement can be fulfilled through a profes…

Yes. They announced about a month or two ago that they received permission from WASC, a regional accrediting agency, to start the accreditation process.

Not in CS, but the school offers an MBA and an master's in education.

It really depends on your goals. If you're simply wanting to complete a degree or learn more about the field (like myself) then it's a great opportunity. If you're looking to pursu…

I'll append a few more. Sophia Learning is currently offering their courses for free through July. They are ACE "accredited" (recommend is actually the proper term, I believe). I t…

This is a common approach used in online courses. I taken both undergrad and grad courses which required it, and it doesn't really help raise the level of discourse. I don't like i…

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and i…

No worries. I didn't take it negatively. I would prefer a more rigorous program, but for what I pay I accept it for what it is. And you're right that many of the students struggle …

> your school that advertises itself as free but isn't Tuition free, which it is. https://www.uopeople.edu/tuition-free/what-is-tuition-free/ "UoPeople’s Tuition-Free Model is 100%…

No idea. I don't recall anyone from my classes who has specifically mentioned being from India. I did a quick search on the internal social network, and there's quite a few student…

The school uses terms (5 per year) rather than semesters, so each course is 8 weeks (plus 4 days for finals) rather than the usual 15 weeks plus finals week.

> You're deluding yourself, as people who go to these dead end institutions often do. You're of course free to do so, but if you think you are actually going to a real university, …

You might find some in European countries. Though, I think they've cut back on a lot of their "free" programs last I remember. However, Georgia Tech and the University of Texas Aus…

I know several students who've transferred to WGU (RA, non-profit, online) to complete their bachelors degrees. There are also students compiling lists of schools which will consid…

If you're on Yammer, look for the group "UoPeople Computer Science Majors Discord Server." Post a message to that group about HN. I'll find you and send an invite. Several of the s…

Not true. There are schools which will consider nationally accredited degrees for admissions into graduate schools. Even the University of Chicago will consider them. However, it's…

"Peer learning" is implement primarily in two ways at UoPeople. The first is through discussion forums. We are required to post a response to a discussion prompt each week. We retu…

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Re: Your Edit (Note: Didn't downvote you.) They can't "take it all the way." If they removed the requirements (e.g., English proficiency, high school diploma equivalent), they woul…