I've had a wonderful experience at the Uopeople. Meeting different people with diversified cultural views and knowledge. Great and more hands on course instructors and program adviser. Am pleased with the course content and study materials.
University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online Degree Programs
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#432University of the people is an online university
I joined it about a year ago and found a great level of professors in it and in the way of presenting the courses and weekly assignments as well. I got to know a lot of friends also from all countries of the world and forge a friendship with them
I also studied with professors at a very high level and helped me to improve my level in programming and computer science in general because I study this specialization in it. Cultural diversity is a lot found in the University of the people of the best things in it
Really, it is a very special experience and worth sharing.
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#433There are no advanced or master degree courses
Not in CS, but the school offers an MBA and an master's in education.
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#434Am I reading this correctly that they are nationally accredited but have not gone through one of the regionals?
Yes. They announced about a month or two ago that they received permission from WASC, a regional accrediting agency, to start the accreditation process.
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#435I am really happy to be a student of UoPeople which is one of the world highly rated tuision free online University. The school has helped me to overcome my problem of time management and communication at work place has improved. However, I am glad that it has given me an opportunity of having my degree certificate in the future. Being a student at UoPeople requires internal motivation and patience because the worklo…
I almost lost interest with the school but I was motivated by my supervisor through her constant messages and quick response that made the university processes easier for me.
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#436Current student in the CS program. Feel free to ask questions.
How are students supposed to take exams? Who grades the exams?
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 professional local to you (librarian, minister, etc.) or through an online service called ProctorU.
If you use a local professional, there is no fee and you are not permitted to pay them. If you use the ProctorU service, you must pay a fee to that service. None of these fees are provided to the school. It's purely a payment to the service.
[0] https://www.uopeople.edu/about/uopeople/essential-uopeople-d...
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#437I just started studying at the University of the People. but I gained a little bit of experience. It gives the opportunity to get to know people from around the world, we are still in the lockdown, all studies stopped but luckily I still can study and do my homework and do my exam in my house totally safe, plus my instructor is so kind and so helpful and full of information I would never regret studying at the University of the people.
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#438In all fairness, UoPeople has afforded me the opportunity to get an American education that is accredited and also transferable to other regular universities without leaving my home country. The most interesting part is the numerous scholarships available can be easily accessed regardless of wherever you might come from.
Why do you need scholarships for a free university?
The school is not free. It's tuition-free.
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#439This school is not a regionally accredited school, and therefore the vast majority of other schools will not accepted their credit if you decide to transfer somewhere else or use the degree you earned to try & get into a graduate degree program. It is borderline fraudulent for schools like this to operate without being very clear on the limits of the credits earned and their portability.
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 and around academia for more than 2 decades. However, many of the students don't understand the intricacies of American higher ed. And they can be hard to explain to current and prospective students who just want to know if the degree will help them get a job or obtain some other goal in life.
That said, if I am not mistaken there are rules about to go into place at the US Department of Education which is supposed to eliminate the distinction between national and regional accreditation[0]. This should be fun to watch how it plays out.
[0] https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/03/17/pros-and-con...
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#440University of the People is changing the way we see education. Firtsly, it is showing that education is freedom and hence it should not be the privilege of a few. It is also showing that the traditional educational system is outdated and needs to be rethought and reformulated into something that fits the needs of the modern world.