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Fwiw, another accredited online educational program, with interaction with others, is BYU Pathway Worldwide and associated programs. It requires a Church affil
by lcall 4y ago
Fwiw, another accredited online educational program, with interaction with others, is
BYU Pathway Worldwide and associated programs. It requires a Church affiliation but not necessarily membership (I think). Tuition is much lower, vastly lower to students in poorer countries; it has accredited bachelors programs (through BYU-Idaho, but all online; like IT, business, others), and is also suitable for those who need to first become qualified for a university (like learning English, which is used in curriculum, and other basic skills), and then provides that university (and then tuition is again lower still, last I checked). I believe it also provides mentor-like contacts who encourage students to not give up. I think it is not self-paced, but has semesters.
More info is in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYU_Pathway_Worldwide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYU_Pathway_Worldwide
...and https://www.byupathway.org/ https://www.byupathway.org/
- Ishmaeli 4y agoI have several friends and family members, all active LDS, who have done BYU Pathway, and they all say the same thing: "Wow, is it churchy!" That first semester especially. These people are all very familiar with the various iterations of CES, from early-morning and release-time seminary to the BYU religion curriculum and Institute. So on the one hand they had an idea what they were getting into and even welcomed it somewhat. But none of them expected it to be as heavy-handed as it was. If the religious content feels that overbearing for active, committed Mormons, I don't know that I could in good conscience recommend this route to non-Mormons.
- lcall 4y agoInteresting; thanks. I guess one has to decide for oneself whether it is worth it, and good. :)