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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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 process they called "foundations" in
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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 of paper to bypass an HR checkbox." > If y
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
Was this thread posted on Yammer or in a WhatsApp group?
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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 cases. And the faculty can be hit-or-miss
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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. Howe
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
The school is not free. It's tuition-free.
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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 a
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
Not in CS, but the school offers an MBA and an master's in education.
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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 pursue pure CS research, it might be better to go
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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 think they're normally ~$300-350. There a
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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 it for that reason. It comes across as "make w
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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 with even the basic courses, and there's very
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
> 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% real! We offer degr
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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 students who mention being from various parts though. So,
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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.
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
> 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're going to be in bad shape. I am curi
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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 Austin both have online MSCS degrees that come i
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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 consider and/or accept UoPeople credits/degrees. h
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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 students on that Discord are doing this o
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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 potential utilization is much, much more diminished co
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
"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 return to write a minimum of three responses to our pe
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLATO_(computer_system)
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
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 wouldn't be accredited. See: Section VI
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
I wish the school were more rigorous, but they are working towards regional accreditation. It takes time, unfortunately (or fortunately?).
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
I assume by "first course" you mean UNIV 1001. For those unaware, that's the "study skills, introduction to college, college success" course. Yeah, that was pretty awful. I don't mind the material. It was nothi
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
That's surprising. Around me it's mostly been the opposite with schools signing transfer agreements and the community colleges developing programs specifically for students who plan to transfer. Though, in the case of UoPeople, it
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
Purely for work? Maybe. As the other poster noted, I would also lean to no. For study and eventually work? No. The school does not participate in the student visa program. It's purely online. Some students start at UoPeople and transfe
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by uopeoplestudent 6y ago
Why not? I don't need the degree. I don't intent to pursue employment which will require it. And should I decide to continue at the graduate level, I already have a regionally accredited bachelor's degree and grad school. Thu

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