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Perspectives: Increasing Access and Relevance in Distance Education

by Robert W. Mendenhall , November 12, 2008

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What is the potential of these changes to the higher education model through harnessing the power of technology? At WGU, tuition is under $6000 for a twelve month year, and that is without state subsidies of any kind. Over 75 percent of students are underserved in at least one of the following four categories: low-income, minority, rural, and/or first-generation college. The average time to graduation is under three years. And students and employers report that graduates are equipped with all the necessary competencies to excel in the workplace.

There is a better way. If we are willing to change. 

Dr. Robert W. Mendenhall is president of Western Governors University and served on the Spellings Commission on the Future of Higher Education  

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