Then a friend urged him to look into Western Governors University (WGU), a nonprofit school whose tuition and fees were much lower than other online colleges: about $3,000 per six-month term.

You don't have to go to campus and sit in a classroom. You can move faster through courses. You are largely independent in your education. These are benefits that help many students pursue degrees who ...

WGU was officially introduced in Tennessee 12 years ago today! Now the online university works with students on their ...

Western Governors University offers online nursing programs designed for working professionals. The university provides bachelor's and master's degrees with a competency-based approach, ...

WGU has 83,000 students, mostly adults, preparing for the workforce as teachers, nurses, in technology or business; it's forged partnerships with public university systems in several states.

An online college readiness program - WGU Academy - is effective in improving the academic performance of its graduates who subsequently enroll in Western Governors University, according to a new ...

"No university was ever created for COVID, but WGU was ready." This month, WGU officially celebrates five years in Ohio, boasting nearly 10,000 graduates and about 5,000 students enrolled.

Western Governors University has always — from its very beginning — followed its own beat. Students are primarily made up of working professionals. They take competency-based courses online. The ...

Robert Mendenhall, WGU’s president, demurs when asked whether the university stuck with its existing system willingly or at the government’s urging. But he concedes that the “nonstandard term” model ...

Western Governors University (WGU) has received a $915,000 “Building Bridges and Breaking Barriers for Women in Tech” grant from the tech industry consortium Reboot Representation Tech ...

Western Governors University is a favorite of the college completion crowd, with a competency-based approach that offers an attractive path to a degree for adult students. But now WGU is nudging its ...

Western Governors University expects to train and graduate more than 1,000 nurses by 2026 in Missouri, thanks to a new simulation and training lab it's building out in Kansas City. As a part of ...