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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

Akram followed through, was accepted and was offered a $20,000 scholarship. Instead, he found and enrolled at the University of the People, which offered him a full scholarship to pay for the (minimal) course assessment fees at this otherwise tuition-free university. Now, she is finishing her last course toward an M.B.A.

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Seeing universities as others see us

Wonkhe

Finally they might channel, in a much more moderate way of course, Donald Trump’s threat to use the money he is withdrawing from Harvard to fund “trade schools” There are plenty of influential people who argue higher education, and specifically universities, has been expanded at the expense of further education.