chrisbutts

Has anyone ever heard of or attended this school? It seems like one of those "too good to be true" type of scams. Good enough to where you'll dive in only to find out it was a mistake later.

Apparantly you can earn a degree as quickly as you want, as long as you pass each assesment test that proves you know everything about that particular subject. There are no credit hours, and your past experience/college credit can be used towards your Academic Action Plan (what they call a degree plan).

I'm interested in becoming a teacher, so they're B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from their Teachers College is appealing to me. But I can't tell if this thing is legit or not. I've read some less than appealing reviews on the web, but I've found some good ones too.

I don't really care how a degree from WGU or anyplace for that matter looks. I'm just interested in getting my bachelor's quickly from a properly accredited school, and then getting certified to teach. What I mean is, I don't think it matters where your degree is from when becoming a teacher as long as you're certified to teach in that state. The cost seems to be significantly lower than all my other options. That's really the only reason it's grabbing my attention.

Any thoughts? Below is some info on WGU from their site and a link.

http://www.wgu.edu/education/teacher_certification.asp

The WGU Advantage

You know how important a college degree is to you. But you lead a busy life. How can you fit college into a schedule that already includes work and family?

Western Governors University is specifically designed to help adults like you fit college into your already busy lives. WGU's programs are delivered online to allow learning to occur more on your schedule. Working with a faculty mentor on a regular basis, you'll follow a personalized Academic Action Plan that builds upon what you already know in the field. You may be able to accelerate your degree depending upon the competencies you already possess and still juggle the demands of school, work, and family.

Understanding the competency-based approach

WGU is the leading regionally-accredited university that grants degrees based completely on competencies—your ability to demonstrate skills and knowledge through a series of assessments carefully designed to measure your knowledge of a field of study. The programs are not based upon required courses. Instead, you earn your degree by demonstrating your competence through a series of carefully designed assessments. This approach allows for extensive personalization.

chrisbutts

Anyone have an take on this?

Vincey37

Go for it. Most teachers don't go to well known schools anyway. You should be able to teach anywhere, as WGU is regionally accredited.

2collegewego

I know someone doing this. She is very motivated and is speeding up her program. She said you need to look at the grading rubric before you do each project because the grading rubric will give you very specific information on what they are looking for. She said some people get their assessments sent back to them all the time (which slows them down), but if you look at the rubric, it is much less likely to happen.