Online Learning Update

September 26, 2015

WGU Texas chancellor explains online, competency-based approach

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz – American-Statesman

Veronica Vargas Stidvent became chancellor of the Texas arm of Western Governors University in June 2014. WGU occupies an unusual niche: It’s private, nonprofit and mostly online, with a curriculum that lets students advance at their own pace. Established in 1997 by 19 Western governors, including George W. Bush of Texas, it offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business, health professions, education and information technology. As the chief executive of WGU Texas, Stidvent, 41, is enjoying annual enrollment growth of 30 percent in the Lone Star State. There are challenges as well. She wants to recruit more students in rural areas, and four-year graduation rates are mixed: 27 percent for undergraduates, 63 percent for graduate students.

http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/wgu-texas-chancellor-explains-online-competency-ba/nngPx/

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