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Western Governors University improves its grade

After five years, an online university launched by 19 Western governors is beginning to flourish. Western Governors University, which started offering education via the Internet in 1999, doubled its enrollment to 3,000 students in the past year.

The virtual university, chartered in 1996 by the Western Governors Association as a private, non-profit institution, now offers 24 separate degrees in education, business administration and information technology on the undergraduate and graduate level. This compares with just 750 students enrolled in nine different degree programs in 2002.

WGU does not educate in the traditional sense. Using a computer and written course materials, students study on their own. They must pass a series of tests and submit a portfolio of projects for their degree. Potential teachers also must train in a classroom.

By Eric Kelderman, Staff Writer, Stateline.org

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