Gates Foundation Awards $1.2 Million to Study Effectiveness of Online Degree Program for Low-Income Students

For more than a decade, Western Governors University has offered students programs that address their needs: flexible online courses of study, with personalized attention by a faculty mentor, and a program that enables students to advance based on what they know, not how much time they've spent in a classroom. The foundation's grant will help WGU research the effectiveness of its programs for low-income young adults with the goal of clarifying what role a competency-based online university can play in boosting completion rates for these students.