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| Type | Private online university |
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| Established | February 2009 |
| Accreditation | DEAC [1] [2] |
| President | Shai Reshef |
Administrative staff | 57 [3] |
| Students | 152,933 [4] |
| Location | , , United States |
| Website | uopeople.edu |
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The University of the People (UoPeople) is a private online university, in the United States, based in California. It is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission. Most of its students study business administration.
University of the People was started by Shai Reshef in January 2009. [5] The university has no campus due to its online distance learning nature; it uses a shared office in Pasadena, California as an office of admission. [6] [7]
The first UoPeople students began classes in September 2009, studying for associate and bachelor's degrees in business administration and computer science.[ citation needed ]
In 2016, the university began offering an online MBA. [8]
In 2017, the University of Edinburgh partnered with the school so that Health Science graduates of the University of the People could complete a bachelor's at UE. [9]
In 2018, the university announced the new online Master of Education in Advanced Teaching in collaboration with the International Baccalaureate. [10] This new program started taking in students in 2019. IB started to offer 80 scholarships for eligible M.Ed. students in 2020. [11]
UoPeople in Arabic, announced in the World Economic Forum [12] in April 2019, launched in September 2020 with its own website in Arabic; it uses a different website in Arabic and does not require proof of English knowledge. [13] [14]
In 2020, the UNESCO launched the "Global Education Coalition" in response to the Covid 19 pandemic. [15] The University became a member of this coalition. [16]
In February 2012, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded the University of the People a grant of $613,282 for the purpose of helping the university earn national accreditation. [17] Two years later, the university was accredited for degree-granting programs through the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC). [1] [2]
University of the People received "candidate" status in June 2021 with WASC Senior College and University Commission. [18]
According to WASC, "Candidacy indicates that the institution meets all or nearly all the Standards at a minimum level. Candidacy is not accreditation and does not ensure eventual accreditation". [19]
In its March 2023 report on their November 2022 - February 2023 accreditation review (their second) of University of the People, the WASC commission assessed that the university again met most accreditation criteria, sufficient to be listed as a "candidate" for accreditation (with no promise of eventual accreditation). [20] [21]
But the commission assessed that the university had inadequacies in setting and monitoring defined curriculum outcomes; inappropriate grading (including allowing "peer evaluations and grading" to somewhat substitute for faculty grading of students); and inadequate analysis of long-term education outcomes. Other areas of shortfall, cited by the commission, included extensive concerns about data record-keeping and analysis (including student progress and outcomes); lumping all students together, rather than individualized approaches "to support inclusive student success"; inappropriately conflating "co-curricular programs" with "student support services"; inadequate long-term budgeting and planning; and a lack of "clear and consistent... metrics across departments". [20] [21]
The "main campus" of the university is a facility in Pasadena, California. [22]
University of the People Education Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary [23] which provides support services to the institution. [24] The subsidiary is registered with the Israeli Corporations Authority [25] and maintains an office in Tel Aviv, Israel. [26]
According to the University of the People, the university charges no tuition fees but students must pay some administrative fees to cover course assessments, ranging from $2,460 for an associate's degree (two years) to $4,860 for a bachelor's degree (four years). [27] These include processing fees for applications.
The university does not participate in federal financial aid programs, [28] but it does offer scholarships to eligible students. [29] [30] [31]
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