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- June 24, 1996The document that committed the founding governors to the creation of Western Governors University. The first three pages of this PDF are the original Draft Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Western…
- March 31, 2013Article from "Fast Company" ranking WGU number 28 for "showing public schools another way to do business."
- August 27, 2012Article from "Bloomberg Businessweek" describing the underlying principle of WGU, to "help adult students."
- August 25, 2011Article from "The New York Times" describing the WGU mentor role. This is a adapted and reprinted with permission.
- September 30, 2011Article from the "Washington Monthly" describing how "by offering adults an education that is faster, cheaper, and better than the likes of Kaplan, Phoenix, or Capella, the nonprofit Western Governors…