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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."
June 4, 1998Article from the June 4, 1998 issue of "USA TODAY."
November 17, 2008Article from "Time" magazine describing WGU. The entire title of this article is "Go Western, Young Man. The best relatively cheap university you've never hear of. (Hint: it's only online)."
August 25, 2011Article from "The New York Times" describing the WGU mentor role. This is a adapted and reprinted with permission.