Western Governor’s University offers a more holistic approach to education and professional training, which makes it much more practical for working professionals to apply their own experiences and current knowledge to course material. The revolutionary competency approach used by Western Governor's University is recognized to be an effective method for assessing adult learner knowledge and professional skill levels. This assessment-based approach allows learners to truly customize their course selection and learning experience to obtain the skills and theory they require in their own career and educational goals.
WGU prides itself on being the only university to have received concurrent accreditation by all four of the regional accrediting commissions. The institution’s main accrediting body is the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. This is the same association board that accredits many leading brick and mortar institutions. In addition, WGU is also accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), National Council Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), and by the Commission on Accreditation of Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).
One of the unique features of Western Governor's University is that every student that enrolls online is required to take an online learning class "Education without Boundaries." During this class each new student is assigned a mentor that begins to work with the student, ensuring they have someone to talk to, ask questions of, and learn the skills needed to be a successful online learner. The mentor will help with course selection, technology problems and even provide coaching to organize and structure course timelines. Mentors can also help pair courses to make the best match in subjects to compliment each other within specific terms. Another feature that helps to speed up the education timeframe is that students can demonstrate competency before completing the program of study for each course, meaning as long as a student can complete the assessments successfully they do not need to cover the complete course material.
Western Governor's University strives to keep costs of tuition low, so most students will require very little supplemental funding, especially those professionals that will continue to work full or part-time while completing their degree. Visit the school’s website for more information.
