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UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE OFFERS HOPE FOR SOUTH AFRICANS

UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE OFFERS HOPE FOR REJECTED SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES January 7 ,2014 South Africa, 7 January 2014 – As the 2013 National Senior Certificate examination results have been released, many are discovering that they may not be able to attend University in South Africa in 2014. University of the People provides…

Are Moocs for Everyone?

There is a lot of hype surrounding MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), as there should be. Knowledge at ones fingertips has never been more readily available to everyone. Especially for individuals looking to take a course from a renowned professor, or professionals looking to enhance their skill-set in a particular area – MOOCs are great.…

Faq About Mooc

University of the People, the first tuition-free, online, degree-granting university & MOOCs—the differences explained University of the People embraces the current trend of online education, be it through a massive open online course (MOOC), UoPeople or any other educational model. The University however does not follow the structure and model of the massive open online courses and…

Uopeople Reaches Over 1,000,000 On Facebook

More than a million individuals support University of the People on Facebook, showcasing the exceptional support of UoPeople’s mission to open the gates to higher education for everyone. UoPeople is second in the number of supporters out of all universities on Facebook only to Harvard University. UoPeople uses the internet culture of Facebook and social networking…

Philanthropic Giving in Higher Education

Every year, billions are pumped into University Endowment Funds. The $32 billion Harvard has sitting in a bank earned it $6 million every ten hours on interest alone. Recently, University of Southern California (USC) announced a $6 billion dollar fundraising campaign. Yet, across the board, tuition rates have risen four times faster than the rate…

Uopeople Continues to Stand Behind Haiti

Rapidly approaching is the anniversary of the Haitian earthquake of 2010. This catastrophic event on January 12th 2010 claimed 316,000 lives and the homes of 1,000,000 victims. The destruction from the earthquake was cataclysmic in every way possible. The event can be glossed over as a problem of the past, but this is not the…

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day

UoPeople would like to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day by highlighting some of the gains made toward gender-equality in education that have happened globally, and some of the areas where there is still room for improvement. The first co-educational college in the world, Oberlin College, opened in Ohio in 1833. It wasn’t…

The Chronicle of Higher Education | Global

New Tuition-Free ‘University of the People’ Tries to Democratize Higher Ed