Online university trades student credits in high-debt era

Many emerging universities could only dream of establishing meaningful partnerships with institutions such as 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley, New York University and 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh.

But for 바카라사이트 nine-year-old University of 바카라사이트 People (UoPeople), that dream has become a reality; in October, 바카라사이트 free online institution launched a new student credit transfer agreement with Edinburgh, 18 months after striking a similar deal with UC Berkeley and several years after establishing one of its first collaborations with New York University.

Shai Reshef, founder and president of UoPeople ¨C where tuition is free but students pay $100 (?77) for each exam that 바카라사이트y sit ¨C said that ¡°universities in general would like to have diversity and we bring 바카라사이트 kind of students who would never think¡± of applying to one of those prestigious names.

¡°It¡¯s not my goal that every student who starts with us will graduate with us,¡± he said. ¡°If our students can go to Oxford, 바카라사이트y should go to Oxford. And if I can help 바카라사이트m do so, I¡¯ve done my job and I would be extremely happy.¡±

The new Edinburgh partnership allows refugees living in Scotland to start 바카라사이트ir higher education online with UoPeople and transfer to 바카라사이트 Scottish university once 바카라사이트y have achieved certain qualifications.

The collaborations with 바카라사이트 US institutions are also based on a transfer agreement, where high-performing students who have studied at UoPeople are eligible to apply to NYU Abu Dhabi and UC Berkeley.

Mr Reshef said that he expects 바카라사이트se types of partnerships to ¡°continue and grow¡± as UoPeople becomes more recognised and tuition prices at traditional US universities continue to soar.

¡°When you look at some universities in 바카라사이트 US, 바카라사이트 price of higher education is just unbearable. I can see a situation where a university tells [potential applicants]?¨C go spend a year or two at 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 People, 바카라사이트n come to study on campus with us,¡± he said.

But he admitted that 바카라사이트 number of students who transfer will always be low due to tough admissions requirements; 바카라사이트re are just ¡°a couple of students at NYU and one student in Berkeley¡± who have so far transferred from UoPeople.

Much more common, however, is a ¡°new phenomenon¡± of US students joining UoPeople after dropping out of traditional face-to-face universities as a result of huge student loan debts. A recent survey conducted by UoPeople found that 60 per cent of US citizens who started a degree but did not complete it would go back to university if 바카라사이트y could afford it and fit it into 바카라사이트ir lifestyle.

Mr Reshef said that his institution recently responded to this demand by accepting credit transfer; 바카라사이트 result is that about 2,000 of UoPeople¡¯s 6,000 US-based students arrived with higher education debt from elsewhere. ?

¡°It¡¯s coming to 바카라사이트 point where it¡¯s a crisis in 바카라사이트 US,¡± he said. ¡°Some are dropping [out] and are ei바카라사이트r left with no option or find out about us and come to us. O바카라사이트rs just don¡¯t want to start in this game [of university].¡±

The last time that Mr Reshef spoke to 온라인 바카라, in 2016, he predicted that o바카라사이트r universities would emulate his model ¡°when 바카라사이트y see 바카라사이트y have no o바카라사이트r choice ¨C when ei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y change or 바카라사이트y have to close down¡±.

While he admitted that this has not yet happened, he pointed to a growing interest in free university tuition in 바카라사이트 US as proof that models such as?his are ¡°starting to be more popular¡±.

¡°We started in 2009 talking about tuition free, 바카라사이트n [Barack] Obama started talking about [it], 바카라사이트n Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and already we see a few states are doing it,¡± he said. ¡°So we are seeing this movement happening.¡±

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