University of the People - the first tution-free Online University

Shai Reshef is Founder and President of The University of the People (UoPeople) the world's first tuition-free online academic institution dedicated to the democratization of higher education. The methodology is particularly adapted to developing countries that don't always have broadband connection.

University of the People - Shai Reshef about the first tution-free Online University

Popud

Related links
Finding Einstein: Shai Reshef at TEDxKC (YouTube).
University of the People (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).
UoPeople: The First Three Years.

About University of the People (UoPeople)

University of the People (UoPeople) is the world’s first tuition-free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally for all qualified individuals, despite financial, geographic or societal constraints.

Founded in 2009 by educational entrepreneur Shai Reshef, UoPeople is affiliated with the United Nations GAID, the Clinton Global Initiative, and Yale Law School ISP. UoPeople has signed collaborative partnership agreements with New York University (NYU) to accept students; and with Hewlett-Packard (HP), through the Catalyst Initiative, to provide student internship opportunities. UoPeople offers undergraduate programs in Business Administration and Computer Science. To date, more than 1500 students from 135 countries have been admitted. Of students polled consecutively each term, 95% would recommend UoPeople to a peer.

With its tuition-free online programs, University of the People is opening access to higher education for all those constrained, as well as building a scalable and replicable model capable of changing the very nature of higher education. The non-profit UoPeople has managed to succeed in cutting down almost the entire cost of higher education, and does not charge for tuition or books/materials. All that is asked is for students to pay a one-time application processing fee ($50) and subsequent modest examination processing fees ($100) levied per course. There are no other fees whatsoever.
Read more...

Source: elearningeuropa.info and Kanal von 99FacesTV Channel (YouTube)