ASU credit for $99 until 08-17-2020!

[rachel83az]

That's great, so long as they continue to add to their course list.! I guess they realized that they can make a bunch of money off of students from other universities. It certainly takes them very little time/money to create a course in comparison to what they can make out of it.

[Rustydroid]

It appears that ASU EA may be rebranding as part of ASU's universal learner initiative. They're changing the support email to ulcourses@asu edu and I've seen materials referring to the program as ASU Open Courses or ASU Universal Learner Courses. This is much better branding.

Very interesting. That will be their second time rebranding I think(they started as Global Freshman Academy GFA). Hopefully, they plan to continue to expand their catalog of courses with this move.

I really hope they do. I had a hard time getting a letter from them to have my job pay for their classes. It kind of blew my mind that ASU is not making their earned admission program easier for things like that. They are ripe to have employers happily pay for their courses. Even TESU is easier they automatically send you a grade report on the mail and work with you to get what you need to have financial aid for education from employers. 
I personally enjoy ASU's courses much more then TESU. However TESU is more flexible depending on the format of their courses.

[jch]

It appears that ASU EA may be rebranding as part of ASU's universal learner initiative. They're changing the support email to ulcourses@asu edu and I've seen materials referring to the program as ASU Open Courses or ASU Universal Learner Courses. This is much better branding.

It's official - ASU EA is now ASU Universal Learner Courses:

For the last several years, we have been working on identifying a new name for the courses we offer on ea.asu.edu that represents the wide and growing audiences that take them.

The courses have been used by individuals of all ages around the world to test the college waters, explore fascinating subjects and gain college credit. To date, more than 30,000 learners have used the courses to do everything from earn admission into the university, to make progress toward their college degree while living abroad.

We are thrilled to announce that starting in February 2021, we will be phasing out the name Open Courses and introducing our new name: Universal Learner Courses (ULC). These courses represent a part of ASU offerings supporting that lifelong, universal journey to access education and personal growth.

Everything you love about these courses is staying the exact same — the academic credit, the cost, the overall course experience and the ability to leverage these courses to earn admission into ASU. Rest assured, you can continue to learn, earn and explore as you have been for the last several years.

Thank you for being part of our journey, and letting us be part of yours.

[rachel83az]

New site redesign, too. I'm not sure I like the course listing as much as the prior one; can't tell you why, it just doesn't "work" for me. But the home page does a much better job, IMO, of explaining how EA/ULC functions. They even went to great lengths to explain that, yes, you can transfer their courses to another institution. That's good! I know some people were confused before.

[monchevy]

I'd love to see some new courses, especially sef-paced.

[dfrecore]

This is like the 3rd rebranding, I think you can rename something 50x but if you don't do something different marketing-wise, or change prices, I don't think it's going to matter much.

I wish they'd lower the cost by 50%.

[jch]

I'd love to see some new courses, especially self-paced.

Agree. Although they are gradually adding new things, such as the new accounting course, I'd like to see more scheduling options. Right now, most of the courses are only offered in an instructor-paced format one time per year. This has caused a lot of stress for me, trying to fit things in outside of the optimal order and load. There's really no obvious reason that they couldn't simply enable a self-paced option for just about all of their preprogrammed courses.

[innen_oda]

I think the pricing is the biggest issue. 425USD is well over three weeks wages where I am, and when TEL and Olivet are offering courses for 150 and 200USD, the cost of ASU EA courses become relatively steep. Not looking a gift horse in the mouth here, but I think more of the unique offerings (like the engineering and human origins courses), or a price drop would make a difference.

I'd really love the option to bundle courses, eg., buy a semester's worth of EA courses and get n% discount. This would benefit ASU by encouraging the public to undertake more of their courses at any given time, and benefit the public by lowering the costs of education while increasing education access.

[ss20ts]

I think the pricing is the biggest issue. 425USD is well over three weeks wages where I am, and when TEL and Olivet are offering courses for 150 and 200USD, the cost of ASU EA courses become relatively steep. Not looking a gift horse in the mouth here, but I think more of the unique offerings (like the engineering and human origins courses), or a price drop would make a difference.

I'd really love the option to bundle courses, eg., buy a semester's worth of EA courses and get n% discount. This would benefit ASU by encouraging the public to undertake more of their courses at any given time, and benefit the public by lowering the costs of education while increasing education access.

ASU is a large university. HUGE difference between TEL and Olivet. TEL isn't even an accredited school. For RA credits in the US, ASU EA program is cheap especially since they come from an university. 

[monchevy]

I think the pricing is the biggest issue. 425USD is well over three weeks wages where I am, and when TEL and Olivet are offering courses for 150 and 200USD, the cost of ASU EA courses become relatively steep. Not looking a gift horse in the mouth here, but I think more of the unique offerings (like the engineering and human origins courses), or a price drop would make a difference.

I'd really love the option to bundle courses, eg., buy a semester's worth of EA courses and get n% discount. This would benefit ASU by encouraging the public to undertake more of their courses at any given time, and benefit the public by lowering the costs of education while increasing education access.

But for a lot of us, it's exactly the opposite. $425 is really cheap to a New Yorker, whose state and city schools charge nearly 3x that for a 3-credit course. I'd be grabbing for these courses with both hands if they fit into my degree plan.