University of the People - Fee Price Hike

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I do not know that UoPeople has any tuition lock. Did you see something about that? I was thinking it was going out for both current students and new students.

At this rate, the Heriot-Watt MBA just became cheaper...

I have to say too, the UoPeople support for students is AWFUL. Some of it is definitely a language barrier issues, but not all. There are also a number of professors who are far less than enthusiastic. Had one stellar professor over four terms. I cannot bring myself to do another term there. I will be over the moon to be transferring back to Walden. Probably the best part about UoPeople is meeting people from all over the world, but in terms of peer grading that is also the worst part. With the fee hike I just don't think it's worth it though. for somebody brand new to an MBA program who wants to be able to test out I would say go for Heriot-Watt unless you want a specialization they can't offer.

I agree. The professors are largely uninterested, at best. Academic advisors are completely inept, to say the least. “Free” tuition is barely worth the frustration of dealing with the complete incompetence of UoP. I want to support free tuition and their cause, but their academic advisors are less useless than a brick wall. Peer grading is an utter failure on top of it. I stuck it out for cheap/free and easy classes, but I would rather go to the dentist while laying nude in a fire ant bed under nuclear rain than EVER interact with an UoP academic advisor. Ever.

I do the min I can to pass lol Peer grading is crap but accounts for only 10% of my grade for each course so far and I don't interact with my instructors other than the learning journals. I'm pretty much getting it all for free due to getting scholarships (uni ones not specialist ones) that anyone can get with just writing to sentences.

The little interaction I am used to with doing courses with The Open Uni where there is no interaction apart from a few tutorials that you don't need to attend.