Eastern Illinois University.

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Week one is over. Doing Budgeting in Government and Nonprofit Organizations, Research Methods in Public Administration and Public Policy, and a Proseminar in Public Policy Research and Analysis. Everything is asynchronous. 

A decent amount of reading, as expected, but not an unreasonable amount. I'd guess about 100 pages between all three classes, maybe 125. Had three discussion posts due, plus six comments, as well as two worksheets. The discussion posts were due midweek, but it seems that worksheets and papers are generally due Sunday at 11:59 pm, as are comments on others' discussion posts, which is nice if you work full time: You can simply do your reading and discussion posts during the week for low stakes, and write papers and comment over the weekend. 

I got responses and grades the Monday after I turned in my worksheets (yesterday), which I really appreciate, as it would have allowed me to apply any notes to my next week's assignments had I failed to meet expectations. My wife is doing grad school as well, at a different institution, and she sometimes won't receive a grade on any assignment for three or four weeks, and this during seven week terms; she understandably finds this frustrating.

So far, the professors have been very helpful and responded to any emails within the same business day.

Over all, very happy, and enjoying the classes.