Why You Should Consider Western Governors University

• Western Governors University got its start a bipartisan meeting of the Western Governors Association. Utah governor and association chairperson Mike Leavitt realized that distance-learning technologies presented a solution to a pressing problem confronting western states: rapid growth in population and the strain on limited public funds for educational services this growth caused. Chartered in 1996 and incorporated as a private, non-profit university in 1997, Western Governor’s University began accepting students in 1999.
• Western Governors University prides itself on adhering to its original principles: responsiveness to employment and societal needs; a focus on competency-based education; cost effectiveness; and development of a technology infrastructure dedicated to expanding access to higher education.
• Today Western Governors University serves over 20,000 students from all 50 U.S. states, and it continues to adhere to its commitment to remaining a non-bureaucratic and innovative institution. Its academic model, which succeeds in graduating highly competent professionals, has won acclaim and praise.