Western Governors University WGU Class Action Lawsuit Imminent Salt Lake City Utah Internet

I recently graduated with my BBA from WGU. I took multiple term breaks and had no issues having them started or returning to school. I also had zero issues with software and test taking. Testing was a fairly easy procedure, login to the proctor site and take your exam. Upon completion log off and view your results. Learning is self paced as you get to decide when you study and do any coursework. Your mentor keeps in contact to motivate you to complete your assignments and ensure you are not getting stuck on any particular aspect of the course. The course mentors are fairly easy to get a hold of as well, I only had to contact them a couple times though. They would usually reach out to me through email at the begining of the course to introduce themselves and ensure I know how to get a hold of them. Due to the way the credit is set up you are required to complete 12 competency units or  "credits" every 6 months, which is longer than a semester at a traditional university. If you can not complete the 12 competency units you can lose your ability to receive financial aid. The tuition is also much cheaper than a tradition university.

 WGU is being sued for employment discrimination. A law firm is taking the case on contingency. 20 years celebration and being sued. Wow- what a year for WGU

 I started attending this school last year, and have had nothing but problems. I already have a degree, and am having to retake classes because of semantics. Then when I take tests, the questions are not even questions that I've been studying with the mentors. If they actually wanted us to succeed, they wouldn't pull this on their students.

This is crazy. I read these reports in shock. I am currently a student and have been for the past two years. I have had nothing but positive experiences with all of whom have assisted me in my education. The staff has been nothing short of amazing. Extremely knowledgeable, professional, and helpful. The studies have not been all easy either. I would not say that EVERYTHING is difficult, as the previous writer suggested. This is absurd. It has been an extremely smooth process and not at all hard. The studies challenging, as they should be, but nothing has been hard in the process at all. I feel that I am getting a valuable education from WGU and I have gotten great assistance along the way. I can only imagine those that are begrudged maybe should have followed through on the study plan for which they signed up, and pulled their weight. Not expected others to do it for them, and then asked for their money back when they failed out? Just my thoughts.

 I concur WGU will eventually have a suit against them

 I have tried way too many times to get things resolved regarding the way you guys defraud your students by spreading misinformation about your policies. Dealing with you people is like pulling teeth. It is only a matter of time before someone gets a class action suit together, and when that time comes, they are more than welcome to reach out to me. I have lots of evidence to support my claims. Just to reiterate, people, do not waste your money at this school. I would not be here sharing this with you, if I had anything positive whatsoever to disclose regarding my experience with WGU. The only positive aspect was the laughs shared with my employer over these fraudsters. There are great distance learning universities, and WGU is definitely not one of them. You would be better served to get a big stack of dollar bills and make it rain over a fire pit. At least that would be entertaining to watch.

Despite the headline of this post, there is no class action suit pending against WGU. We are focused on providing the best academic and administrative support to our students. WGU’s overall student satisfaction rate continues to be high—96% of students report that they are satisfied with their WGU experience, and over 90% say that they’d attend WGU if they had it to do over again. For us to be able to address your issues in a meaningful way, we need more specific information. Please email Joan.Mitchell@wgu.edu, and we will follow up.