Western Governors University Boosts Scholarship Offering for Displaced Workers
Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) June 10, 2009 -- Western Governors University (www.wgu.edu) has enhanced its Economic Turnaround Scholarship by increasing the award amount and number of eligible terms. Under the new provisions, scholarship recipients will be eligible to receive up to $1,500 per term for as many as five six-month terms, up to a total of $7,500. In addition, the application deadline has been extended to June 30, 2009. The expansion of this scholarship program is aimed at making it easier for unemployed adult learners to retool for success in today's job market by earning a bachelor's or master's degree.
More than 100 scholarships are available through this program, which was launched early last month. To date, more than 65 applications have been received. Because the scholarship program is competitive, interested prospective students should apply as soon as possible.
The scholarships may be used for bachelor's or master's degrees in any of WGU's four colleges: Business, Education, Information Technology, and Health Professions. Scholarship applicants must be able to complete an online degree program in two years or less and currently have an associate's or bachelor's degree. For more details regarding the scholarship program, go to www.wgu.edu/turnaround or call 1-866-225-5948 (866-CALL-WGU).
About Western Governors University (WGU)
"(WGU is) the best relatively cheap university you've never heard of."
- TIME magazine (Nov. 2008)
WGU is the only accredited online university in the U.S. offering competency-based degree programs. The private non-profit university has been a leader in online education for more than 10 years. WGU is the recipient of the USDLA 21st Century Award for Best Practices in Distance Learning for 2008, awarded in recognition of WGU's success in expanding access to higher education. WGU has been honored as one of the 2008 Top 20 Military Friendly Colleges and Universities by Military Advanced Education magazine. WGU sponsors the Online Student Survival Guide (http://onlinestudentsurvival.com/), a blog that addresses many of the questions and daily concerns online students from any online college or university face.
Now serving more than 13,000 students, WGU was founded by 19 U.S. governors, and is supported by more than 20 leading corporations and foundations. They include institutions such as AT&T, BearingPoint, Dell, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Hewlett-Packard, HCA, Microsoft, Oracle, Qwest, SunGard Higher Education, Sun Microsystems, and Zions Bank. WGU offers bachelor's and master's degrees in business, information technology, teacher education, and health professions, with students in all 50 states. More information is available at www.wgu.edu.
Contact for media inquiries:
Joan Mitchell - Director of PR
801-428-5463
jmitchell(at)wgu.edu
Contact for enrollment information:
866-225-5948
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