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[drannmaria]

Is anyone familiar with University of the People? A tuition-free university sounds like a great idea. I do volunteer a few hours a week with local schools and I thought I could donate some time to this organization.

However, I could not find their faculty listed anywhere on their site and that threw me a little bit. I looked at the course descriptions for my field (statistics) and they were adequate. Nothing new but nothing wrong, either.

Obviously, searching the forum brought up a ton of irrelevant hits with the words "university" and "people", so if there has been a prior discussion someone could direct me to, it would be appreciated.

[uopeople123]

Hello Drannmaria,

I work with the University. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at communications@uopeople.org

You may find our deans and academic leadership here: http://www.uopeople.org/groups/leadership

[larryc]

It looks like the university is editing its own Wikipedia page, which sets of a few alarm bells for me. And I see that it is not accredited: "The University is in the process of preparing the necessary materials to apply for accreditation from an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education."

[oldfullprof]

This sounds like The University without Walls (Los Angeles).  My boss in a counseling agency pretended to have a "PhD" from there.  We all snickered when he left the room.  He was a Soko Gokai Buddhist and probably chanted for it.

[chicago_48]

This sounds like The University without Walls (Los Angeles).  My boss in a counseling agency pretended to have a "PhD" from there.  We all snickered when he left the room.  He was a Soko Gokai Buddhist and probably chanted for it.

Found this forum.  Has anyone got any new information about this university?

[zharkov]

Found this forum.  Has anyone got any new information about this university?

Still not accredited.