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Re:University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online... by kamyarg on Thursday June 11, 2020 @09:01PM (#23494914)
As both the OP and you are new accounts, I will ask the first question I can think of:

is this a marketing move to post it here?

Also, I watched the "Who is behind it" video and it did not answer the question, who is actually behind this? Is it a non-profit? Is it owned by by someone? Who founded it when?

Re:University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online... by tomato2juice on Thursday June 11, 2020 @10:19PM (#23495336)
>is this a marketing move to post it here?

Nope, I had found the university before but ignored it. Then was looking for cheap math degrees from the recent math books thread today, and came across this school again. Figured I'd post it, but I have no interest in attending there, as they don't have any programs I care about

Re:University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online... by kamyarg on Friday June 12, 2020 @02:58PM (#23502461)
Thank you for explaining.
Re:University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online... by uopeoplestudent on Thursday June 11, 2020 @09:08PM (#23494948)
Shai Reshef is the person who started.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kH-uYwt0qs

It's non-profit. Not sure who "owns" it. It started in 2009.

Edit: Addendum. I'm not sure they need marketing. When I started last year (Sep 2019), they had ~20k students. They've added another 10k over the course of the academic year. I believe they were at 5k students in 2016.

I'm actually concerned about the sustainability with this growth, but we'll see how this ride goes.

Re:University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online... by kamyarg on Thursday June 11, 2020 @09:10PM (#23494959)
Is posting here a marketing move? you seem to have skipped that question.
Re:University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online... by uopeoplestudent on Thursday June 11, 2020 @09:12PM (#23494967)
See my addendum. Didn't mean to miss it. Just answering several people at once.

Aside from being a student, I have no other affiliation with the school.

Re:University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online... by kamyarg on Thursday June 11, 2020 @09:15PM (#23494979)
Ok, thank you for the answer.