Serving Working Learners - A Conversation with Scott Pulsipher, President at WGU

Update: 2023-10-31

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In this episode, I talk with Scott Pulsipher, president of Western Governors University (WGU). We talk about the history of WGU, the growth of enrollments and the evolution of the teaching and learning model. I discuss with Scott how the WGU team thinks about serving working learners and the importance of their Competency-Based Education model. Scott also describes recent efforts in Congress to codify CBE and the impact of AI on its model.

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Serving Working Learners - A Conversation with Scott Pulsipher, President at WGU

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Serving Working Learners - A Conversation with Scott Pulsipher, President at WGU

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Serving Working Learners - A Conversation with Scott Pulsipher, President at WGU