The Bagel Times

infoneer-pulse:

All around the world, people have been waiting for someone like Shai Reshef to come along.

Reshef is the founder and president of the University of the People, a tuition-free online institution that enrolled its first class of students in 2009.

UoPeople strives to serve the vast numbers of students who have no access to traditional higher education. Some can’t afford it, or they live in countries where there are simply no good colleges to attend. Others live in rural areas, or identify with a culture, an ethnicity, or a gender that is excluded from public services.

UoPeople students pay an application fee of between $10 and $50 and must have a high-school diploma and be proficient in English. There are also small fees for grading final exams. Otherwise, it’s free.

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