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#18 Shai Reshef, University of the People: Delivering higher ed to 53k students on a budget of $13M
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With 53k students and a budget of $13 million, University of the People provides a nonprofit, tuition free, online university. And last September, they established the first Arabic language, online degree program, after seeing students, in particular refugees, flocking to their program. We discuss their peer to peer learning model, their liberal arts foundation and how they manage to keep costs down.
Show notes:
- Twitter: @ShaiReshef @UoPeople
- Find out more about University of the People: https://www.uopeople.edu/
- More about Arabic language programme: https://www.uopeople.edu/about/worldwide-recognition/press-releases/university-of-the-people-launching-first-arabic-language-program-in-september/
- Favourite book about learning: John Sexton, Standing for Reason: The University in a Dogmatic Age, https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41833036-standing-for-reason
- Favourite book not about learning: Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, https://www.ynharari.com/book/sapiens-2/
- What are you binge watching? Queen’s Gambit, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10048342/
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Show notes:
- Twitter: @ShaiReshef @UoPeople
- Find out more about University of the People: https://www.uopeople.edu/
- More about Arabic language programme: https://www.uopeople.edu/about/worldwide-recognition/press-releases/university-of-the-people-launching-first-arabic-language-program-in-september/
- Favourite book about learning: John Sexton, Standing for Reason: The University in a Dogmatic Age, https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41833036-standing-for-reason
- Favourite book not about learning: Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, https://www.ynharari.com/book/sapiens-2/
- What are you binge watching? Queen’s Gambit, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10048342/
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