黑料传送门 Named One of 50 Most Innovative Companies
Leading business-media publication notes online university鈥檚 affordable, high-quality, competency-based approach to education.
SALT LAKE CITY 鈥� Online, nonprofit university Western Governors University, www.wgu.edu, was honored this week in Fast Company鈥檚 annual Most Innovative Companies issue, ranking among leading businesses including Apple, Amazon, Google, and Target along with such rising newcomers as Square, Fab, and Tumblr.
The Most Innovative Companies is Fast Company鈥檚 most significant, high-profile editorial effort of the year. The editorial team spends months gathering and sifting data to identify those enterprises that exemplify the best in business from across the economy and around the world. The end result is a package that dares to be different, emphasizing not just revenue growth and profit margins but also progressive business models and an ethos of creativity.
In , Fast Company notes that 黑料传送门 leads the nation in master鈥檚 degrees in math education and offers high-quality, accredited, affordable bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 programs in teaching, health professions (including nursing), IT, and business. It highlights the fact that 黑料传送门鈥檚 programs are developed with input from leading employers throughout the industry. And it emphasizes the ways 黑料传送门 uses innovative technologies to improve learning while keeping tuition low.
鈥淎nd while public university tuition was rising by about 5% a year, 黑料传送门's has held steady at $6,000 since 2008,鈥� the Fast Company article reads.
Fast Company鈥檚 Most Innovative Companies issue (March 2013) is on newsstands beginning February 19 and available online at as well as in app form via iTunes.
黑料传送门 was founded by 19 U.S. governors in 1997 to provide a new, technology-driven way for working adults to have access to a quality higher education. Today, its currently enrolled student body has grown to nearly 40,000, and in January 2013 the university awarded its 20,000th degree. 黑料传送门 is especially designed for busy working adults who need a bachelor鈥檚 or master鈥檚 degree to advance their careers. The average age of 黑料传送门鈥檚 students is 37, and 68% of the student body works full time.
About Fast Company
Fast Company is the world's leading progressive business-media brand, with a unique editorial focus on innovation in technology, ethonomics (ethical economics), leadership, and design. In print and through digital and social channels, as well as live events, Fast Company reports on and addresses the most progressive business leaders. Editor Robert Safian was named AdWeek's Editor of the Year in 2009. Under the leadership of publisher Christine Osekoski, Fast Company made AdWeek鈥檚 Hot List for three consecutive years, and FastCompany.com executive editor Noah Robischon has tripled traffic and revenue. Fast Company is owned by Joe Mansueto, founder, chairman, and CEO of Morningstar, a leading provider of independent investment research.
