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Greenstone, Michael and Adam Looney. 2012. [http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/jobs/posts/2012/10/05-jobs-greenstone-looney Regardless of the Cost, College Still Matters]. October 5. Brookings Institute.
Greenstone, Michael and Adam Looney. 2012. [http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/jobs/posts/2012/10/05-jobs-greenstone-looney Regardless of the Cost, College Still Matters]. October 5. Brookings Institute.

Hoffman, Reid. 2013. [http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130916065028-1213-disrupting-the-diploma Disrupting the Diploma]. September 16. Moutain View, CA: linkedin.com.


Hough, Lory. 2012. [http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news-impact/2012/01/are-you-down-with-or-done-with-homework/ Are You Down With or Done With Homework?]. Cambridge, MA: www.gse.harvard.edu.
Hough, Lory. 2012. [http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news-impact/2012/01/are-you-down-with-or-done-with-homework/ Are You Down With or Done With Homework?]. Cambridge, MA: www.gse.harvard.edu.
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Kolowich, Steve. 2013. [http://chronicle.com/article/Duke-Us-Undergraduate/138895/ Duke U.'s Undergraduate Faculty Derails Plan for Online Courses for Credit]. April 30. Chronicle of Higher Education.
Kolowich, Steve. 2013. [http://chronicle.com/article/Duke-Us-Undergraduate/138895/ Duke U.'s Undergraduate Faculty Derails Plan for Online Courses for Credit]. April 30. Chronicle of Higher Education.


Learner, Kristen, Jeffrey Wong and Nikki Magaziner Mills. 2013. [http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/india/2013/06/06/for-international-students-college-checklists-for-june/ For International Students, College Checklists for June]. June 6. New York, NY: New York Times.
Learner, Kristen, Jeffrey Wong and Nikki Magaziner Mills. 2013. [http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/india/2013/06/06/for-international-students-college-checklists-for-june/ For International Students, College Checklists for June]. June 6. New York, NY: New York Times.


Lewin, Tamar. 2013. [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/education/california-bill-would-force-colleges-to-honor-online-classes.html California Bill Seeks Campus Credit for Online Study]. March 12. New York, NY: The New York Times.
Lewin, Tamar. 2013. [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/education/california-bill-would-force-colleges-to-honor-online-classes.html California Bill Seeks Campus Credit for Online Study]. March 12. New York, NY: The New York Times.
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Admissions' Department: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School
Admissions' Department: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School


Flyer seeking degree-oriented, WUaS students: 'Quaker-informed World University & School seeks friendly, undergraduate students for free, online, MIT OCW-centric, bachelor’s degrees to apply in the autumn of 2013, for matriculation in autumn 2014' - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSFriendsFlyerforProspectiveStudentApplicants.pdf - and accessible here, also - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSNoticeArchive.html. WUaS holds open, electronically-mediated, hour-long, monthly business meeting on the second Saturdays at 9 am Pacific Time, in the manner of Quakers - email worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com if you'd like to participate.
Flyer seeking degree-oriented, WUaS students: 'Quaker-informed World University & School seeks friendly, undergraduate students for free, online, Greatest Universities-centric, bachelor’s degrees to apply in the autumn of 2013, for matriculation in autumn 2014' - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSFriendsFlyerforProspectiveStudentApplicants.pdf - and accessible here, also - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSNoticeArchive.html. WUaS holds open, electronically-mediated, hour-long, monthly business meeting on the second Saturdays at 9 am Pacific Time, in the manner of Quakers - email worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com if you'd like to participate.




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World University and School incorporated as a nonprofit in April 2010 and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity, as of 2011.
World University and School - like Wikipedia with Greatest Universities' OpenCourseWare (not endorsed by MIT OCW) - incorporated as a nonprofit effective April 2010 and has been a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, educational organization charity through November 12, 2012, and is re-instating its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, as of September 2013, effective 2010.


World University & School is a community of learners and teachers who value — and are themselves strengthened by — the rich diversity of its participants. In order to cultivate a flourishing teaching, learning and creating conversation in a diverse and complex world, WUaS welcomes all languages, students, families, faculty, board members, and staff with differences based on (but not limited to) race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, family structure, and economic background.
World University & School is a community of learners and teachers who value — and are themselves strengthened by — the rich diversity of its participants. In order to cultivate a flourishing teaching, learning and creating conversation in a diverse and complex world, WUaS welcomes all languages, students, families, faculty, board members, and staff with differences based on (but not limited to) race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, family structure, and economic background.