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Annual Report 2016-17 AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA ANGOLA ARGENTINA ARMENIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BENIN BHUTAN BOLIVIA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANADA CHAD CHANNEL ISLANDS CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA CONGO REPUBLIC CONGO, DEM. REP. COOK ISLANDS COSTA RICA COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR EGYPT ERITREA | PEOPLE THE UNIVERSITY OF ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FIJI FINLAND FRANCE GABON GAMBIA GEORGIA GERMANY GHANA GREECE GREENLAND GRENADA GUATEMALA GUYANA HAITI HONDURAS HONG KONG* HUNGARY INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KOSOVO KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LAOS LATVIA LEBANONUNIVERSITY LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACAU* OF THE PEOPLE MALAWI MALAYSIA MALDIVES MALI MAURITIUS MEXICO MOLDOVA MONGOLIA MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUETuition-Free OnIineMYANMAR University NAMIBIA NEPAL NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NIGER NIGERIA NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN PALAU PALESTINE* PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL PUERTO RICO QATAR ROMANIA RUSSIA RWANDA SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 2016-2017 REPORT ANNUAL SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SAINT MAARTEN SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOLOMON ISLANDS SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH KOREA SOUTH SUDAN SPAIN SRI LANKA ST. KITTS AND NEVIS SUDAN SURINAME SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIA TAIWAN* TANZANIA THAILAND TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES UZBEKISTAN UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE VENEZUELA VIETNAM VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.) YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA FOR THE PEOPLE ANGOLA ARGENTINA ARMENIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BY THE PEOPLE BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BENIN BHUTAN BOLIVIA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANADA CHAD CHANNEL ISLANDS CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA CONGO REPUBLIC CONGO, DEM. REP. COOK ISLANDS COSTA RICA COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK DOMINICA DOMINICANUNIVERSITY REPUBLIC ECUADOR EGYPT ERITREA ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FIJI FINLAND FRANCE GABON GAMBIA GEORGIA GERMANY GHANA GREECE GREENLAND GRENADA GUATEMALA GUYANA HAITI HONDURAS HONG KONG* HUNGARY INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JORDAN KAZAKHSTANOF KENYA THE KOSOVOPEOPLE KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LAOS LATVIA LEBANON LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACAU* MALAWI MALAYSIA MALDIVESBY MALI THE MAURITIUS PEOPLE MEXICO MOLDOVA MONGOLIA MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA NEPAL NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NIGER NIGERIA NORWAYFOR THE OMAN PEOPLE PAKISTAN PALAU PALESTINE* PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL PUERTO RICO QATAR ROMANIA RUSSIA RWANDA SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SAINT MAARTEN SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOLOMON ISLANDS SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH KOREA SOUTH SUDAN SPAIN SRI LANKA ST. KITTS AND NEVIS SUDAN SURINAME SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIA TAIWAN* TANZANIA THAILAND TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA VIETNAM VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.) YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA ANGOLA ARGENTINA ARMENIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BENIN BHUTAN BOLIVIA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANADA CHAD CHANNEL ISLANDS CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA CONGO REPUBLIC CONGO, DEM. REP. COOK ISLANDS COSTA RICA COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR EGYPT ERITREA ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FIJI FINLAND FRANCE GABON GAMBIA GEORGIA GERMANY GHANA GREECE GREENLANDANNUAL GRENADA GUATEMALA GUYANA HAITI HONDURAS HONG KONG* HUNGARY INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JORDANREPORT KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KOSOVO KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LAOS LATVIA LEBANON LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACAU* MALAWI MALAYSIA2016-2017 MALDIVES MALI MAURITIUS MEXICO MOLDOVA MONGOLIA MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA NEPAL NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NIGER NIGERIA NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN PALAU PALESTINE* PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL PUERTO RICO QATAR ROMANIA RUSSIA RWANDA SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SAINT MAARTEN SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOLOMON ISLANDS SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH KOREA SOUTH SUDAN SPAIN SRI LANKA ST. KITTS AND NEVIS SUDAN SURINAME SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIA TAIWAN* TANZANIA THAILAND TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA VIETNAM VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.) YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA ANGOLA ARGENTINA ARMENIA UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE TABLE OF CONTENTS A WELCOME D STUDENTS A Letter from the President 06 Undocumented Students 60 What drives University of the People? 08 Syrian Refugee Initiative 62 Countries & Territories and Volunteers 10 UoPeople for Women 64 The Education Community 13 Why the need for accessible higher education? 66 Enrollment 67 Limited Academic Opportunities in Africa 68 B GOVERNANCE Student Loan Debt 70 Board of Trustees 18 University in a Box 72 Where do UoPeople’s students come from? 20 President’s Council 22 E RECOGNITION C ACADEMIA Academic Collaborations 79 Corporate Partnerships and Support 80 A Letter from the Provost 28 How can I help? 85 Who are “the People?” 31 Affiliates 86 Business Administration Programs 32 Social Support 88 Business Administration Leadership 34 In the Media 90 Computer Science Programs 36 Computer Science Leadership 38 Health Science Programs 42 F SUPPORT Health Science Leadership 44 Scholarship Funds 96 Library Services Faculty & Advisory Board 46 Grants and Gifts 102 When? 49 Philanthropic Honor Roll 104 Academic Model 50 UoPeople Annual Report 106 UoPeople Ecosystem 52 Beyond Academics 55 A WELCOME Dear Friends, In our 2014 report, I wrote of our vision for a university of the people, by the people, and for the people. In this year’s report, we celebrate that vision and the reality it has become. UoPeople is an outstanding institution. Our students—drawn from every corner of the globe—are admitted based on merit and the belief that anyone willing to learn should have the opportunity to do so. In our programs, they are instructed by volunteers motivated by the noble desire to educate and give back. Furthermore, our students learn from one another through digital discussions and peer assessments, enriching their understanding of the course material as well as the world around them. The greatest indicator of our success is our graduates and the lives they build on the foundation of their education. But we also take pride in our incredible donors, whose UNIVERSITY contributions demonstrate their faith in our mission and work. OF THE PEOPLE Every contribution enables us to reach more students and change more lives. All of our people—students, instructors, mentors, SHAI advisors, staff, volunteers, and donors—make UoPeople more than the sum of its parts. They RESHEF make the dream into reality every day, not just this year, but for the many more to come. President University of the People Kind Regards, Shai Reshef President | University of the People UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE WHAT DRIVES UNIVERSITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE "While people can easily understand the benefits of UoPeople to students in developing countries, DANNI it may be surprising what a difference UoPeople KILOWSKY has made to a student like me in Australia.I’ve attempted university several times, always Bachelor of Science PEOPLE? dropping out because I needed to work full-time to support myself. I felt like a failure—destined in Health Science UoPeople believes that education can both transform the lives of individuals and to continue the cycle of my low socio-economic Australia be an important force for social and economic development around the globe. background. UoPeople is my way to break this The university is forging a path in the hopes that world leaders will follow: pattern and build a better life.” widespread education leads to widespread prosperity, and widespread prosperity leads to peace. 09 OVER 200 COUNTRIES & TERRITORIES, OVER 6000 VOLUNTEERS BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Afghanistan Belgium Cayman Islands Czech Republic Georgia Iran Lesotho Mexico Oman Saint Lucia Spain Turkey Albania Belize Central African Denmark Germany Iraq Liberia Micronesia, Fed. Sts Pakistan Saint Maarten Sri Lanka Turkmenistan Algeria Benin Republic Dominica Ghana Ireland Libya Moldova Palau Saint Vincent Sudan Turks and Caicos American Samoa Bermuda Chad Dominican Republic Greece Isle of Man Liechtenstein Monaco Palestinian Territories* and The Grenadines Suriname Islands Angola Bhutan Channel Islands Ecuador Greenland Israel Lithuania Mongolia Panama San Marino Swaziland Uganda Antigua and Barbuda Bolivia Chile Egypt Grenada Italy Luxembourg Montenegro Papua New Guinea Saudi Arabia Sweden Ukraine Argentina Bosnia and Herzegovina China El Salvador Guam Jamaica Macau* Morocco Paraguay Senegal Switzerland United Arab Emirates Armenia Botswana Colombia Equatorial Guinea Guatemala Japan Macedonia Mozambique Peru Serbia Syria United Kingdom Aruba Brazil Congo Republic Eritrea Guinea Jordan Madagascar
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