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About WGU Advancement

The Promise of Higher Education, Fulfilled.

WGU Advancement's Mission

WGU Advancement is an organization founded in 2018 as the official fundraising arm of Western Governors University (WGU) and its affiliates.

Since its founding, WGU Advancement has dedicated itself to making high-quality, career-based education affordable and attainable for all by increasing and improving access to higher education and accelerating innovations in learning on behalf of students. WGU Advancement partners with foundations, corporations, associations, employees, students, and alumni to support scholarships, explore new learning models, and implement new technologies that reinvigorate the promise of higher education.

Mission

We advance the mission, vision, and goals of Western Governors University and its affiliates.

Vision

To create transformational, intergenerational, positive change.

More about WGU Advancement

Learn even more about how WGU Advancement serves the mission, vision and purpose of WGU and its affiliates by reading how we're committed to keeping the promise of higher education fulfilled.

WGU's Mission

WGU's mission is to change lives for the better by creating pathways to opportunity.

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More about WGU

See what kind of marks WGU received, how we compare, and how we are working to help bridge the gap between talent and access to opportunity by viewing WGU's 2023 Annual Report.

More about WGU Advancement

Learn even more about how WGU Advancement serves the mission, vision and purpose of WGU and its affiliates by reading how we're committed to keeping the promise of higher education fulfilled.