We write when something changes. Which is not often.
Everything on this site is a snapshot of published policy, and published policy moves. Tuition rises, states open and close, attempt rules get revised. This list exists to tell you when a page you relied on stopped being true — and for nothing else.
Get the change notes
Typically six to ten emails a year. Fewer in a quiet year, and we would rather have a quiet year.
What actually gets sent
- Tuition changes, with the old and new figure side by side so you can see the size of the move rather than just the new number.
- State availability changes. The six states closed to the nurse practitioner tracks is the single most decision-relevant list on this site, and it is exactly the sort of thing that changes without announcement.
- Assessment and attempt rule changes — the four-attempt cap and the $60 retake fee are policy, and policy is revisable.
- Transfer policy changes, including anything touching the first-term-start deadline.
- Programme structure changes: course counts, new tracks, retired ones.
- Corrections to our own pages. When we get something wrong we send that too, which is the part most lists leave out.
What never gets sent
- Enrolment deadlines dressed up as urgency. WGU starts a term every month; there is no deadline to miss.
- Anything written to move you toward a particular school, including this one.
- Sequences. You get a change note when there is a change, and silence otherwise.
Why this is worth having if you are still a year out
The people who get caught are almost never the ones deciding this month. They are the ones who researched carefully eighteen months ago, made a plan against figures that were accurate at the time, and never checked again. A tuition rise and a state closure are both quiet events until they are yours.