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Kepler (institution)

Kepler
TypePrivate, Nonprofit, Coeducational
EstablishedSeptember 2013
Students500
Location
Kigali, Rwanda
Websitewww.kepler.org

Kepler is a nonprofit higher education program that operates a university campus in Kigali, Rwanda. It is one of the first programs worldwide to integrate massive open online courses (MOOCs), flip teaching, and other education technology practices into a blended learning curriculum, with the goal of lowering the cost of higher education without a reduction in academic quality or outcomes. All graduates of the program receive an accredited U.S. degree through the competency-based College for America at Southern New Hampshire University.[1]

Kepler is funded primarily through a grant from the IKEA Foundation.[2] In October 2017 Daniel Gwinnell joined the organization as its CEO.[3]

History

Kepler launched in 2004, operating as Orphans of Rwanda and later became Generation Rwanda in 2010. Kepler has been supporting talented and economically vulnerable Rwandan students to have access to a quality higher education. Kepler has been reinvented the higher education scene by offering young people pathways to access gainful employment, and create positive change within their communities.

In 2013, Kepler partnered with the Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU)[4] to scale their impact through their "College for America" program in two location: the Kepler Kigali campus and the Kiziba Refugee Camp. This partnership combined Southern New Hampshire's University's online degree with in-person seminars, job readiness training and coaching. In 2015 and 2016, Kepler expanded its reach through the recruitment of Rwandan refugees, which later expanded to students from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya and Uganda. Kepler opened up a second site at the UNHCR's Kiziba Refugee Camp in Rwanda's Western Province with the goal of providing access to higher education to refugees.[5]

In 2018, Kepler launched the Iteme,[6] a preparatory program preparing secondary school graduates preparing to pursue higher education, with a focus placed on English.

Function

Kepler operates an experimental university campus in Kigali, Rwanda that combines online courses with in-person facilitation and career training. They employ no faculty, opting to use MOOCs and other online resources for expert-level content, while retaining teaching experts to support student learning. Kepler’s Teaching Fellows are a mix of international educators and local Rwandan teachers.

According to its website, Kepler’s goal is “to create a global network of universities that deliver the skills that emerging economies need for a price that [its] students can afford.”[7] In addition to Kepler’s direct work as a university program, they promote the secondary aim of creating a “university in a box.” All of their data is being provided as open source content in order to encourage other institutions to adopt aspects of Kepler’s model in order to reduce the cost and increase the quality of current higher education options.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ "Scientific American article on Kepler". Scientific American. July 12, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  2. ^ "Fast Company article on African higher education". Fast Company. January 7, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  3. ^ "Kepler Twitter page". Twitter. April 21, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  4. ^ "Locations and Partners". Global Education Movement (GEM) at SNHU. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  5. ^ "Reach Higher Platform to Increase Higher Education Access in Rwandan Refugee Camps". iiepeer.org. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  6. ^ Kepler (29 July 2021). "A Closer Look at Iteme: Kepler's Bridge to Success". Kepler.
  7. ^ "Kepler website". Kepler. May 14, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  8. ^ "Chronicle of Higher Education article on Kepler". Chronicle of Higher Education. September 16, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
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