WGU Labs

Our work

Field-tested innovations designed to solve learning's wicked problems
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WGU Labs threads together ideas, the science of learning, and capital to advance positive student outcomes. As trailblazers, thinkers, and doers in the space, we are committed to increasing equity and building learning environments where all students can succeed.

Our innovation funnel guides our approach to business strategy, planning, and decisions. With our collaborators we move ideas and solutions through the phases of ideation, piloting, and incubation by asking questions, evaluating merit, and providing direction on our clients’ and our own projects.

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Featured work

Explore the latest ways we are working with mission-aligned startups, higher education leaders, faculty members, and workforce leaders to identify and design solutions that solve education’s biggest challenges.

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Focus areas

From improving access to education and redesigning a more equitable learning experience to making the learn-work-learn cycle easier to navigate, we concentrate on the wicked problems facing education today.

The wicked problems
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Commitment to equity

We are committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education and workforce development by advancing ideas and solutions that support positive outcomes for all learners.

Our commitment to equity