I think these tuts would be excellent for the newbies. Jenny is a terrific teacher. Even though it includes some of the projects from some of her free tuts, I even thought about taking it. I think with the discount it is $29.95. The tuts are supposed to take you from start to finish of a quilt though the lessons.
The old timers don't need it but for a new quilter, you couldn't ask for a better teacher. Also I don't believe the store is the marketer of the series.
I took one class with Quilt University and did not think I got enough from it.