Topics regarding layoffs at Zovio (formerly Bridgepoint Education Inc.)

Topics regarding layoffs at Zovio (formerly Bridgepoint Education Inc.)

Zovio working with Post University

Post is another subprime college https://seekingalpha.com/pr/17644699-zovio-announces-tutorme-partnership-post-university

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Zovio slideshow

Hilarious... https://seekingalpha.com/article/4291447-zovio-zvo-investor-presentation-slideshow

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More layoffs coming

San Diego academic advisors and other roles will be given there walking papers in March and outsourced to Arizona ...this isn’t a new development. Staff is aware of this

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More losses

Q2 Non-GAAP EPS of -$0.15 beats by $0.05; GAAP EPS of -$0.58. https://seekingalpha.com/news/3488921-zovio-and-nbsp-eps-beats-0_05-misses-revenue

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| 900 views | | 2 replies (last August 8, 2019)
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Will the numbers be correct this time?

"Zovio (ZVO) is expected to deliver a year-over-year decline in earnings on lower revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended June 2019. This widely-known consensus outlook gives a good sense of the company's earnings picture, but how the... — read more 

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Post ID: @OP+107mBzcV

Cooking the books?

Why are the enrollment numbers for Ashford University reported to the SEC so much higher than the numbers reported to ED? Is it simply a matter of definitions, or is someone cooking the books? If it is cooking the books, are all the subprime... — read more 

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| 900 views | | 2 replies (last July 19, 2019)
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Not quite a dead cat bounce...

Zovio continues to limp along. The shares aren't so low that we can call increases a dead cat bounce. But the next earning report in late July will be interesting. Not sure what to make of this, but a former PwC auditor is now on the Board... — read more 

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| 1060 views | | 2 replies (last July 12, 2019)
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248 jobs cut

Just reading this from local paper, which published the WARN notice on the layoffs in San Diego:... — read more 

Share price down to $3.51

It's early in the game, but this looks similar to COCO, ESI, EDMC, and NAUH.

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| 1080 views | | 4 replies (last June 25, 2019)
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Massive firings today

Vp of enrollment and almost all of the managers are fired in enrollment .. esas are being walked out one by on

Bridgepoint was just a symptom

Michael Clifford, Bridgepoint and Ashford University were just symptoms of a madness, brought on by a contagion of greed, a College Mania! that is still perpetuated by... — read more 

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"What If Online Education Simply Doesn't Work?"

"There’s already emerging consensus, for example, that online programs, sometimes referred to as distance education programs, routinely fail students in need of remediation or those without high self-motivation or advanced learning skills."... — read more 

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The numbers were even worse than expected...

Operating loss for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $7.2 million, compared with operating loss of $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018. Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $6.6 million, compared with net... — read more 

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If revenues are down, cost cutting will be coming

"Revenues are expected to be $111.85 million, down 5.2% from the year-ago quarter." https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bridgepoint-education-zvo-reports-next-143202975.html

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| 1110 views | | 2 replies (last May 10, 2019)
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Ashford featured in NBC News Investigates

Ashford University was highlighted in this NBC News investigation. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/veterans-could-be-first-pay-devos-rolls-back-profit-college-n985891

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No price for leaving San Diego?

Zovio is largely leaving San Diego, only thinking of cost cutting...again. Sounds like there is little grumbling. https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Zovio-EI_IE32643.11,16.htm But this is not the first time that this organization abandoned... — read more 

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| 1980 views | | 4 replies (last April 17, 2019)
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Call center and academic advising shipped to Arizona

Day after the party celebrating the rebrand each department had an organization update. The call center has two months to relocate to Arizona or they are jobless... student advising has six months to move or they are done as well

2019 Annual Long-Term Incentive Grants

Some people have been paid handsomely. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305323/000130532319000035/a8-k2019ltiawards.htm

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Zovio: Let the Whitewashing begin...

Looks good on the outside...I wonder how much it will cost for the rebranding https://www.zovio.com/our-story/corporate-social-responsibility/ https://www.zovio.com/who-we-serve/higher-education/enrollment/... — read more 

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Why Bridgepoint Purchase of Full Stack is Half-Baked

What were the names of the bootcamps that Apollo Group and Dream Center had? " Bootcamps may not be technically a scam, but they come awfully close."--Richard Kenneth Eng, former Project Team Leader at ATI Technologies (1993-2000)... — read more 

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| 1053 views | | 1 reply (March 14, 2019)
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Restated numbers are gruesome. Layoffs are inevitable.

The Company anticipates reporting the following financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2018: Operating loss in the range of $13.6 million to $14.0 million. Net loss in the range of $13.4 million to $13.8 million... — read more 

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The Bridgpoint scandal. What you can do.

It's good for Bridgepoint Education and Ashford University that they have lots of friends in DC. But fudging numbers is a really bad idea. Look at what's happened at Dream Center Holdings and the collapse of Argosy University and the Art Institutes... — read more 

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Ashford will be the next to shut down

Stock down 30 percent due to fudged numbers, vp of ops fired, new COO passing everyone off, and almost all of San Diego enrollment on corrective action and Arizona doing terrible

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| 1250 views | | 2 replies (last March 11, 2019)
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