There are larger serious issues. First with struggles from Joan B it was cartoon marketing ads. Then came flat pricing, period. Well then they kept discounts too which just makes it as confusing but just lowered profit. Then push for separating applying with the finance part, guess we just want the email, don’t scare then with a social sec number. Now coming soon two’fer deals on classes coming. Really buy some get some free?? Ever heard a university do that. Embarrassing last try efforts. Bad system choices and building upgrades. Top that off by everyone staging to keep a job. Last try to get all they can for a fire sale maybe. God help us.
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No company is doing these things for a reason. This is not innovation.
If this is a financial model then I am the Dutchman
God help the families of employees that is the end will lose.
More discounts, 2 class for 1 paid, reorganizes coming. Not seen anything like this yet.
"We cannot increase tuition like a state school because there’s no value like a state school. Our school is for those that cannot make it into the state school." (1sch)
Bingo! Every state university system now has online courses available at in-state tuition rates. In my state, you can get a fully online bachelor's degree. The reason UOPX students don't avail themselves of those opportunities is either because they can't hack it or they are trying to scam the system. (And I know there are exceptions to that, but I'm speaking very broadly about the general student population.)
We cannot increase tuition like a state school because there’s no value like a state school. Our school is for those that cannot make it into the state school.
You’re right. So many cuts and changes coming, there will be nothing left. Like someone mentioned, what about new hires? How many will stay once they see how we enroll? Probably none. We can’t retain students or new hire employees.
Why not offer cheap tuition like other state schools.. oh that’s right those schools increase tuition too...more changes coming soon. Cut every corner.... ptretty soon the corners are going to be the main part then ... zero we will cease as a school... maybe that is what the new people want... a tax right off and finally UOP will be gone...
Is that why our only marketing strategy is to lower tuition and give away our education at 99 cent store prices?
You can’t offer cheap education and expect these people to retain. But they wouldn’t know that because they have never enrolled a student in their life.
Come on people! Joan was the head marketing person for Zumba. Marketing is by far the worst department here. Why they keep her we'll never know. She must have dirt on someone. We need a survey on rating our internal stakeholders. I've never heard one good thing about that team. They are control freaks and totally out of touch with what our students want.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. This new deal is pathetic. They want us to act like a “real college” but treat marketing like car sales and education quality like a beauty school. Who are making these decisions and why haven’t they been fired yet?!!