The department of education, the district attorney in every state and the Higher Learning Commission know exactly how we enroll students and that we are for profit. They are not stupid! Schools have to make sure its not shoved in the publics place but Camden kid and DahnShaulis talk and talk but haven't you gotten the idea yet that the Government doesn't really care. Do you realize that if Univ of Phoenix went out of business that more than 12000 people would be out of a job that is just in Phoenix alone. No one wants to see that not UOPX, the state of Arizona, no one. The justification is we talk to adults if you don't research your options and find a better school that's not my fault. You don't have to fill out the application! The reason why the government proposes a law and only partially makes any change is that they don't really want to change it. Government officials don't have to attend UOPX to know that $395 per credit is pricey they just don't want to be responsible with the collapse of 12000+ unemployed plus the demise of hundreds of thousands of peoples' diplomas. The school is not going to close happen don't hold your breath. For pete's sake although Bill Pepicello is retiring he was on the inner circle the whole time - " Bill serves as a peer reviewer and team leader for the Peer Review Corps of the Higher Learning Commission, a commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools that accredits degree-granting institutions of higher education. Bill was appointed to the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) under the U.S. Department of Education. The committee is tasked with advising the Secretary of Education on matters related to accreditation and to the eligibility and certification process for institutions of higher education." He is part of the HLC and the Department of Education. All of those notices, warnings etc are not serious.
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There will never be any value to selling degrees. The myth that a degree or diploma will get you a good job is just that. These diploma mills, these debt cancer schools are not in the business to educate they are in the business to make profit.
Please go to www.dailycensored.com and see the articles for there are dozens. These rackets must be stopped.
Why not make these institutions change their name to more accurately reflect the product they offer? They shouldn't be able to call themselves universities. The are vocational schools. This would go a long way in helping the consumer make more thoughtful choices.Devry College or Ashford Vocational Institute sound about right.
Well said!
@by enrollment (enrollment), I agree that the University of Phoenix will be around for awhile. The question is, what kind of company and what kind of school will Apollo Grou/University of Phoenix be? Will it be a school that gives good value to its customers (including US taxpayers) and has a humane work evironment? Or will it be a company that behind the scenes detests its students and workers? Believe me, things will change over the long run. As a historical sociologist I observe historical, social, economic, and cultural patterns. THINGS ARE CHANGING. Read David Halperin's work, or Suzanne Mettler's. Read what Sara Goldrick-Rab and Nancy Kendall have proposed in Wisconsin. Read what Danny Weil has reported on about Chile (specifically against Apollo Group)and Ecuador. It's up to workers and students to choose which direction that will be. Positive change will take education, organization, endurance and struggle.