Topics regarding layoffs at University of Phoenix

Topics regarding layoffs at University of Phoenix

Operation Neptune

Here it is. https://arktimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/UA-Stephens-0135_RA1224131_OR-1.pdf https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/02/08/stephens-inc-could-make-more-than-a-million-if-ua-systems-phoenix-effort-succeeds

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Desperation moves?

Paul Basken reports for Times Higher Education that the University of Phoenix “has been trying without luck for two years to sell itself to a traditional higher education system. Phoenix has been telling state universities in a marketing brochure... — read more 

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KJZZ

News from KJZZ... https://kjzz.org/content/1838212/university-phoenix-could-get-new-owner-university-arkansas

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"When you have to be right"

This is the real buyer? https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en https://careers.wolterskluwer.com/en

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More on the proposed sale...

"Incorporation records with the secretary of state’s office show that the registered agent for TES is CT Corporation System, also known as the Corporation Trust Company, located in Little Rock. CT Corporation is owned by Wolters Kluwer, a... — read more 

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Buying Phoenix on the installment plan?

$50M down payment with installments and a 6-10 percent interest rate? Any takers besides Arkan-huck-a-sanders, Jed C, or Gomez A?

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Oh, the irony...

Employer Perspective versus Employee Reality... https://www.phoenix.edu/content/dam/edu/career-institute/doc/uopx-career-optimism-index-2022-all-data-appendix.pdf

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| 870 views | | 2 replies (last January 31, 2023)
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Good news?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereknewton/2023/01/30/university-of-arkansas-may-acquire-for-profit-university-of-phoenixwhich-is-good-news/?sh=4799654166c9

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More than one potential buyer?

I'm getting word that Apollo is shopping University of Phoenix around. Was the UoPX-Arkansas deal for an estimated $500-$700M an intentional leak? Or was a concerned someone in Arkansas worried that the University of Arkansas System would take the... — read more 

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| 880 views | | 4 replies (last January 31, 2023)
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Proposed Sale Showed Apollo's Hand

Apollo Education is in more trouble than they have been letting on. For Apollo Global Management to try to pawn off the school on the University of Arkansas System for $500M-$700M shows just how desperate Apollo Global is to discard the school... — read more 

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Arkansas?

"The Arkansas Times revealed Tuesday that a non-profit organization affiliated with the University of Arkansas System has been in talks about acquiring the University of Phoenix, long one of the country’s largest for-profit colleges, from that... — read more 

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University of Phoenix Today

Student-to-Faculty Ratio of 92 to 1 (was 70 to 1). Only 76 F/T instructors for 85,836 students. Ghost campuses in Hawaii, Nevada, and Texas. Average age of students is 38. Only 7 percent are making progress with student loans. Part of the... — read more 

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Culture of Silence (A UoPX tradition)

How does University of Perfect punish whistleblowers these days? What rewards does it give them to keep quiet? How does a worker document unethical or illegal behavior by those above her, to prevent being thrown under the bus?

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| 1235 views | | 2 replies (last December 27, 2022)
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NCES Enrollment numbers

Arizona-85,836 California-1,595 Hawaii-62 Nevada-82 Texas-134

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Department of Education and Federal Student Aid Invite Tips and Information from Knowledgeable Sources on Potential Violations by Institutions

"In furtherance of its oversight responsibilities, Federal Student Aid (“FSA”) issues this bulletin to solicit information from knowledgeable sources about potential violations of the Higher Education Act and its implementing regulations. FSA has... — read more 

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Roboprofs and Robosales?

Instructors have been pared down to a minimum. That's a given. But with Artificial Intelligence (AI), how many educational content creators will be needed? Who is not expendable as University of Phoenix moves forward?

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UoPX Robocollege

76 F/T instructors for 85,836 students https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=university+of+phoenix&s=all&id=484613 Was 127 F/T for 96,000 students https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2021/07/the-growth-of-robot-colleges.html

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The College Meltdown

University of Phoenix has been an exemplar of the College Meltdown. https://collegeviability.com/blog/f/interview-with-dahn-shaulis---higher-education-inquirer

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UoPX and Medcerts

Making Phoenix feel more like Corinthian Colleges... https://seekingalpha.com/news/3873016-strides-medcerts-partners-with-university-of-phoenix-for-educational-opportunities

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Student loan forgiveness could help for-profit colleges

Feeling guilty, at all? "..., 44, a first-generation college student, enrolled at the University of Phoenix in ... because she viewed higher education as a pathway out of her $12-an-hour service job. She was drawn in by the school’s online... — read more 

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Help for consumers misled by University of Phoenix.

The Sweet v Cardona group helps consumers get debt relief after they have been misled. Please pass this on to all the people you hurt. It may assuage your subconscious guilt. https://www.facebook.com/groups/801761750635952/about/

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Micro-Managing

This is mainly for any Enrollment employees still on here that are currently employed. Has Leadership completely shifted to micro-managing all of us? From VP’s listening to our calls (even our voicemails we leave for students) to Directors actually... — read more 

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University of Phoenix in Higher Ed History

"Over the last two decades, the University of Phoenix alone closed more than 500 campuses, many which were conveniently located near US interstate highways. In 2025, UoPX will have just one campus, located in Phoenix, Arizona."... — read more 

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Sweet v. Cardona

https://predatorystudentlending.org/cases/sweet-v-devos/ https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/student-debt-cancelled-sweet-cardona-settlement-2022-6

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CL

How's CL working out as President? Is he doing as well at UoPX as he did at EDMC?

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17 questions

https://www.republicreport.org/2022/the-17-questions-the-education-dept-asked-a-university-president-before-he-resigned/

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Curious George is out

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2022/06/03/university-phoenix-president-george-burnett-education-department-probe/7485965001/

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| 1750 views | | 2 replies (last June 3, 2022)
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Getting hammered by Borrower Defense?

University of Phoenix must be getting hosed by Borrowers Defense. Anybody care to discuss the numbers?

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