University of Phoenix failed to implement, until recently, Aug. 25, 2019, the State of California Wage and Theft Protection Act of January 1, 2012. Basically CA non-exempt employees have not been paid accurately according to the law, e.g., hourly... — read more
wut woh....
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-phoenix-agrees-cancel-141-million-student-loan-debt-n1099681?cid=ed_npd_bn_fb_bn&fbclid=IwAR36o1dQJbBKyuoBj5kkkKp0QqENChKrph9wBKj-j3VqDam8vJstmyRHi1Q
UOP fined $191 million by FTC
As a former Qualifying Center employee who was lied to by management about these partnerships and any associated potential tuition benefits that an Enrollment Rep could discuss, I'm glad UOP is facing some justice. However, I do feel bad for any... — read more
FTC settlement
Under the settlement announced today by the commission, Phoenix and its private investment group owners will owe the FTC roughly $50 million in cash while forgiving another $140 million in fees owed to the university by former students who allegedly... — read more
Median earnings for UoPX grads
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?484613-University-of-Phoenix-Arizona
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays from Po. Just checking in. Po has been gone for almost 2 years now. You all have a great day.
The Higher Education Assembly Line
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/higher-education-assembly-line-dahn-shaulis/
70 F/T instructors for 96,000 students?
How are the faculty numbers sustainable?
God Friended Me?
Looks like Apollo still has money for expensive ads, even if they are old ads.
Happy Veterans Day weekend...
By the way, how is the carpet bombing going at University of Phoenix? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-do-so-many-veterans-choose-university-of-phoenix-rather-than-more-legitimate-options-like-community-colleges-or-public-universities
University of Phoenix to become a state university?
"Participants at an upcoming invitation-only conference in the Washington DC area, entitled “Innovation and Public Private Partnership in Higher Education” (P3•EDU for short), will include Purdue University president Mitch Daniels and Graham Holdings... — read more
CCME
Is anyone here going to CCME in 2020? I hear that it's not what is used to be.
The College Meltdown started with subprime colleges like University of Phoenix
The for-profit contagion continues to grow... https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/2u-whistleblowers-detail-rampant-overpricing-behavior-dahn-shaulis/
Apollo Global names Nord, Sambur to lead private equity
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3502049-apollo-global-names-nord-sambur-lead-private-equity
UoPX "ghost campuses" are dwindling
Old numbers, but the only ones made public. https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=university+of+phoenix&s=all AZ 95,777 CA 6,952 CO 99 FL 246 GA 143 HI 351 IL 54 LA 15 MI 52 NV 320 NJ 47 NM 91 NC 72 PA 62 TN 62 TX 890 UT... — read more
"Massive College Scams Taxpayers Out Of Student Loans With Fake Enrollment Paperwork, Whistleblowers Say"
'Onetime employees of the University of Phoenix say the for-profit company conducted a potentially multi-billion dollar fraud on taxpayers by deliberately submitting false records to the federal government to enroll unqualified students and cash in... — read more
Dahnfest is getting boring
All this undereducated hypothesis-making and guessing is really getting old.
A rule repealed
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/us/politics/betsy-devos-for-profit-colleges.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Education
You know how you can tell when a business is failing?
When managers do everything to get people enrolled, then call those targets names behind their backs. When the business blames its advertising firm for not being able to get more vulnerable prospects. When people get sick because they cannot take the... — read more
FAEL: UoPX's ugly step sister
FAEL or is it FAIL? https://desciclopedia.org/wiki/Faculdade_Educacional_da_Lapa https://www.vantaeducation.com/about-us/our-history/
Enrollment is down to 85,000?
Did UoPX actually give out enrollment numbers to faculty? Is it really 85,000? If so, this is significant. But you cannot add it to Wikipedia unless it's in a verifiable source.
$188 million for marketing
You think that's enough? https://www.adweek.com/agencies/university-of-phoenix-sends-188-million-creative-account-to-tbwa-and-rapp/
New lawsuit targets Trump administration for stalling on borrower defense claims (Politico)
"Colleges with the largest numbers of pending claims include Corinthian Colleges, ITT Tech, DeVry University, the University of Phoenix, Education Management Corporation and Career Education Corporation."... — read more
Another successful UoPX graduate
The influence UoPX has had on US higher education is mind-numbing... https://ir.zovio.com/governance/default.aspx#management
There are still conscientious employees at Phoenix
I am one of them. I have no illusions about what we do and how we do it; however, we do educate students. A student in my course leaves knowing more on the last day than they did on the first day. Is it a quality education? Define quality. Much of... — read more
Why did WaPo use UoPX?
Is University of Phoenix the butt of jokes again? https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/so-what-should-we-do-with-the-kyle-kashuvs-of-this-world/2019/06/19/b4743e9a-91e0-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html?utm_term=.aa04518d97f2
Thurgood Marshall Fund, HBCUs, and UoPX
Is University of Phoenix still working with HBCUs? https://www.tmcf.org/community-news/famudrs-plans-major-online-learning-initiative/7649
How out of date is this information? Technology, learning teams, portfolio, articulation agreements
Online education Students have access to class-specific online resources, which include an electronic library, textbooks, and other ancillary material required for a course. Electronic textbooks include search features and hyperlinks to glossary... — read more
With a doctorate from University of Phoenix...
You can be anything you want to be, and more. Check out this alumnus: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-president-at-bryant--stratton-college-to-continue-to-arm-students-for-success-300114600.html... — read more
Education is not enough...
"This belief system, which I have come to think of as “educationism,” is grounded in a familiar story about cause and effect..." https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/education-isnt-enough/590611/
University of Phoenix is just a slice of the madness...
With a little help from your friends at the bank... https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/college-meltdown-open-letter-ny-fed-dahn-shaulis/?published=t
How much has UoPX been spending on marketing and ads?
Despite all the losses, University of Phoenix continues to spend bundles of federal government money on its fantasy land ads. "According to iSpot.tv data, among the most visible marketers that bought time in the “Big Bang” finale were Universal... — read more
University of Phoenix and the College Meltdown
It boggles my mind that few reporters see a big story here, about the decline of America's largest university and the larger College Meltdown. We're talking about a school whose promise in the 1970s was to further democratize education. But it... — read more
Enrollment leads
If you don't think UoPX is moving toward collapse, what's it like on the ground? What are the quality of the leads? How many of these people you talk to are functionally illiterate? How many of the people who are literate, say those in grad school... — read more
Reading list for University of Phoenix bankruptcy threats
Really, what value is left with University of Phoenix, and what can be sold off? https://nypost.com/2018/03/12/firms-having-trouble-threatening-creditors-with-bankruptcy/... — read more
No teachout dates?
Campuses have known for more than a year and a half that they were closing, yet students and staff still have not been given closing dates? How long can this go on? Aren't schools supposed to close within 18 months of teachout?... — read more
2018-19 Numbers?
Everyone has seen the FY 2017 numbers...a loss of about $52 million, with losses in every segment except Arizona, and that was a very slim margin. What are the FY 2018 numbers and what are the projected FY 2019 numbers? It's hard to believe that it's... — read more
Phoenix Fantasy Land
UoPX lost approximately $52 million in fiscal year 2017. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-apollo-global-management-stem-bleeding-university-dahn-shaulis/
This is how bad the bleeding was in 2016-17.
Total revenues and investment return (F1617_F3)/Total expenses-Total amount (F1617_F3). The only profitable state was AZ, because of the online element. Even then, the profit was slim. Alabama 30,100/161,895 Arizona 1,083,292,935/966,913,717 Arkansas... — read more