University of Phoenix: Ratings and Reviews
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Not sure if the University of Phoenix is worth your time and money? Will you graduate with a degree that will get you a job or just more debt? What are UOP students and graduates saying about the school? Hopefully this hub will help answer these questions.
There has been so much negative press surrounding for-profit colleges that I wanted to highlight some of the recent UOP reviews and ratings I found across the web and in the news. I will try to offer a fair representation of the findings below.
How can you help? If you ever attended UOP please offer us some feedback by taking the poll and/or leaving a comment.
Attention UOP Students and Grads!
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- New University of Phoenix main campus formally opens in Tempe - East Valley Tribune
New University of Phoenix main campus formally opens in Tempe East Valley Tribune The University of Phoenix formally opened its new primary campus in Tempe Thursday, moving offices and classrooms... - 3 days ago
- College for Financial Planning and University of Phoenix Offer New Educational ... - MarketWatch (press release)
College for Financial Planning and University of Phoenix Offer New Educational ... MarketWatch (press release) Through an agreement with University of Phoenix, the College for Financial Planning... - 5 days ago
- Woman Accused of Stealing Identity of University of Phoenix Employee - Patch.com
Woman Accused of Stealing Identity of University of Phoenix Employee Patch.com By Joe Petrie A Waukesha woman allegedly stole a wallet from the University of Phoenix, then used the victim's... - 2 days ago
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Contoversy
The University of Phoenix has been the subject of legal and regulatory controversies as a result of its student recruitment practices and accelerated academic schedule. There has also been concern expressed by former students, employees, and academics that in its quest for higher profits, the university has compromised academic quality.
Legal and regulatory actions
In 2009, the U.S. Department of Education provided a preliminary report to the university that cited untimely return of unearned Title IV funds for more than 10 percent of sampled students. The report also expressed a concern that some students enroll and begin attending classes before completely understanding the implications of enrollment, including their eligibility for student financial aid. As a result, in January 2010, its parent company, Apollo Group Inc., was required to post a letter of credit for $125 million by January 30 of the same year.
SmarttChick Level 2 Commenter 4 months ago
I've not attended UoP but I have, as a faculty member in a traditional (non-profit, research) university had some experience with students of UoP.
The most recent example I can give you is of a man who had a bachelor's and a master's degree from UoP in business. He was working in the same job he had when he started school, and was having no luck getting interviews, or calls back on resumes he was submitting, even with the Master's degree (I believe he had an MBA). He was calling me because he has watched people in his place of employment come in and move up and out to better jobs with degrees from the local university and he was tired of seeing it from the sidelines.
In talking with him on the phone, I noted that he did not speak professionally, (e.g. "I had mines sent over to the admissions office" and "I axed the counselors over there what I was 'posed to do...") and while I felt really badly for him, I wasn't sure his background would enable him to even be admitted to our graduate program and if he did get in (afterall, UoP *is* accredited, for what that's worth), I wasn't hopeful for his ability to succeed.
I can also share with you that a different graduate student failed a class in our program; a class where the professor is reknown for being helpful, available and for bending over backwards to work with students to help them learn. This student failed that class, and got permission (!??!) to take it online at UoP. She passed the class with an "A".
Is this a vetted research study? No, certainly not, but it does give me (and other educators) pause for thought when evaluating the worthiness of a degree from some place like UoP.