Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Piling on the U of P



Didn’t Wayne Ward get his BA from the U of P? Yeah, I think he even took its advanced “5 minute” seminar on Employee Relations.

Got a C!

As you know, the University of Phoenix is an EPOC (i.e., an evil pile o’ crap).

This morning’s Inside Higher Ed mentions an “article on Sunday in The New York Times reviewing problems at the University of Phoenix.” The scathing article has evidently inspired the praise of many academics. According to IHE, the U of P issued a response yesterday, “calling the piece ‘ridden with factual errors and misrepresentations.’”

Yeah, sure.

Check out the NYT article. It reports that the U of P’s “reputation is fraying as prominent educators, students and some of its own former administrators say the relentless pressure for higher profits, at a university that gets more federal student financial aid than any other, has eroded academic quality.”

Didn’t I see a 60 Minutes episode about this a couple of years ago?

According to the NYT,
[M]any students say they have had infuriating experiences at the university [of P] before dropping out, contributing to the poor graduation rate. In recent interviews, current and former students in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington who studied at University of Phoenix campuses in those states or online complained of instructional shortcuts, unqualified professors and recruiting abuses. Many of their comments echoed experiences reported by thousands of other students on consumer Web sites.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hostile work environment - what a joke! Wayne has backbone and the union whiners are running scared.

Anonymous said...

6:49 have you worked for a man who gives no respect,who doesn't trust our opinions. that puts everyone at risk, that includes you.D.A. have a nice day

Anonymous said...

You reap what you sow, 12:23.

Vindetta said...

This school cares nothing about it's students or education!! They are only interested in profits!! Visit http://myuopmistake.com
to learn more

Anonymous said...

Another proud graduate of UOP! Director of Technology, T.H.

Anonymous said...

I heard both Wayne & Tran worked at Disneyland before they came here... LOL

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