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nlkennedy

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14. Is this the best news of the day?

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 04:52 AM

Oct 2012

I'm very happy to see this organization lose it's value, considering how many poor rubes they've saddled with $70,000 worth of debt and a laughable online degree.

Hey, we all take SOME online classes while we get our education...but not all.

I've seen online schools offer actual high school and elementary teacher education curriculum... Who is going to hire a high school teacher who has never worked face to face with another student or participated in an actual group activity that required real interpersonal communication?

And isn't the point of offering digital textbooks and online instructional delivery to SAVE money? Why is it far more expensive than actual brick and mortar institutions that has real world overhead?

Pheonix, quit clogging our job market with your "degrees", and leaching federal student loan dollars...

If they didnt take pell grants and federal aid, then I wouldnt care...

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University of Phoenix closing 115 locations [View all] jsr Oct 2012 OP

Good riddance. All the locations of this rip off diploma mill ought to shut down. nt SunSeeker Oct 2012 #1

Probably shouldn't have spent all that money on the Arizona stadium naming rights. Drunken Irishman Oct 2012 #2

Just another rip-off diploma mill. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #3

Only one I'd ever go to is Full Sail in Florida Hayabusa Oct 2012 #23

Tough shit fujiyama Oct 2012 #4

No Wait! Let Mr. Bain'ster outsource them to China. Left Coast2020 Oct 2012 #5

Cracker Jack box degrees anyway! Good riddens ripper offers. lonestarnot Oct 2012 #6

It's always sad when toilet paper factories shut down Orrex Oct 2012 #7

Great, great news HankyDub Oct 2012 #8

University of Phoenix HAS locations? Ken Burch Oct 2012 #9

One in Mountlake Terrace, WA., off I-5. Very nice lettering on the building. freshwest Oct 2012 #10

They have a big office building here in my town of Marietta, Georgia... Up2Late Oct 2012 #15

Best news today. JackRiddler Oct 2012 #11

Excellent News! Up2Late Oct 2012 #12

End of the article says their stock has fallen by roughly half in the past year. Systematic Chaos Oct 2012 #13

Is this the best news of the day? nlkennedy Oct 2012 #14

You are confusing online education with for-profit education. SomeGuyInEagan Oct 2012 #21

In the late 1950s, the Univ. of Florida did live television classes... Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #24

I agree that Phoenix U; greiner3 Oct 2012 #16

I used to be on hiring committees and all the resumes with on line degree were thrown out. vinny9698 Oct 2012 #17

Ahh yes, McCollege. maddogesq Oct 2012 #18

I think the whole thing should be shut down Tippy Oct 2012 #19

For education, they don't provide a diploma with enough value; for learning, they cost too much FarCenter Oct 2012 #20

Yay! Lets hope this is the beginning Myrina Oct 2012 #22

I noticed the sign was off the building they used to rent on Rte 128. MADem Oct 2012 #25

I guess a lot of people are finally wising up Blue_Tires Oct 2012 #26