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Mr Dixon

(1,185 posts)

10. IMO

Reply to HiPointDem (Original post)

Mon Dec 10, 2012, 08:20 AM

Dec 2012

The University of Phoenix is a rip-off, BS courses that most universities will not accept on you transcript, this is just a new scam targeting the middle class....SMH

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University of Phoenix’ plot to corner the cheap education market [View all] HiPointDem Dec 2012 OP

I think that is terrible davidpdx Dec 2012 #1

A workaround - community colleges offer extra classes. mwooldri Dec 2012 #2

Most 4 year colleges/universities won't accept more than 2 years of credit from a community college. pnwmom Dec 2012 #3

I think upper-level bachelor's degree courses at a CC can work because . . . freedom fighter jh Dec 2012 #6

They're not cornering the cheap market - they're killing it michigandem58 Dec 2012 #4

easy access to student loans make it cheap -- for awhile. until it comes time to get the fancy HiPointDem Dec 2012 #9

I was always under the impression that U of P and the like were diploma mills Ed Suspicious Dec 2012 #5

i think that is the basic reality, but it doesn't matter. The secret to UP's success is their lack HiPointDem Dec 2012 #7

Things have changed for all and most private and public TM99 Dec 2012 #15

I've been curious about the new Online U sensation - Empowered (by UCLA) Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #8

IMO Mr Dixon Dec 2012 #10

if you look at its advertising, the target is the working class, ethnics, and first-generation HiPointDem Dec 2012 #11

"Troubles Grow for a University Built on Profits", 2007 NY Times article about the U of P... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #12

That quote is true. TM99 Dec 2012 #14

For-profit education is an anathema TM99 Dec 2012 #13