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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 02:42 PM Original message |
'College, Inc' on PBS last night - 82% of Univ of Phoenix revenue is from student loans/grants |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. I thought he said "86%" - either way its disgusting. All happened in the 8 |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. You are right. It was 86% |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. the born again guy with the permed hair do? He sure did seem like an A**hole |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. They have been preying on the poor and lower classes for at least two decades at trade schools. |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. A report from 1990 |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yep, it is disgusting. I worked for one ... |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. America, the educated country. |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. How do these money pits get accredited? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Accreditation is not all that hard to do. Takes a few years but once obtained is easy to maintain |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I looked into this awhile back when I investigated an applicant from California Coast College. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. A friends daughter recently got a DBA from them |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Cheaper to take an online class from Oxford than from University of Phoenix |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. No kidding! |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. No link because it was our daughter's personal experience |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. ouch |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. Its not limited to for profit schools. Online/distance learning is the cash cow of the education biz |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. But they have a 4% graduation rate! |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. I wanted to see this and missed it. Dang! Will have to check the PBS website. nt |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Yes, don't miss it. It was eye opening. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. CARLLYLE GROUP is involved -- fyi -- |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. "FOR PROFIT EDUCATION? Why?" |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think it's about time for UOP to give Sarah Palin her honorary Doctorate |
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