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Univ of Phoenix according to wikipedia:
History
The university was founded by John Sperling. Started in 1976 in the Phoenix metropolitan area, the first class consisted of eight students. In 1980, the school expanded to San Jose, California, and in 1989, the university launched its online program.
In 1994, University of Phoenix leaders made the decision to take the parent company, Apollo Group public. Capital from Wall Street launched the school. Phoenix had more than 100,000 students within the first five years of going public. Growth in the company made John Sperling a billionaire.
From 2010 until 2012 enrollment declined, reportedly from growth of competition and negative press.
Something else that isn't addressed here is the quality of online teaching. In my own experience, schools that are distance learning such as Kaplan and UofP do a much better job of teaching online. Some of the large colleges and small ones do a **** poor job of teaching online because they are ingrained with knowing how to deal with teaching online.
Personally, I would get "more" education out of a supposedly inferior college where the professors know how to teach online vs professors at a "real" college I can barely understand because they barely speak english.
And no, I got my degree from a reasonably respected run of the mill state institution.
I find the quality of online instruction varies even within a school or a department.
I don't prefer online coursework. I am in a program where certain courses are ONLY offered online, though that's not the case for the majority of the coursework. I also have many classes that, though they meet on campus and are not designated online classes, have significant online components, whether that involves participating in class discussions on a class messageboard via online learning management systems, or accessing supplemental material via the same interface, etc. Some instructors are very proficient with and comfortable with online instruction and use it well. Others don't. Some classes are set up to be run well online, and others don't really lend themselves as well to that as a class where people interact face-to-face.
Those are the only flexible options especially during the daytime. Even classes at my community college don't run past 6:30
This is why people have to do their research. Every school is different. Most of the classes in the criminal justice master's program at Texas State University start at 6:30 pm. Almost all of the criminal justice doctoral courses start at 6:30 pm. Austin Community College in Texas has many classes that run past 6:30 pm, and I'm sure there are plenty of other community college districts in other places with late classes. If there aren't any local options, then there are plenty of online options that are better than attending most for-profits online or on ground.
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