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What can the military do? Tell them they are not allowed to attend or enroll with a school they want to?
That's exactly what they can do, and in fact they do. The Department of Veterans Affairs maintains a list of approved schools that GI Bill funds can be applied toward.
The point is that these for profit schools have intentionally targeted veterans to take advantage of their GI bill funding. These schools have hired extra recruiters for the specific purpose of deceiving these veterans of war into enrolling.
It is difficult to discern the quality of an institute of higher learning if one has been out of the academic environment for some time as veterans have been.
Yes, you've already made it clear how little you think of veterans' ability to think for themselves. But I'm sure they'll appreciate that you're looking after them.
Yes, you've already made it clear how little you think of veterans' ability to think for themselves. But I'm sure they'll appreciate that you're looking after them.
If someone gets ripped off, you would accuse them of being unable to think for themselves?
I am against anyone being deceived by these for profit colleges. However, it is especially grievous to take advantage of those who risked life and limb for our country!
I'd rather have no degree at all than a pseudo-degree from some for-profit school. I'd be about as unemployable as someone who went to the University of Phoenix, but at least I would be relatively debt-free while being broke as a joke. Fortunately, I knew better and used my GI Bill on a real college.
Actually, University of Phoenix is accredited...and widely accepted.
Your post is a classic example of how veterans can get ripped off.....misinformation perpetrated by the for profit university/college.
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Let my start by saying that I was an enrollment advisor for University of Phoenix Online, and AXIA/WIU Online under Apollo Group for 3 years.
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UOP Online is Accredited by the North Central Association of the Higher Learning Commission (Perdue Shares the same body as do many other schools) However, this really does not mean anything.
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Yes, UOP has their programs screened and verified by the HLC, but their accreditation is not reviewed for years. What most people do not realize is that it is extremely hard to loose accreditation once you have it. There is no active monitoring of courses or instructors. Any audits that take place require UOP be given advanced warning.
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This means that can basically provide sub-par courses for outrageous prices. Yes, their classes are a joke.
Actually, University of Phoenix is accredited...and widely accepted.
Accredited, widely accepted, and generally speaking still does not carry the weight of a degree from a Tier 1 institution (of which many cost far less per credit hour than for-profits). But hey, different strokes for different folks.
When it comes to accreditation UoP is not regionally accredited, which is what matters when it comes to degrees.
Yes it is.
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