They should do like ITT Tech and just lie about the numbers.
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UOPX will take anyone who can fill out the application, The UNIV/100 is a crock; it is a way to justify their efforts to impress the HLC and the board of education. A 45 year old homeless person with a GED that knows how to get to a library can enroll, but a person with that has an SAT score off the charts that went to a private high school or home schooled. People that are serious about going to school and achieving their education have the ability to do so through this format, but never under-estimate the greed which pushes their main motivation.
I used to officially calculate the graduation rates for upper management - we gave the 3 year opportunity to graduate no matter how the transfer credits were applied and the rate of degree completion was between 34% to 36%. Our studies found that first time students that are what make up the cohorts in that 14% rate were typically not successful due to their lack of experience with school in general and the self motivated easily manipulated around schedules aspects lead to difficulty keeping their commitments as they went in. We tracked cohorts through their decisions to continue through to the next course and found as the gap between courses stated to appear it was a slippery slope to quitting altogether. In a traditional setting students in that age group are placed in a situation that doesn't allow for easy exit and they endure through the difficult times with little options and have to overcome or drop. In the minds of the students who signed up for the programs they could push around the schedule too easily, drop and run. The marketing campaigns used for the internet was probably responsible for promoting the attraction of the type of students that created an atmosphere of education "on my time".
I'm pretty sure they if a person looks around, they can find remedial education and even complex education material via many sites even YouTube (for free). I think what I was trying to say is that a school can only provide so much free material and information to help potential and current students best make a decisions around their career goals. Quite frankly, UoPx's curriculum, classroom environment, market relevancy, instructors competencies, technology, resources are quite impressive. Are there some challenges and opportunities for them to improve..ABSOLUTELY! Then again this can also be said about many other institutions including those classified as Ivy League. I believe that the cost of an education should not be at the cost of the university. I do believe that the university should be able to charge enough to cover their cost, potential losses, and create a healthy profit margin for themselves to improve its services and continue moving ahead towards future market demands. However, I believe that from an investment standpoint, those who benefit from that education should have part in the cost associated with the individual acquiring those skills. Employers should seek perhaps including hiring bonuses applicable towards student loans only by obtaining a new hire who has students loans. Employers should also provide tuition reimbursement benefits if they are choosing to want to improve employee skills. Again, this will only be possible when a person is actually willing to put forth the effort towards their life goals and is ambitious about wanting to succeed.
@OMG, there may be opportunities to get remedial education for free. For example, Veterans Upward Bound/TRIO provides free counseling, testing, and remedial classes to veterans. This website gives locations for the program.....................http://www.navub.org/VUB-Program-Information.html
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It's not very high for AA students but then again, this is the case with probably the majority of schools. It's an area of opportunity for not only UOPx but for everyone. Can't blame the school entirely for this one because this comes down the effort that people are willing to put into it. Remedial courses, placement exams or even free workshops are only going to put a small dent in assesing academic readiness but it's not going to completely ensure success. If you plan to attend college, be prepared to put forth the effort.
UOPX will enroll anyone who can get online. There was a workshop called univ100 that weeded out the mentally incompetent, not sure if that is still a requirement.
Thank you for your reply. That being said can we assume UOP changes lives by adding unforgiveable debt to a large percentage of students? Is there any kind of screening of students for admission?
The FAFSA should show you, maybe google it. It's extremely low but supposedly due to only counting students who complete the whole program in a certain amount of time. Anyone transferring credits in wouldn't count. This is what we were brainwashed to say but again, it's like 14%.
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