U.S. Discharges $72 Million in Loans for Ashford Students https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/student-aid-policy/2023/08/30/us-forgives-72m-student-loans-former-ashford-students?
Are We Losing the ‘Public’ in Public Higher Ed?
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/06/29/are-we-losing-public-public-higher-ed-opinion
Robocolleges, Artificial Intelligence, and the Dehumanization of Higher Education
https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2023/05/robocolleges-artificial-intelligence.html
UAGC added 8000 students while cutting 300 faculty
UAGC is working to be a fully automated university. #robocollege https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2021/07/the-growth-of-robot-colleges.html
(UAGC) You want to hear a total BS story?
https://www.highereddive.com/news/president-speaks-university-arizona-global-campus-uagc-cut-ties-opm/638420/
"Arizona Global Campus Is Still Ashford Inside"
More about the albatross... https://www.republicreport.org/2022/arizona-global-campus-is-still-ashford-inside/
University of Arizona Campus and the College Meltdown
https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2022/09/state-universities-and-college-meltdown.html
UAGC is all yours
All Zovio assets now part of the University of Arizona Global Campus. Good luck. You'll need it. https://seekingalpha.com/news/3863626-zovio-stock-rises-13-on-divestiture-of-opm-business
Online Program Manager for University of Arizona Global Campus Facing Financial Collapse
https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2022/03/online-program-manager-for-university.html
What happens if Zovio goes bankrupt?
Apollo Education (the manager of University of Phoenix) might be the only one that could take over. Wouldn't that be interesting? https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2022/01/how-university-of-phoenix-failed-its.html
"U. of Arizona Is Tightening Its Embrace of Troubled UA Global Campus. Will Reputational Damage Follow?"
... — read more
UAGC Dumpster Fire
(1) Ashford University (UAGC's aka) is on trial in California for systematically defrauding students. They also have not made corrections to mandatory reports to California DCA. (2) Online Program Manager Zovio is moving towards a cash crunch. ... — read more
Meet your subprime sibling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_University_of_Arizona_Global_Campus
Purchase of Ashford University from Zovio
FYI: Zovio used to be Bridgepoint Education. https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/zovio-announces-historic-higher-education-transaction-2020-12-01?tesla=y
NCAA violations
"The notice of allegations (NOA) that the University of Arizona received from the NCAA’s enforcement staff on Friday allegedly includes nine allegations of misconduct, five of which are Level 1, the most serious category, according... — read more
The College Dream is Over
http://collegemeltdown.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-college-dream-is-over-gary-roth.html
250 Gone, all due to kovid.
Sad. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2020/07/15/university-arizona-eliminates-250-jobs-citing-covid-19/5436313002/
Arizona Board of Regents’ Finance Committee Proposes Layoffs
Is this true? I heard that there is a request on the table for 30 million in budget cuts, UofA is not that big of a school for this to go unnoticed? Anyone has more info about layoffs in Tucson?