"Incorporation records with the secretary of state’s office show that the registered agent for TES is CT Corporation System, also known as the Corporation Trust Company, located in Little Rock. CT Corporation is owned by Wolters Kluwer, a... — read more
Project Neptune?
What's Project Neptune?
Buying Phoenix on the installment plan?
$50M down payment with installments and a 6-10 percent interest rate? Any takers besides Arkan-huck-a-sanders, Jed C, or Gomez A?
6200+ consumer complaints in the FTC database (1000 a year)
From January 1, 2017 to December 22, 2022 there are 6,265 consumer complaints about University of Phoenix. FOIA-2023-00560
Oh, the irony...
Employer Perspective versus Employee Reality... https://www.phoenix.edu/content/dam/edu/career-institute/doc/uopx-career-optimism-index-2022-all-data-appendix.pdf
Good news?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereknewton/2023/01/30/university-of-arkansas-may-acquire-for-profit-university-of-phoenixwhich-is-good-news/?sh=4799654166c9
More than one potential buyer?
I'm getting word that Apollo is shopping University of Phoenix around. Was the UoPX-Arkansas deal for an estimated $500-$700M an intentional leak? Or was a concerned someone in Arkansas worried that the University of Arkansas System would take the... — read more
Proposed Sale Showed Apollo's Hand
Apollo Education is in more trouble than they have been letting on. For Apollo Global Management to try to pawn off the school on the University of Arkansas System for $500M-$700M shows just how desperate Apollo Global is to discard the school... — read more
Arkansas?
"The Arkansas Times revealed Tuesday that a non-profit organization affiliated with the University of Arkansas System has been in talks about acquiring the University of Phoenix, long one of the country’s largest for-profit colleges, from that... — read more
University of Phoenix Today
Student-to-Faculty Ratio of 92 to 1 (was 70 to 1). Only 76 F/T instructors for 85,836 students. Ghost campuses in Hawaii, Nevada, and Texas. Average age of students is 38. Only 7 percent are making progress with student loans. Part of the... — read more
"University of Phoenix Seems to Break Pledge to Avoid Misleading Ads"
The University of Phoenix has been running a national advertising campaign that suggests to prospective students that the school is a public, state-operated institution, when in fact is a private, for-profit operation. The ads, therefore, seem to... — read more
US Department of Education Office of Inspector General
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oig/justissued.html
Why do people stay at University of Phoenix?
Why do people stay at University of Phoenix? ... — read more
Culture of Silence (A UoPX tradition)
How does University of Perfect punish whistleblowers these days? What rewards does it give them to keep quiet? How does a worker document unethical or illegal behavior by those above her, to prevent being thrown under the bus?
NCES Enrollment numbers
Arizona-85,836 California-1,595 Hawaii-62 Nevada-82 Texas-134
When Investor Incentives and Consumer Interests Diverge : Private Equity in Higher Education *
"Employing novel data on 88 private equity deals and 994 schools with private equity ownership, we find that private equity buyouts lead to higher enrollment and profits, but also to lower education inputs, higher tuition, higher per-student debt... — read more
Department of Education and Federal Student Aid Invite Tips and Information from Knowledgeable Sources on Potential Violations by Institutions
"In furtherance of its oversight responsibilities, Federal Student Aid (“FSA”) issues this bulletin to solicit information from knowledgeable sources about potential violations of the Higher Education Act and its implementing regulations. FSA has... — read more
Roboprofs and Robosales?
Instructors have been pared down to a minimum. That's a given. But with Artificial Intelligence (AI), how many educational content creators will be needed? Who is not expendable as University of Phoenix moves forward?
UoPX Robocollege
76 F/T instructors for 85,836 students https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=university+of+phoenix&s=all&id=484613 Was 127 F/T for 96,000 students https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2021/07/the-growth-of-robot-colleges.html
The College Meltdown
University of Phoenix has been an exemplar of the College Meltdown. https://collegeviability.com/blog/f/interview-with-dahn-shaulis---higher-education-inquirer
Facebook group for veterans who are demanding GI Bill funds be restored
Restore the GI Bill for Veterans who were defrauded.... https://www.facebook.com/groups/5779373562106998
UoPX and Medcerts
Making Phoenix feel more like Corinthian Colleges... https://seekingalpha.com/news/3873016-strides-medcerts-partners-with-university-of-phoenix-for-educational-opportunities
Student loan forgiveness could help for-profit colleges
Feeling guilty, at all? "..., 44, a first-generation college student, enrolled at the University of Phoenix in ... because she viewed higher education as a pathway out of her $12-an-hour service job. She was drawn in by the school’s online... — read more
The Promise and Possible Perils of Online Postsecondary Education (Caroline Hoxby)
"This study attempts a fairly comprehensive examination of online postsec- ondary education and its effects on students’later earnings and job outcomes. It also calculates ROIs. On the whole, I find little support for optimistic prog- nostications... — read more
Help for consumers misled by University of Phoenix.
The Sweet v Cardona group helps consumers get debt relief after they have been misled. Please pass this on to all the people you hurt. It may assuage your subconscious guilt. https://www.facebook.com/groups/801761750635952/about/
Micro-Managing
This is mainly for any Enrollment employees still on here that are currently employed. Has Leadership completely shifted to micro-managing all of us? From VP’s listening to our calls (even our voicemails we leave for students) to Directors actually... — read more
University of Phoenix in Higher Ed History
"Over the last two decades, the University of Phoenix alone closed more than 500 campuses, many which were conveniently located near US interstate highways. In 2025, UoPX will have just one campus, located in Phoenix, Arizona."... — read more
Sweet v. Cardona
https://predatorystudentlending.org/cases/sweet-v-devos/ https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/student-debt-cancelled-sweet-cardona-settlement-2022-6
CL
How's CL working out as President? Is he doing as well at UoPX as he did at EDMC?
17 questions
https://www.republicreport.org/2022/the-17-questions-the-education-dept-asked-a-university-president-before-he-resigned/
Curious George is out
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2022/06/03/university-phoenix-president-george-burnett-education-department-probe/7485965001/
Getting hammered by Borrower Defense?
University of Phoenix must be getting hosed by Borrowers Defense. Anybody care to discuss the numbers?
One University of Phoenix Campus Left After 2025
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/04/25/one-university-phoenix-campus-left-after-2025
UoPX 2025
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/04/25/one-university-phoenix-campus-left-after-2025
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Defense to Repayment
Defense to Repayment costs are really hitting the bottom line of subprime schools. How is UoPX faring?
The advantage of being just a small piece of APO
Less scrutiny... https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ffjBryv https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2019/02/workers-expose-subprime-college-crash.html
How University of Phoenix Failed. It's a long story.
There are many reasons why University of Phoenix is just a shadow of what it was. Some people blame government regulation, others blame the relentless pursuit of quarterly profits and corrupt CEOs like TN. But having talked to co-founder John D... — read more