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Re: Ashford University- 1st class
Posted by Michelle on 3/21/08

    3/21/08: I agree stop discouraging people, I am enrolled and I like
    the school, I get feed back when I am in need.

    On 3/04/08, Bobby wrote:
    > Ashford is ranked one of the top schools in the country by
    > multiple publications including USA Today. I think you are a
    > disgruntled employee and hope you the best in your career. Stop
    > trying to discourage others from accomplishing their goals.
    >
    >
    >
    > On 12/06/07, Sean wrote:
    >> Sorry for anyone who enrolls with Ashford University. It's all a
    >> scam, they found a loop hole to get there accredidation. A few
    >> fomer UoP guys went out and purchased an ALREADY accredited
    >> University in Iowa and slapped Ashford on it and BAM all of
    >> there online programs are accredited now. Trust me, I worked
    >> for this company for 8 months and could barely sleep at night
    >> knowing that they were lying to everyone. The best example of
    >> how bad this school is, everyone in my department had to have a
    >> BA degree, which they all obtained at a real University(like
    >> actually went to class) We were all offered free Masters degrees
    >> while we were working there, and guess what, none of us accepted
    >> this benefit because we didn't want an Ashford degree to taint
    >> our real degrees. In order to complete necessary training at
    >> Ashford we all had to enroll in a class so we could see what the
    >> classes were like. We all laughed!!!! I am sorry if I am being
    >> a little harsh, but the reallity is that the CEO found a great
    >> business plan when starting this company, he bought his
    >> accredidation which followed with government Financial Aid. He
    >> cleared nearly 900 million dollars last year, how can the
    >> government let this happen? I worked in California while the
    >> School was located in Iowa, I never even saw a student. They
    >> had 4 floors of telemarketers that are given lists daily to cold
    >> call on and try to talk unsuspecting people to enroll in
    >> school. If you have ever seen the movie Boiler Room, you can
    >> kind of get the idea. I actually started as an Enrollment
    >> Advisor(Telemarketer), which didn;t last long because I couldn't
    >> lie to people who didn't know any better. My "enrollment
    >> manager"(Crook) told me, "it's O.K. to lie to these people, we
    >> are helping them." Man he must of thought I was an idiot, They
    >> aren't helping anyone, they are miliking innocent people out of
    >> $40,000 for an education that won't impress any company, unless
    >> you work for an "online school".
    >>
    >> I warn anyone who thinks this is a good idea, I have seen all of
    >> their skeletons and it is really sad to see how people can trick
    >> others out of money they just can't afford
    >>
    >>
    >> On 10/28/07, emmy wrote:
    >>> On 10/25/07, Bill wrote:
    >>>> Sounds like you've been lied to. I've been there with this
    >>>> school. They say what they need to so you'll enroll but
    >>>> leave out critical info.
    >>>>
    >>>> *Sigh* I guess they'll never change.
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>> =============================
    >>>> On 10/22/07, Cynthia wrote:
    >>>>> I'm taking classes online at Ashford Univ. I was told by
    >>>>> my enrollment advisor that my 1st class was covered by a
    >>>>> grant? Financial Aid told me, that's not correct. Has
    >>>>> anyone had an experience like this one?
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> Sounds like the enrollment advisor was incompetent, not the
    >>> school.

     
     

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