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Re: Ashford University- 1st class
Posted by Jennifer on 3/26/08

    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.

    It sounds like the Enrollment Advisor is a little Hostile. I am a
    current student and I am I doing very well in my classes my
    enrollment advisor is very knowledgeable and they assisted me
    through out the whole process and I never once felt lied to about
    anything.

     
     

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