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Old 08-17-2013, 02:19 PM
 
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This is a for profit university who pioneered online learning, I can be reasonably certain they didn't get to where they are by scamming people. At this point I am skeptical about the time frame in which your partner acted to change or drop the course.
Perhaps you should Google University of Phoenix reviews. You will find many people who have been scammed by them. Unfortunately, he did not check reviews online before enrolling with them. He thought the same thing you thought. Dead wrong.
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Old 08-17-2013, 02:21 PM
 
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Maybe peeps in the education forum might have already discussed this and could better help.
Thank you. I'll ask over there.
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Old 08-17-2013, 03:03 PM
 
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Perhaps you should Google University of Phoenix reviews. You will find many people who have been scammed by them. Unfortunately, he did not check reviews online before enrolling with them. He thought the same thing you thought. Dead wrong.
My wife has a B.S. in business from UoP. Not dead wrong.
I read online complaints with sketpicism. Why? Because often times there is more to the story than the complainer actually tells. I'm not saying there not legitimate complaints or they don't exist, but rather if it is so bad why is there not a formal investigation being conducted?
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Old 08-17-2013, 05:23 PM
 
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My wife has a B.S. in business from UoP. Not dead wrong.
I read online complaints with sketpicism. Why? Because often times there is more to the story than the complainer actually tells. I'm not saying there not legitimate complaints or they don't exist, but rather if it is so bad why is there not a formal investigation being conducted?
I'm not saying they scam everyone, but I am saying HE got scammed. I was here for all of it. Saw the emails back and forth and so on. His account was sent to collections well before the 59 days (I erroneously thought it was 39 days) was up. He was enrolled for only one class at the time. His advisor admitted it was the incorrect class and thus the mess started.
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Old 08-17-2013, 09:25 PM
 
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My wife has a B.S. in business from UoP. Not dead wrong.
I read online complaints with sketpicism. Why? Because often times there is more to the story than the complainer actually tells. I'm not saying there not legitimate complaints or they don't exist, but rather if it is so bad why is there not a formal investigation being conducted?
I remember several years back there was a tv expose on this school. I think the claim was misleading promises concerning employability after graduation and also bogus claims of the practical experience given during the nursing major.

I also think I read of some official inquiry being done. It may be that the AG in Arizona already has many complaints against the U of P and will add this to the list. Maybe there's a class action going on. Yes, you have to be skeptical of online criticism, but sometimes where there is smoke there's fire.
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Old 08-17-2013, 09:45 PM
 
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I remember several years back there was a tv expose on this school. I think the claim was misleading promises concerning employability after graduation and also bogus claims of the practical experience given during the nursing major.

I also think I read of some official inquiry being done. It may be that the AG in Arizona already has many complaints against the U of P and will add this to the list. Maybe there's a class action going on. Yes, you have to be skeptical of online criticism, but sometimes where there is smoke there's fire.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing this.
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Old 08-18-2013, 07:31 AM
 
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For WFW&P:

http://ssaffery.hubpages.com/hub/Uni...suit-2009-2010

http://www.citronresearch.com/wp-con...pollawsuit.pdf
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Old 08-18-2013, 06:58 PM
 
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Thanks, but I don't need the links, your partner does.
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Old 08-18-2013, 07:03 PM
 
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I remember several years back there was a tv expose on this school. I think the claim was misleading promises concerning employability after graduation and also bogus claims of the practical experience given during the nursing major.

I also think I read of some official inquiry being done. It may be that the AG in Arizona already has many complaints against the U of P and will add this to the list. Maybe there's a class action going on. Yes, you have to be skeptical of online criticism, but sometimes where there is smoke there's fire.
Not what the OP is dealing with here, her partner's issue is a monetary one.
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Old 08-18-2013, 08:58 PM
 
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Thanks, but I don't need the links, your partner does.
Yes, I know. I was just giving you something to look at since you said "if it's so bad why isn't there a formal investigation being conducted?"
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