Re:Debt Collectors Cashing In on Student Loan Roundup
by rjbond3rd on Sunday September 09, 2012 @11:32AM
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> When I see University of Phoenix on a resume... the holder of this "degree" is too dumb to get into a real academic program.
Perhaps, or just as likely, she/he had a family situation which prevented a traditional full-time academic path. Let's not equate personal or economic circumstances with intelligence.
Re:Debt Collectors Cashing In on Student Loan Roundup
by tdfx on Sunday September 09, 2012 @11:45AM
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In most areas, you can work through up to your junior year of college by attending evening community college classes and transfer to a state school to finish. There's never a good reason to attending one of these for-profit schools, except that you bought into their marketing hype and didn't do your own research.
They max out the debt load of their students, and really don't care if they graduate or get a job. Congress recently tried to crack down on these education scammers, but the for profit school lobby blocked any reform.
The sad thing is, degrees from these schools are worse than worthless. When I see University of Phoenix on a resume, it's pretty much guaranteed to wind up in the trash. It makes it quite obvious that the holder of this "degree" is too dumb to get into a real academic program.