Answered by Zocalo
The school doesn't have real accreditation in the business world. It doesn't have AACSB Accreditation. What is AACSB? It is most prestigious accreditation that one can get in academia. Why spend money on a school that doesn't even have the proper accreditation? They don't even have real professors teaching their classes. You spend X amount of money and the school can't even get their educators to be of a doctorate level or terminally degreed to teach their classes. I would advise for you to look into your state/public universities and look for online programs that they are opening up. It is cheaper on avg according the the college board and they have REAL accreditation and have REAL professors teaching their classes. I would recommend you reading this link www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/education/11phoenix.html?ex=1328850000&en=5c8573d57de4bffe&ei=5088 Here is a quote... "According to federal statistics and government audits, the university relies more on part-time instructors than all but a few other postsecondary institutions, and its accelerated academic schedule races students through course work in about half the time of traditional universities. The university says that its graduation rate, using the federal standard, is 16 percent, which is among the nation’s lowest, according to Department of Education data. But the university has dozens of campuses, and at many, the rate is even lower." and another quote "The government measures graduation rates as the percentage of first-time undergraduates who obtain a degree within six years. On average across all American universities, the rate is 55 percent. Dr. Pepicello said this was a poor yardstick for comparing other universities with his, which serves mostly older students who started college elsewhere. Alongside the 16 percent rate, the university Web site also publishes a 59 percent graduation rate, but that is based on nonstandard calculations and does not allow comparison with other universities, he said. The official rates at some University of Phoenix campuses are extremely low — 6 percent at the Southern California campus, 4 percent among online students — and he acknowledged extraordinary attrition among younger students" Another noteworthy quote... "In 2003, two enrollment counselors in California filed a whistle-blower lawsuit in federal court accusing the university of paying them based on how many students they enrolled, a violation of a federal rule" A university shouldn't be a for profit organization in my opinion... Education isn't a business.