Ashford University

[ladylearner]

Hey everyone, was hoping to pick folks' brains a little bit. After hearing your inspiring stories and gaining so much knowledge through reading your questions, answers, advice, and stories, I finally signed up!

My plan is/was to acquire as many credits as I can through CLEP, independent study, FEMA, and Straighterline and then transfer to one of the Big3. However, one of the programs at Ashford University has recently caught my eye. So now I'm considering Ashford as well. I have a few questions for those of you have attended Ashford. I have already heard from so many who attended the big 3 and I feel confident that either of those would work for me. However, I don't want to rule out Ashford either.

• Is the coursework mostly a whole bunch of writing and initiating/responding to discussions with classmates?
  
• Are you allowed to take courses out of sequence or is there a pre-determined sequence that you have to follow once enrolled?
  
• Have you or do you know of a forum member who has successfully transferred in credits earned after you're already enrolled? If so, was it difficult to do?
  

I already know a little about Ashford, their resolved accreditation issues, cost, reputation, etc. plus I did chat with an advisor and they give lots of information that's already on the website but aren't really good about giving the inside scoop. So I decided to stop lurking and come to you guys for help.

Thank you!!!!

[sanantone]

I know there is at least one member here who attended Ashford. If you don't get an answer here, then you can try DegreeInfo.

[publius2k4]

Hey everyone, was hoping to pick folks' brains a little bit. After hearing your inspiring stories and gaining so much knowledge through reading your questions, answers, advice, and stories, I finally signed up!

My plan is/was to acquire as many credits as I can through CLEP, independent study, FEMA, and Straighterline and then transfer to one of the Big3. However, one of the programs at Ashford University has recently caught my eye. So now I'm considering Ashford as well. I have a few questions for those of you have attended Ashford. I have already heard from so many who attended the big 3 and I feel confident that either of those would work for me. However, I don't want to rule out Ashford either.

• Is the coursework mostly a whole bunch of writing and initiating/responding to discussions with classmates?
  
• Are you allowed to take courses out of sequence or is there a pre-determined sequence that you have to follow once enrolled?
  
• Have you or do you know of a forum member who has successfully transferred in credits earned after you're already enrolled? If so, was it difficult to do?
  

I already know a little about Ashford, their resolved accreditation issues, cost, reputation, etc. plus I did chat with an advisor and they give lots of information that's already on the website but aren't really good about giving the inside scoop. So I decided to stop lurking and come to you guys for help.

Thank you!!!!

A coworker/friend of mine recently graduated from Ashford. He really enjoyed it. As far as I know, most of their courses are Blackboard based, so lots of discussions and written assignments. I believe the courses were not sequential.

They have had some accreditation issues (as you've noted) but he was military, and Ashford gave him a CRAZY discount.

[Jonny@2026]

Hi do you have any information, email, phone, addresses of Ashford University, not that's connected to University of Arizona, thanks

[sanantone]

Hi do you have any information, email, phone, addresses of Ashford University, not that's connected to University of Arizona, thanks

Ashford is University of Arizona Global Campus. The for-profit entity is gone.

[Jonny@2026]

They only have records of students from 2005, I graduated in 2002, they have no records, before 2005.

[Jonathan Whatley]

Ashford University in the United States only started using that name in 2005. You probably mean either

• Mount St. Clare College or The Franciscan University in Clinton, Iowa, the corporate predecessor to Ashford University (the institution changed its name from MSCC to TFU during 2002; it’s a separate institution from Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio)
  
• Ashworth College (which formerly operated as Ashworth University)
  
• or some other similarly named institution.
  

[Charles Fout]

Fascinating Wikipedia article:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University...bal_Campus