02-11-2014, 04:40 AM
sanantone Wrote:UoP has lost about half of its enrollment numbers. They went from having almost 500k students to having 200k and something students in a few years. The main reason why most for-profit college students ended up choosing those schools is simple: advertisement. Many people don't bother to check to see if their local colleges offer online, weekend, and/or evening courses. Their assumption is that traditional colleges are not going to be flexible enough for them. They end up seeing UoP or similar advertising on t.v., a billboard, or online and think those types of schools are their only option. I'm used to hearing for-profits students say that so and so school was their only option. When I spout off this large list of non-profit colleges with online programs, they are dumbfounded.
Perhaps also the reason UoP is losing enrollments (besides bad reputation) is the fact that there ARE more options out there. There are great schools who offer Bachelors and Masters completely online now (Boston, Penn State, OSU, Hampton, ASU, GWU, UNC, etc.) mostly in response to the for profits. I haven't checked numbers, but perhaps there is also correlation to this fact also.
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Don't waste time by trying to save time. The only sure way to complete your degree is to knock out credits quickly and efficiently.
Don't let easiness bite you in the rear. Know your endgame (where you want to be) and plan backward from there. Your education is a means to an end.
Be honest professionally, socially and academically. There are people (especially little ones) who look up to you and they're going by your example.
Be proud. Whether you're an Engineer or Fast Food worker, there is honor and dignity in hard work.
Picking on people weaker than you only proves that you are a weak person.
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