WGU Layoffs

[JusticeNamaste]

WGU is very much on the precipice of becoming a "diploma mill"

that does not mean that WGU is not a diploma mill

I don't think you have an understanding of what this term means. WGU's accreditation by definition means it is not a diploma mill.
https://www2.ed.gov/students/prep/colleg...mills.html

I also wonder how many posters on here are aware that a few years ago WGU was audited by the Office of the Inspector General:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019...gs-western

And as the article states, the findings were rejected and WGU was determined to be operating appropriately. The institution has bipartisan support and has been praised by the Trump and Obama administrations.


We can certainly have a conversation regarding if it's a good idea to hire those with no experience to lead a company (I agree, it's not in 99% of situations), or if execs should take a paycut before resorting to layoffs (in many situations I'd agree, but in this case it wasn't a cash flow issue, it was a workforce bloat issue). But there's no valid argument to be made that this school is in any illegitimate or a diploma mill. You're wrong by definition, regardless of how much you dislike the way the school operates.

It's perfectly reasonable for you and anyone else to not like a school and not want to attend it if you disagree with their business practices; your opinion is just as valid as anyone else's --- but your accusations are not.

"A tisket, a tasket" - thank you for your valid comments also but with all due respect, I disagree.

Universities (and let's be honest, that name alone inspires belief and/or recognition); can have accreditation, but there are varying levels of this - ie., DeVry University, University of Phoenix).  The thing is, accreditation can be thus giveth and thus taketh away, natch.

What makes an institution of higher learning a diploma mill? You ask this question to ten different people, you will receive ten different answers.  As I said, if WGU helps even a portion of its students to better their lives, then that is wonderful; however, as an individual with a moral and ethical compass that helps to guide me through life, I would prefer to invest and support organizations that treat their employees well - this is a personal decision, of course, and individual free will.  However, as a former university professor myself, who returned to school (WGU) to obtain a third graduate degree, I can personally attest that layoffs and merging of departments at institutions of higher learning, do not bode well for the future of an institution.  This is a harbinger of change(s) that will be occurring.