Have you heard of Nexford University

[eLearner]

 Don't put much wait on that USDOE ruling. It was made during the last administration and nothing has really changed.

The change of terms is official and it's not going to change back, nor should it. That day is over. Schools are slooooowly changing their language to match it, it will take time but eventually it will likely become the norm. It was necessary and long overdue for the USDOE to communicate what it did to help work toward reversing what has led to generations of ridiculous misconceptions and discrimination against holders of degrees from NA schools. Besides, with many NA schools having achieved the same programmatic accreditations as RA schools now (some even achieving ones many RA schools haven't been able to, like Grantham achieving ABET), and because distance learning has knocked down the regional barriers that made national accreditation necessary in the first place, supporting the old system no longer makes sense.

It's was a dying dog that needed to be put down.

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I think the educational system would be so much better if more schools were "run like businesses" than like schools. Yes, schools are mostly in it for the profits (even the non-profit ones) but they tend to treat it like students don't have any choice. If you don't want to pay tens of thousands in tuition & fees then that's just too bad. No degree for you. Now, people on this forum realize that isn't the case. But, with the vast majority, students don't realize that they actually have viable options.

Well said.

What's unfortunate is that the alternative options are usually attacked and that discourages people from trying them. Look at how people attack even low-cost NA schools that are doing things right, Spanish Propio's, and even programs like Straighterline. We've seen people report that some schools deem ACE courses and credits as scams. To us it seems crazy, but there are millions of people who see no problem with spending a life's fortune on degrees that will get them to the same place some of these alternatives will.

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A CEO running a university is just weird. 

Ehn. That's only because of the title, but the function of a CEO and a non-profit school President is a lot more alike than a non-profit school would ever legally admit. Knowing that made me stop caring about the CEO title being used.