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[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

My soon-to-be former boss received his MBA from the University of Phoenix a few years ago (just before I started working there). Sometimes in conversation, he'll say, "oh, when I was in B-school," and I'm all, "Wha? You mean when you were sitting at your desk?"

I do not know if the following applies to University of Phoenix.

Strayer has campus/classroom classes for those graduate students who do not want online courses or an "online degree." I know people with MBAs and M.A.s from Strayer who did not take online courses or only took one online course (online courses and online degree programs are also offered at some nonprofit private and public colleges/universities these days). They only or primarily took campus/classroom classes with highly credited faculty. Too bad Strayer has a uniform method that prevents true faculty freedom and prevents faculty from being too creative with its students.

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

For far less, he could have gone to an Executive MBA program at one of the local colleges and actually had a real MBA experience...and, isn't half of the MBA experience meeting and networking?

Sure, if those programs at local colleges and universities are geared toward nontraditional and older students with full-time jobs and/or families. Not every graduate program is geared toward that which is one reason why for-profit graduate programs make so much money.

Places like Strayer have a relatively strong alumnae/i base to assist with meeting and networking. Plus, they know that many of their students are professionals already in their fields. Unfortunately many of these people get mocked for getting a degree from a for-profit institution, regardless of how intelligent and experienced the person is.

I do not like for-profit institutions but, as I have said numerous times on GC, I can tolerate Strayer's graduate programs. They have planned these graduate programs (especially the campus classes) quite well and made a great deal of money for a very good reason. That will not change how some individuals and employers see for-profit schools.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I do not know if the following applies to University of Phoenix.

I do not like for-profit institutions but, as I have said numerous times on GC, I can tolerate Strayer's graduate programs. They have planned these graduate programs (especially the campus classes) quite well and made a great deal of money for a very good reason. That will not change how some individuals and employers see for-profit schools.

From what I recall of Strayer, wasn't it a trade school (from back in the day where you could go to school to learn a business-related trade) that simply expanded into the online market? I'd imagine that the people who know would be okay with Strayer alumni, where UOPX has a well-deserved bad rap.

I think that's a far cry from someplace like UOPX which always catered to the at-home-during-the-day correspondence courses and took advantage of that market.