Around 10 years ago when I worked in Chandler Arizona, I had to drive by these two buildings every day to and from work. If it was dark when I was driving home, these buildings would be completely lit up inside and I always wondered why so many offices would be busy until so late in the evening. This is the headquarters for the University of Phoenix a for-profit education group owned by the Apollo Education Group. I'm sure most of you have heard of this school. They have 91 campuses world wide although that number is declining as they close some of them because of falling enrollments. Enrollment hit a high of 600,000 students in 2010 but, is down to 162,000 in 2016. These two buildings are listed as the corporate headquarters. There are a few other large buildings scattered around the valley that are called "campuses" however, most of the schools classes are taught on-line.
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What is the difference between a for profit college and the others? Do you have free education there?
We recently changed the education system in Sweden. Still free if you are from Sweden, but students from other countries will now have to pay for it.
I am not a fan of for-profit online schools.
I hadn't really heard of this kind of school either.
I do not like these schools...they take government money which should be going to public education. It's all about the money!
Nice building with luscious grass grass.
We have some of these for profit outfits here- I find them shady, to say the least.
I wonder how good an education the students get.
I have heard of them. That is quite a drop in enrollment.
Good representation. I have a very low opinion of these for-profit "universities." The precipitous drop in enrollment speaks for itself. And let's not get started about Trump University.
Ah, yes. Quite controversial, the University of Phoenix. (And other schools like it!)
I don't think much of the kind of "education" students get at places like this. Yes, I am old-fashioned, but I have long thought that the best part of education is being in a room with an instructor and other students and having students express different views and instructors probing the thought processes. These schools don't do much more than print diplomas.
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