Complaint Review: CEC-CTU Online - Colorado Springs Colorado
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CEC-CTU Online All Schools are NOT the same Hoffman Estates/Colorado Springs Illinois/Colorado
*UPDATE EX-employee responds: You have to be kidding me.
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I am a current employee of CTU Online/CEC, as well as a student in an online degree program at CTU Online. I am tired of hearing so many complaints from former employees about how things work at CTU. Yes, we are told it is a sales job, but selling education is not the same as selling a car. Our title as "National Admissions Advisors", for me...is just that. I advise prospective students of the advantages of higher education, possible career growth potential or advancement by obtaining any kind of degree from Associates, Bachelor's and Masters degrees. I don't use "pressure" sales tactics, I "advise" prospective students whether or not continuing education and online education will best fit their needs. As an older (40's) single mother with only minimal secondary education, I found that online education was definitely a great move for myself. Allowing me to be able to still work a full-time job, take care of my family and looking at possible career growth in the field of MY choosing, online education was the only way I could continue my education at this time. I am enrolled currently in a Bachelor's degree program and am thrilled with my classes and instructors, I have to do the work to pass my classes. And as for ripping people off and making them go into debt? Education of any kind is expensive, and if you are lucky you might be smart enough in High School to get a scholarship...but let's be realistic. Any school you attend will have you fill out financial aid documents to see what you are eligible for...and that usually means student loans. It isn't something that "online education schools" do differently, if you don't have the funds to pay for something out of your pocket, how do you pay for it?? CREDIT!!! That means taking out loans, or any other means of credit that will allow you to either make payments now or later, depending on what type it is. Education is expensive, and no matter if you go to Harvard, YALE, Rutgers or CTU Online or campus...you will need to take out student loans. So as for schools, CTU or otherwise ripping people off?? Grow up and take responsibility for your own decisions, putting your signature on something and blaming someone else because they "pressured" you to enroll?? I'm not buying it, if I don't want to do something...no one can "pressure" me to sign on the dotted line...EVER. And as for Admissions Advisors not having the best interest of the student in mind...I can't speak for any other advisors, but I have the interest of every single prospective student I enroll in school and do care whether or not they are successful and graduate!!
Lori w.
Palatine, Illinois
U.S.A.
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#1 UPDATE EX-employee responds
You have to be kidding me.
AUTHOR: Anonymous - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, October 03, 2007
I have worked in both for-profit with CEC and non-profit schools. The role of the admission advisor is definately not the same as it is for a non-profit. For-profit schools have been continuously denied membership in the National Association for College Admission and Counseling. The also have been denied membership in regional associations as well. It's because a CEC Admission Advisor is a salesperson selling education like cars. Why do you think CEC wants people to enroll the day the visit and set up fin aid immediately? It's because they are for-profit, have shareholders, and that means you have a sales and numbers to hit. Non-profits counselors are advisors and realize that not everyone who comes through the door may be a good fit for their school. They all have degrees, which most in for-profits don't. CEC used to hire temps without college degrees to advise students who are pursuing degrees. How does that make sense and how is that credible? It's not. If you every went to corporate training even they'll tell you it's a sale job.
As for student loans CEC is ripping people off. The Justice Dept investigated them because they were inflated numbers to get more federal funding most of which they had to return. As for Yale and Harvard, you are misinformed in comparing costs. Harvard is about $45,000 a year room and board, but the have enhanced aid program that meet 100 % of demostrated need. This a feature that for profits don't have and instead they will stick a low income family with questionable credit with a 14% student loan interest rate. How can you say that's really looking out for student's needs? Many other non-profits act the same way. For-profits don't have endowents or offer scholarships and a scholarships they offer are tuition discounting where they take off $2000-$5000 of the cost of school to entice you to attend. Hmm sales like sale tactic. Yeah you need loans to go to school, but the debt you graduate with percentage wise from a for-profit is higher.
As for you, you seem like one of few thousands of reps in CEC who actually cares about people. That's why I left, I cared to much and was tired of ripping off people and buying into their propaganda.
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