University Of Phoenix Univeristy of Phoenix Phoenix Arizona

I think that if we are educated and responsible adults, we should take responsibility for our mistake of not asking questions until we were 100% sure of what U of P has writing on the "fine lines" of the contracts we signed. With that been said, I will also like to mention that most of us did not have much experience in how the "system" works when you are a first timer on attending college. I am a native Mexican and when I begin my lousy bachelors program at U of P, I didn't know better and look at what is happeing with the school now. All I know is that I was very excited to begin a new career and I TRUSTED a school as we can see the school is in trouble. (parent school Apollo school) who has had to pay according to The Arizona Republic $9.8 Million dollars in fines to Department of Education. "University of Phoenix parent Apollo Group Inc. paid a $9.8 million fine to the Department of Education two years ago to settle similar violations of the Higher Education Act" (The Arizona Republic). Further, the paper states:

The lawsuit was filed in early 2003 and dismissed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in 2004. The plaintiffs appealed, and this week, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal, meaning the case can go forward.

The lawsuit was filed under a provision of the federal False Claims Act, which allows whistle-blowers with evidence of fraud against the government to sue on behalf of the government.

I think what really make me mad is that the school F*&^% Up on my degree and instead of me having a Bachelors Degree in Management, they assigned me to Bachelors Degree in Marketing. To make things worse, nobody (useless counselors) ever told me a thing until my last 3-4 classes when I noticed that the rest of the classes were ONLY about Marketing. When I asked, I was told it was too late to change and if that was my decision, I was going to have to pay EXTRA to take the classes ALL OVE AGAIN. I ended up graduating with a degree I HATE. And I paid twice what I paid at Bellevue University (Nebraska) for my Master Degree. I had no choice and seens I am not a quitter, I completed the entire degree. I feel like U of P only wanted my money and later when I tried to resolve the mistake THEY made, they washed their hands. I strongly believe that is very but very unethical.

Flaca
phoenix, Arizona
U.S.A.