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University of Phoenix to offer full-tuition scholarships
The University of Phoenix will partner with the Dayton Urban League to offer five full-tuition scholarships to help area job seekers and displaced workers become more employable.
The scholarships announced Monday, March 22, can be applied to an undergraduate or master’s degree programs at the University of Phoenix. Recipients can choose to attend a University of Phoenix campus or attend online to complete their degree.
“The University of Phoenix is excited about this opportunity to help people retool for reentry into the workforce,” said Chris Montagnino, the university’s campus director for Dayton and Cincinnati, in a media release.
To be eligible, applicants must have completed the Dayton Urban League’s Job Readiness Program within the last 24 months. The Job Readiness Program is a 48-hour training course that prepares people find and maintain employment through mock interviews, resume development workshops, life skills and computer training.
“This scholarship opportunity will make a huge difference for our clients who need to go to school to upgrade their skills beyond what the league has to offer, but lack the resources to do so,” said Robert E. Johnson, Dayton Urban League board chair.
Scholarship applications will be accepted from March 22 through April 30. Applications are available online at www.daytonurbanleague.org.
All scholarship recipients will be recognized and presented with a certificate of achievement at the league’s 2010 annual dinner scheduled for May at the Dayton Convention Center.
The University of Phoenix is a private, for-profit institution for higher education. It is the largest private university in North America and has more than 200 campuses worldwide. The university has an open enrollment policy, which only requires proof of a high school diploma, GED or its equivalent. For more information about the school, click here.
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By IT'S GREAT IN DAYTON!!
March 22, 2010 10:02 PM | Link to this
The University of Phoenix had a HUGE fraud judgement against them….this place is a joke.———-The “education” is poor, the standards are lax, and all they want is to turn a profit.——————— The entire concept of a for-profit college is terrible. There is a reason the REAL colleges have an independent board and non-profit status.
By IT'S GREAT IN DAYTON!!
March 22, 2010 10:10 PM | Link to this
University of Phoenix FRAUD SETTLEMENT————————————-“About 80% of its students receive federal financial aid, according to government records. The University of Phoenix collects approximately $2 billion a year in taxpayer-funded federal financial aid on behalf of its students, crediting students for tuition paid. Many students who enroll at the University of Phoenix never complete their education, and many are unable to even finish the classes they signed up for. First time freshmen have a 7% program completion rate, according to a June 2005 report of the National Consumer Law Center. Hundreds of thousands of former University of Phoenix students without degrees are obligated to pay back high interest loans for decades. The complaint alleged that the school urges counselors to enroll students without determining their academic qualifications to attend university. The complaint further charged that the university paid its enrollment counselors “based directly or indirectly on enrollment activities,” even as it told the government otherwise. Under Title IV of the Higher Education Act, universities that qualify for aid are barred from giving recruiters incentives, like commissions and bonuses, to boost enrollment. The suit seeks damages for federal loans and grants obtained by thousands of students. The University of Phoenix, which denied the whistleblowers’ allegations, previously paid $9.8 million to the Department of Education in 2004 to resolve administrative claims that it was paying improper incentive compensation to its recruiters. Those administrative proceedings were triggered by the allegations of the whistleblowers in this case. Settlement Reached On December 14, 2009, attorneys for the plaintiffs announced a $78.5 million settlement of the lawsuit. “The settlement is a huge victory for taxpayers and the federal government,” according to Robert J. Nelson, lead attorney for the whistleblower plaintiffs. “This settlement sends a clear message to the for-profit education industry compliance with the Higher Education Act’s incentive compensation ban must be achieved,” said Nelson. The settlement constitutes the second-largest settlement ever in a False Claims Act case in which the federal government declined to intervene. The $78.5 million settlement also makes the top 100 biggest federal False Claim Act settlements of any kind.”
By Liz Stone
March 23, 2010 8:32 AM | Link to this
I think this a great partnership. As the State of Ohio is seeking to increase the number of people with degrees in higher education, this provides a wonderful opportunity to achieve both that goal and the goal of getting people retrained and back into the workforce. This is good for Dayton. I hope more opportunities like this continue to happen in this great city.
By james
March 23, 2010 8:45 AM | Link to this
Hey It’s Great in Dayton, The “education” is poor, the standards are lax, and all they want is money … that describes EVERY university and college that I know.
By IT'S GREAT IN DAYTON!!
March 23, 2010 9:22 AM | Link to this
C’mon, folks…the place has a HUGE FRAUD JUDGEMENT against it! Actually, more than one. Geez…..
By IT'S GREAT IN DAYTON!!
March 23, 2010 10:09 AM | Link to this
“University of Phoenix did face a serious reputation management problem when the site www.uopsucks.com ranked on the first page of the Google SERPs for the keywords “university of phoenix”.”
By Somebody
March 24, 2010 4:34 PM | Link to this
People do not like what they do not understand. The University of Phoenix provides a place that people that want an education can turn to when the traditional universities turn their back on them, don’t meet their needs, and tell them that they cannot do it. The University of Phoenix does not pretend to be perfect nor hide from its past or any issues that may have been revealed to the public. But the one thing that it turns to is education and building the community. This school has helped me build my confidence tremendously and has helped me earn a Masters level education in a way that I could, versus a traditional method that I had to adapt versus it adapting to me. For it to be a conversation about how the learning is done and that what is seemed to be the perception on how the learning is done versus having the conversation of that it is being done and more people are being educated, shows that the same politics about school and the same thinking about how it should be done still exist and that is the joke. The University of Phoenix is a good school and the counselors go out of their way to help their students. Whereas a counselor at a traditional school could care less in most cases. Students who say that this school is joke, probably did not do everything in their power to maximize their education. So is the school really a joke or is the joke really on them? People have to understand that non-traditional unversities are the future for most of our talent in this country. That does not mean that the talent would not be educated, it just means that more of us will. The sooner that people understand and accept that, the better off everyone will be.
By Somebody
March 24, 2010 5:00 PM | Link to this
EDITED—People fear what they do not understand. The University of Phoenix is a school that people who want an education can turn to when the traditional universities turn their back on them, don’t meet their needs, and tell them they cannot do it. The University of Phoenix does not pretend to be perfect, hide from its past, or any issues that may have been revealed to the public. But the one thing that it turns to is educating and building the community. This school has helped me build my confidence tremendously and has helped me earn a Masters level education in a way that worked for me. Whereas, a traditional method that I had to adapt to versus it adapting to me. For it to be a conversation about HOW versus having the conversation of HOW it is being done and how more people are being educated, shows that the same politics about education still exists and that is the joke. The University of Phoenix is a good school and the counselors go out of their way to help their students. Whereas a counselor at a traditional you would have to hunt down and go to them. Students who say that this school is joke, probably did not do everything in their power to maximize their education. So is the school really a joke or is the joke really on them? People have to understand that non-traditional unversities are the future for most of our talent in this country. That does not mean that the talent would not be educated, it just means that more of us will. The sooner that people understand and accept that, the better off everyone will be. It would be wise to stop listening to non credited soures that are possibly bitter for an experience that they probably are not completely holding themselves accountable for. Remember that when it come to any business.