Capella University Capella University = SCAM Minneapolis Minnesota
his (below) should put things in perspective quite well; it's a summary of a Senate Committee Hearing Summary Capella University:
http://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/for_profit_report/PartII/Capella.pdf
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME -OR- YOUR MONEY AT CAPELLA UNIVERSITY!!!!!!TRUST ME!!!!!!
I KNOW!!!! I earned 2 masters degrees at brick/mortar school in Miami, Florida - without problems, making excellent grades, and having tremendous academic support from the faculty - even the dean. At Capella - you will not receive any support or communication - UNLESS YOU OWE THEM MONEY. In fact, the even enroll you in the next, upcoming quarter when you haven't even completed 6 weeks of your present Capella course.
After EIGHT years of earning my Ph.D. at Capella, I was constantly mislead, communication/answers to my questions and concerns would take WEEKS for the academic advisor (MICHAEL) and my mentor (DR. STIKA). My mentor all of a sudden "disappeared", then I was assigned another mentor - having to practically START ALL OVER my dissertation phase/requirements!
Capella then later introduced the SMR (Scientific Merit Review) - a new process to students, event though they (students) wear near completion of the dissertation phase or half-way there. The SMR phase was brutal - taking nearly TWO years to complete (PASS!), It did "pass" with 3 faculty members, but low a behold - they too disappeared and I had to START ALL OVER!!!! The new faculty advisor (Dr. Disch) denied ("failed") my PhD proposal - even though I had "passed" and was already preparing for DATA COLLECTION and already in the writing phases of Chapter 4 & 5.
Chapters 1, 2 & 3 were approved, written & completed. But - when this SMR was introduced, conveniently and to serve the financial interest (gain) of Capella, I was told I had to go backwards and re-write Chapter 1, 2 & 3. Well at this point, I already had my Ph.D. proposal approved, my research topic, data methods, etc - ALL APPROVED.
In fact, I already collected all of my data and was in the data analysis phase - which positioned me to be near completion of my Ph.D. within a projected six (6) months. Again - another setback. Then, it GETS BETTER (or I should say [much] WORSE!).
Dr. Antunez (my THIRD assigned mentor) up and quit mid-class, leaving me and many other doctoral learners stranded. I was ready to complete my Ph.D. but Dr. Antunez and Capella faculty/administration led me on and were trying to penalize ME for this "professor" (if that's what I would call anyone associated being an educator at this university), told me I was late to re-enroll in my current class. This made no sense!!! Why did I have to re-enroll in a course that was actively ongoing and in week 6?!? Obviously this was for finances and to adhere to what I am assuming some sort of educational, legal standard.
I was assigned ANOTHER mentor who had NO CLUE above my dissertation's topic, nor where I was (NEAR COMPLETION) of my Ph.D. ALL MY WORK WAS DONE! ALL MY DATA COLLECTION! ALL MY DATA ANALYSIS! I WAS DONE! Done with my paper and done with this university - a school that STOLE over $90,000 from me in government-assisted student $. Every quarter I was harassed for $4,200 in tuition! IN FACT, when I first enrolled with Capella to earn my Ph.D. ( ~ mid-2000s), Capella students did not have to pay $4,200/quarter. I believe the tuition once in the dissertation phase was ~ $1,200. The switch rules on you. Don't tell you. In its beginning, the "university" did not have any 'graduate student guidelines', nor anything of the sort to guide the "learner" - only the "university" to make up its rules as they wished, to their benefit.
Capella misleads its "learners", and lies. Capella ONLY wants YOUR MONEY - exhausting you and causing much frustration - leaving "learners" in the dark and waiting and waiting (sometimes even waiting an entire quarter - costing the "learner" $4,200 just to await a response to an inquiry to the "faculty"!).
This "university" is NOT WORTH $4,200/quarter! AT ALL! Even if they were just issuing Ph.D.s without your having to complete ANY work - CAPELLA UNIVERSITY IS NOT WORTH YOUR TIME OR YOUR MONEY. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY HERE!
CAPELLA UNIVERSITY IS AS CROOKED AS HILARY CLINTON AND HER WALL STREET FRIENDS. CAPELLA'S BOARD ONLY WANTS MONEY, NOT STUDENT SUCESS, NOR TO IMPROVE ONE'S CAREER LADDER. Stay away!
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SCAM / FRAUDULENT "SCHOOL" - CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
#2Author of original report
Sun, August 27, 2017
- - - - - CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT v. CAPELLA UNIVERSITY - - - - -
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CAPELLA UNIVERSITY was/ is currently under investigation by the State of Minnesota Attorney General’s Office (and other states’ AG’s offices), the State of Minnesota Department of Higher Education, in addition to "our" group's legal pursuit for: 1.) Conversion; 2.) Breach of Contract; 3.) Interference With Contractual Relations; 4.) Breach of the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing; and 5.) Unjust Enrichment.
CAPELLA UNIVERSITY was / is the subject of an Education Department audit, which revealed that the school overcharged lenders and this department by over a half million dollars. Capella University spends an unusually high portion of revenue on marketing and a relatively small amount on instruction (for its exclusively online program). Most instructors are part-time and accreditation could be an issue in the near future.
CAPELLA UNIVERSITY "enrollment counselors" are not counselors, they're "sales represensatives", having to meet sales goals/quotas, and appears to maintain aggressive enrollment goals for the more than 300 recruiters it employs, with its "sales teams" having aggressive sales tactics that include miseleading its prospective enrollees. Many former students of Capella University have been plagued with high debt to income ratios after taking out student loans from this for-profit university. Capella University was recently questioned for having a high withdrawal rate amongst students in its programs and for spending an unusually high percentage of revenue on marketing.
CAPELLA UNIVERSITY is under government and private legal team investigations for unethical and unfair business practices, the university and its faculty not adhering to its own graduate degree program student’s manual (only to keep its students enrolling quarter, after quarter – costing its students an excessive amount of tuition), practice degree program stall tactics, unrealistic and unfair student tuition, false promises, poor communication during active course participation, student loan/government lending fraud, in addition to many other “complaints”. “Student complaints" indicate dissatisfaction with the instructional quality at Capella. In a letter to the President of Capella from HLC, the company’s accreditor expresses concern regarding academic quality: [This student’s] “letter is troubling in light of two other recent complaints”... These complaints, taken as a group, suggest dissatisfaction on the part of at least some graduate students with the quality of the interaction they have had in the institution’s core academic programs and an unwillingness on the part of the institution to review and respond to the potential customer service issues these complaints suggest.
CAPELLA UNIVERSITY provided to the “HARIKINS REPORT”, that out of the 5,602 Bachelor’s students who enrolled at CAPELLA UNIVERSITY in 2008-2009, 60.3% (or 3,378 students), withdrew by mid-2010. Capella’s Bachelor degree programs have a withdrawal rate of 60.3% that exceeds the sector-wide rate of 54.3% and is the 6th highest withdrawal rate for Bachelor’s degree programs of any "company" ("school") examined by the committee. Capella’s graduate degree students’ withdrawal rates average at/greater 43.6% (7,369 students) who enrolled in these graduate programs between 2008-2009 withdrew by mid-2010. ‘
Capella Sanctioned by the Government - - According to the GAO report, Capella had a high withdrawal rate among students in bachelor’s degree programs, and spent an usually high percentage of its revenue on marketing. In March 2008, Capella was also the subject of an Education Department audit, which revealed that the school overcharged lenders and this department by over a half million dollars. The inspector general’s audit revealed mistakes in calculation of student eligibility for federal loans, as well as failure to return funds granted on behalf of students who withdrew from their courses.
MUST VIEW - - PBS Documentary on FOR-PROFIT “SCHOOLS”:
youtube.com/watch?v=gEkFd_sVtrs&t=4s