Msa
Thorndale,#2Consumer Comment
Fri, March 13, 2009
I have a similiar problem with the Strayer University springfield campus. I was charged $525 "no show" fees for classes that I had withdrawn from. I have been fighting this battle for 2 months now trying to get that waived from my account. I had to submitt a written statement, which a representative sent back to me with "suggested changes", basically they re-wrote my statement. I have called many times with no solid answers. They have had three new campus Directors..so I'm told..over the last few months. All I get is no call backs...empty promises..and no solutions. I even called the number on their website to the Virginia "head quarters", but that connects you to the King of Prussia campus. They will not give out any information to get in touch with anyone above the campus level, since the problems are supposed to be taken care of at the campus level. THe representative at the King of Prussia campus would not even give me his name!! Horrible service...shady business practices....and who ever heard of a "no show" fee at a school??? I can see why they were pushing me to come to the school after I told them I wanted to withdraw from classes since I would miss alot because of my full time job. They even had the nerve to tell me that they were trying to prevent me from making a mistake by not finishing my education. Well...i think I did well....I work for one of the largest software companies in the world as an Analyst. I think the mistake would be to even consider attending Strayer for education.
Steve
Asheville,#3Consumer Comment
Tue, January 16, 2007
The truth is, there is NOT one college or university out there that will accept 100% transfer of credits from other schoosl regardless who that school is. It is not in their best interest to do so. Why you ask? Because the schools stand to make more monies from offering and charging for more classes per student and that is simply the way it is. Aslo regarding accreditation, most people have no idea what this emans. There is national or regional accfreditation. Basically, nationally is supportive of your correspondence pay as yuou go type schools. Regional are thsoe who are recognized by the DOE and allowed to offer federal fianncial aid programs. That basically is it. Now, dependent on the job, employer, school, etc. just because an employer recognizes a degree from one school that si regionally accredited does not eman they will from another accredited by the same accrediting group either. Cas ein point, is the US government right now is doing background investigations on all current employees. They also have a list of schools whose degrees they will accept as "advanced education", and if your school is not on that list, though it may be accredited by same regional accreditation council, you are out of luck!