Well if you had read what you signed it states in the paperwork that that is the exactly what happens. You signed a contract, why should they lose money cause you were in breach. It's exactly the same when you're renting an apartment, and you break the lease. As far as FA is concerned, I've never had any trouble with the people that work in that department. Now I'm sure that other people have, but why don't you Google ANY college and try to find one that doesn't have complaints about their FA department I have a 4.
They don't hand out grades like that, you have to earn them. Just because this is an online school, doesn't mean it's easy.
If anything it takes more self control and responsibility than attending a brick and mortar. Most of the professors also have jobs in their field. Alk of my psychology professors also work in clincs, hospitals, and one even has her own practice.
My sister in law is a student a Penn State and when I showed her my textbooks, and work she said it's identical to her psych class. I think the people that have so much crap to say about the curriculum, just could handle it. Most commercials for online schools say you get your degree in your own time, which is both true znd false. You get your work at the beginning of the week and it's due in exactly one week.
You don't just do it and turn it in whenever you feel like it, and you're penalized when your work is late. Kaplan is an amazing school, with incredible professors, and support from tutors and counselors. You get what you put into it!! Good luck to everyone!! I attended the school for about 2. One department tells you one thing and another department tells you somerhing else. DO NOT start the school without having your fianacials in line first because they will take their sweet time processing the information while you are taking your classes and then you may agree or disagree.
However in such a small term every day counts. Even if you are not at fault!. It is the dilemma I am in right now. So not fair. Guys it is a scheme!
Don't buy the reviews that tell you Kaplan degrees will not get you into a quality law school. UW is top 40, and accepted me no questions asked. Work hard and you can accomplish your dreams. I don't really like writing reviews; however, I feel Kaplan does not receive enough credit. The teachers are not going to let you slide by on your charms.
At first this angered me, not because I wanted to slide by, I just wanted it to be easier. When I gave it some thought, I asked myself, wouldn't you want to go to a professional that was truly educated? Especially in the world of psychology where you are dealing with people's lives that's a very crucial and sensitive thing. So, now I appreciate it, all the hard work. If anyone attends Kaplan and fails, it is their own fault. I have never seen any institution offer so much help from the counselors to the teachers to the online free tutoring.
They give you every bit of assistance you need to succeed without just giving you an easy pass. I love this school and they don't know I'm writing this I'm just very happy with my experience. I haven't really checked or verified that I'm just focusing on finishing right now. I completed my B. I have had a great experience at Kaplan and that is why I decided to return to this institution for my masters. I agree with the individual who stated that "you get in what you put in.
However, I did feel that grade inflation may have been taking place. In addition, I found all of the instructors extremely helpful and supportive as I also do in the masters program. I have found some differences in the graduate program, differences that I consider to be an improvement. I do not feel that grade inflation is an issue as I know of several students who have flunked out of the stats and research methods classes.
I also feel that the work does appropriately become more challenging and for those of you who say it is not a "real" school , I will have you know that two of my nephews who graduated from UCONN find the work to be appropriately challenging and comparable to the work that they had while completing their degrees.
In fact, one of my math classes was said to be more difficult than theirs. As far as the price, it is somewhat on the costly side however, I was in no way deceived about this before I enrolled and I honestly find Kaplan to be a quality institution. For those of you who say that no company will hire with a degree from Kaplan, I know of at least one.
I found my dream job a few months ago, one that directly relates to the degree that I am currently working on and have an opportunity to move up quickly when I complete my degree in nine months. Obviously this company values the degree on some level as do I, knowing that I have put much effort into learning the material and concepts. So as it was stated previously, I believe that you get what you put in. You can learn using their flexible programs and no one should feel as though their degree will not be valued.
I feel that that is just nonsense. So it may not be an ivy league school but it IS an accredited institution and earning a degree will always be beneficial.
Hello, I have recently finished my Master's in Business Administration at Kaplan, and I have to say that the experience was absolutely awesome!
I must say, however, that reading the reviews of past disgruntled students, I find myself scratching my head in total wonderment. First, it boggles the mind why anyone would complain that tuition is too high. The school is quite clear about how much tuition is, which is charged based on quarter credit hour. Ultimately, Kaplan is an online univeristy, so if you are expecting the same kind of attention you would get at a brick and mortar school, then you will probably be disappointed.
I have to say that some people just aren't cut out for online education. In the end, all but one of the professors I had while studying at Kaplan, which was for my Associates, Bachelor's and Master's degrees, were awesome and would bend over backward to help me out. At one point, I had been involved in a car accident where I broke my wrist and was in the hospital for several days. When I finally got home, I got a phone call from a very worried academic advisor who was checking in on me to see if something was wrong as I had fallen slightly behind on my coursework.
The professor of the course had noticed this and informed the school to contact me. Once they were updated on my situation, I was given the necessary latitude to catch up and finish the course on time with an A. It is possible that some folks have had a bad experience at Kaplan as no place is perfect.
I will say that Kaplan is a legitimate school that provides a quality education that is highly dependent upon the effort put in by the individual student. If that isn't proof I don't know what is! My adviser was Austin Martin, and he was very helpful, informative, and stayed on top of my admissions up until I received an actual academic adviser.
I have had no issues with Financial Aid, as far as long hold times are concerned. Financial Aid processed my paperwork extremely fast, and sent me an estimated award letter within 2 weeks. I was impressed after hearing all of the negative reviews against this university.
Community colleges even in your hometown can be shoddy when it comes to FA, and the admissions process. I was screwed over many times by accredited colleges that transfer to 4 year UNI's. Kaplan, so far, seems like a great school to attend The key is for the student to stay on top of their progress as well. Call them every other day or once a week and make sure everything is in order. If you do not keep up with them, then they will not keep up with you, point blank.
If you expect them to contact you - you must contact them as well. Communication is a two way street, not a one way. So do not be on the one way and expect to get anywhere with any school.
I start my classes on January 8th. I do not even know where to begin with this school. First, the program is about a high school level program. You will not be satisfied with what you have learned from this course. You will not want to tell people you went to this school. That is how pathetic it is. You can go through the entire course without needing the book though they wont tell you that , because the professors make no requirement on the reading and referencing of the materials.
The professors are all inconsistent when it comes to the class rubrics. Each interpret the APA standard differently. Some professors send your work through TurnItIn to check for plagarism and some do not.
Some allow you to submit late work, some do not. Discussion boards and seminars are a huge joke! Do not even get me going on those.
Can I say poor poor poor experience in any college I ever attend. I'd rather go to community college where they care about students. Kaplan suck customers service is the worst I have seen from regular support to registration. You play phone tag everyday. Shop around guys Kaplan is not the only school online. I enjoyed every last bit of the program except one professor in the biochem department, but overall I was able to complete the program and gain my degree.
In my last semester, I ran into financial aid difficulties because I maxed out of my total undergrad borrowing limit. I had never heard of that, but I know I got to pay for my education. I want to say to many of you that are thinking about enrolling or a students already enrolled keep going and don't stop. You are going to bump into rude and unsupportive professors, they are in every school.
In the health and wellness major, the instructors are great and im not just saying it. There are more jobs out there including some humans service positions as well. The nutritional program, the school tells the student from day 1, you will not be eligible to take the ADA exam at the end of the degree program. There may be provisions for a Masters degree in dietetics and nutrition at a brick and mortar classroom setting.
This will allow you to get the internships that you need to get licensed. Another way to get licensed is through internships at the local teaching hospital county. It take hours of internship to satisfy the board. Do the internship and get the license. You can still work without a license, but just the degree. You can work as a diet tech, dietician's assistant, dietary supervisor, district nutritional school specialist.
The list goes on and on. Kaplan is a good school. Take care and be in good health. I think that high school was more challenging than this school was. I have maintained a 4. I am not exaggerating about that one bit. I am not a great student either. I think that this is a diploma mill and they just want your money. The staff is great but I didn't learn enough to be comfortable going out and getting a job in this field.
Sure it feels great that I graduated after a year and a half but I didn't learn much except how to use excel. I am getting ready to start my fourth term with Kaplan. I can honestly say, I have had no problems. Grades have to be earned! I have been on the presidents, and Deans list until this last term, and it has been the hardest, but I was not as committed as I use to be. I still ended up with low 90's in both classes, but I earned every point!
As far as financial aide, no problems, I always can expect a phone call at the end of a term from FA to see if I have any questions, and let me know when I will receive my stipends. I would recommend this University to anyone who wants to better their lives! If you are fortunate enough to placed at a hiring extern site, you are probably in the minority The rest of us looking to cash in on our pricey education cannot get passed "1 to 2 years experience".
Save yourself some money and look at the job requirements in billing and coding. The Kaplan education prepares you for nothing in the real world. I will be graduating from Kaplan this coming year. I am going for my associates degree in Accounting. The school educational department overall is very good.
I have read a lot of these bad posts and they simply aren't true. At least from my experience. There are practice quizzes you can take repeatedly. However, the weekly final quiz, and final end of unit exam you take only once. Seminar participation is required. If you just open your computer and walk away you get a zero for it. Also for discussion posts there is a required amount of words that has to be written per unit, plus a required amount for reporting to at least 2 of your classmates posts.
There are papers that are required to be written for some classes and they need to be in APA format, required length. There is a tutor center for help with math and English classes. They have a great resource library for references for papers. I have found 90 percent of my professors to be very helpful. The bad side to Kaplan is there financial department. You have to stay on top every term to make sure things are going correctly. I've had issue with my student loans being late to get sent to me.
But never have they taken them. Some of the financial dept. I would only recommend kaplan if you have the time to keep up with the financial end. The educational side is excellent and I have learned a lot. Like any college, you get what you put into it. And you definitely can't just breeze through the classes, you have to put in the effort. I think there are past students who have failed and are trying to make the school look bad.
For me ;accept the financial side kaplan has been a great experience. This put me into their advanced start program for IT. I thought that it would be hard to do these type of classes on line, but it was not bad at all. I attended the classes on certain nights that were required and constantly stayed in touch with the instructors.
I found myself turning a lot of my work in early. I left with a Bachelors of Science in Information Technology and with a 4. It is all what you put into the classes if you want the results. I did not mind getting them the documentation for financial aid because I always stayed on top of it.
The only warning I would have to give a student would be if you are not good in writing and preparing your papers to be turned in, make sure to good good at it if you want to succeed. There is a lot of paper writing for most of their courses so you will learn to get better at it. Kaplan University is a scam. While the traditionally school carries 3 credits per course, Kaplan is 6 and you can only take 2 classes at a time at 10 weeks each.
What this means is that it takes you twice the time to finish and owing twice the money. This is still regarded at full time status so that Kaplan can get as much federal aid money as possible.
There financial aid process is also messy and confused so you will spend more time doing that than your studies. None of the problems there that I have had with Kaplan.
I have not yet read a story on someone finishing classes and finding a great job I would love to see people come back and give reports rather good or bad. I will soon be starting classes with Kaplan online, which my husband has received his B. If someone has finished or know someone who has, please let me know via email courtneycottrell21 yahoo. Thanks and good luck in life!!! I have had good experience with Kaplan University except the long wait times to speak to someone at Kaplan.
If you call Financial Aid take out at least an hour and a half of your day to get through to someone no joke , one reason why I am writing this review I am still on hold an hour later. It is depressing and it pisses me off. Even after all the emails from the officer who "verified" my funding It's ridiculous While my current professor is somewhat sarcastic most are reasonable and so is the school.
Case in point: Hurricane Sandy, I had no electric power and no internet for 11 days. Kaplan gave me a generous amount of time to complete my assignments and it worked out very well for me. The not so good; it seems that the professors are not impressed with the quality of the students they are teaching.
One even said so in open live class. On the other side of the coin, I know for a fact that students are passing these courses but do not understand the materials in the courses they are taking. In live class some professors are cut off before they can finish what they wanted to say to us because the Live Class Platform pulls the plug on them before they are finished. I also had one test question that was the same one they used 2 tests previously. Kaplan tech support is of little help with Windows Office and not yet up to speed on Windows 8.
They enroll ineligible students to keep up their profits, that is why any credit transfers or eligible for getting a license will not be possible from this university.
I have completed my B. S in nutrition science with 3. As far as education level goes, Kaplan university is no way even near of providing a graduate level education. Also, their classes are not transferable to other REAL accredited colleges or universities where you can actually apply for a nutrition license in future. Their fees are also very high for the level of education they provide.
It clearly shows a sign of business where profit is their main concern, not education. Currently, for me that degree paper is a piece of trash, which i cant use it in any way. It is possible you can get a nutrition related job non-license , but you will be required a lot of clinical experience.
Another negative factor, you would be considered least in value from all eligible applicants, when you apply for a job. Best of luck for all of those who seek for real degrees. After an incredibly disenchanting phone call with an incredibly rude woman in the verification department I have decided to leave Kaplan.
I am getting exhausted with picking up the slack of other peoples incompetence, and if this is the way that Kaplan University does business, I have absolutely no interest in continuing my education with them. Throughout previous phone call with the Verification department, I was belittled, treated as a child, and disrespected.
I am sorry to leave but I have no interest in working with a company that allows employees to speak to a student in the way I have been. I was approved for reentry after writing an essay and a 2 month wait, I also took some sort of 2 part test that I have no idea why I was required to take, and after doing all of this I was transferred to a new Reentry advisor that told me I had to start all over again.
This advisor would not return phone calls nor emails 6 and was extremely frustrating as I kept missing term after term.
I am at another university that is responsive and fair. The financial aid department is no good I had to call four times to get answers as to why my financial aid wasn't put through come to find out they never requested it from the loan department.
Each time I called they said they looked at my account and could not see any reason why and to wait a couple more days. So finally the last time I called they told me it wasn't requested by the department and she went ahead and did that. Now why in the world did the other people I talked to could not figure this out. If you decide to go here make sure you stay on top of the financial aid department as far as your loans.
Well, i have took like 20 min's out of my time to actually read over a lot of reviews on this college and i must say, alot of it is pleasant to read and a lot is not.
Im in my 4th semester starting june I can say that its not a bad school. Im defnly happy about that. I graduate april Since i started kaplan i have been on the presidents list and holding a 4. The only problem i have READ with kaplan that kind of made me nervous is the clinical sites. I have a group that i started on facebook in october where we help one another out so much that we are really a family. But as i was on the site i saw a girl post something about her clinical site being over 60 miles from her house.
One of the main reasons i freaked out is because my 3 year old daughter is a cancer patient. I cant be going to a clinical site monday-friday for 8hrs that is hrs driving time. I was so scared that i had to read more into it and talk to her about it.
This school is a joke. These reviews are also a joke if anybody rates this school as good. In fact, take a second to read the "positive" reviews and if you can note the glaring grammatical errors, you will see why I say this place is a joke, because chances are highly likely that those people were given passing marks.
A joke. The part that isn't funny is the cost of this "education" The only reason I'm even reading through these reviews is to figure out how anybody manages to survive the last terms in this place because financial aid only covers a 4 year school Turns out that their 4 year bachelor degree program is actually 5 years credits, with classes ranging from credits and you are only allowed to take 2 classes a term unless you make special arrangements to take 3 on an accelerated learning thing Oh, and the best part is that if you miss a payment on this final year, you are immediately dismissed and you STILL have to make the payment.
So, you spend all of this time enrolled and wondering how the idiots in the class continue to get moved along with you despite their inability to string two words together without misspelling both of them, only to discover that this school has totally screwed you over in the long run For Profit-as in, if you have money, you will pass As in, this place lied from day one. The first lie was that they had flexible classes Turns out, by "flexible", they have night classes. I told them I work at night, and they said this was perfect because I could take daytime classes.
By the third term, they had run out of daytime classes, and that's when my grades started to suffer because I was unable to attend the night classes or do the extra work required to make up for it. Meanwhile, everybody who was able to arrive to the seminars had to occasionally type the words "yes" and "no" and "good bye" Nonsensical, and a joke.
I found out that this school just wanted money when I was involved in a hurricane that wiped out all power and blew up my router. The advice was to use the public library computer. The library that is located down the street that also was involved in the same hurricane? Yeah, okay And now, they are suggesting I sign up for 2 loans, even though I already know I don't have anyone to co-sign a loan because I am by myself, and I have no credit, so just the act of signing up for loans that I'll be turned down for is just going to drag my credit score down even further.
This place is a joke, and if you want my advice, go somewhere else. I don't know what to do, but if I can prevent even ONE person from getting suckered in, I have this to say: if you DO go to college, go to a real one and get an engineering degree.
I asked Kaplan to sign me up for computer engineering and instead I am in application development One such example was at UIC, I had to commute to campus 1 hour drive in rush hour going there and back home with rising fuel prices.
I commuted there to have a little to no interaction classes. I even had questions regarding my homework so I went to get help at the UIC tutor center, only to find out that it is jammed packed with other students trying to get help. To all those who say that KU doesn't teach good, that doesn't make sense. I've been there. Done that. They don't teach nothing, I promise you this. Bottom line.. At KU, I've learned more than I learned at other schools by interaction with the uses of Technology and research on the web, plus online University supplied reading material.
Kaplan may not be the most popular school out there, but it sure as heck is better than a state university such as UIC or any community college out there. One notable point, and there are downsides to every school and one such con at KU is that it is costly to attend here. But if costs doesn't bother you, then this is a good school.
I would recommend this school to anyone. By the way, I know of one other person who graduated a few years back. She got a job soon after her graduation.
I am in school right now for MA. The only problem I have came across is some of my teachers have a strong accent and they are hard to understand over the computer.
I do think some classes need to be in a school because they where a bit hard to get with only having 1 class week. The teachers did help me if I emailed them any questions. I say if you are thinking of Kaplan then do it, if you are unsure they usually have a campus somewhere around you that you can talk to someone.
I know my state does. If you want to go to school and be lazy not doing your discussion posts, seminars, and projects do not go to Kaplan, it will be a waste of your money. If you are willing to work hard and do what you need to do, you will pass. I think people are being spiteful, I have only seen one valid complaint and I would be heartbroken too.
Her case is not the norm I think there were issues that were out of her control but that is how life goes. I wish her the best and hope she can get it straightened out.
You will have classmates that you think are ignorant but they weed out early. After the 3 year mark you will love the amazing atmosphere when you are surrounded by uplifting people who are working just as hard as you are. I graduated with my BSN in It is definitely not a degree mill. I worked very hard, and earned every bit of that degree. The majority of the teachers were great, especially in the nursing classes.
They went the extra mile, called me at home, and really made sure I knew what I was doing. There were one or two instructors in non-nursing classes, like Statistic who were less than helpful. I struggled in that class, and my responses to my emails or messages were not answered promptly or at all, otherwise, that was very rare for the majority of classes I took.
You must do you homework, and not expect any handholding. It was clear that there were some people who did not do any assignments or readings, so perhaps they were hoping for a pass despite this. Why pay all this money for tuition and not try your hardest to learn and grow? The major complaint I have however is their billing department.
I went through countless hours trying to get my account sorted out over the course of two years. For someone who was paying cash, I am disturbed how many screw ups and how many people were in my account altering things.
I actually had to request to speak to a different person one time because I could not understand the person on the phone because the accent was so thick. I would get my Masters from Kaplan in a heartbeat if it weren't for their crazy billing department.
For a cash payer, you'd think it would be streamlined, but it was a nightmare. Unanswered emails, sat on hold for over 30 min at a time, and would be told something completely different every time I called. I knew from day 1 I wasn't going to become an accredited dietician. I knew from day 1 that I will have to transfer and graduate from a traditional college.
It's one of those degrees that require extra steps like internship hours and even more continuing education. Anyone who says they "did their research" and were surprised to find out they could not get accredited at kaplan is full of it.
Online school isn't easier or harder than a traditional school. Most of the professors I've had have been wonderful and work in the Fields they teach. Generally speaking the projects aren't well written and vague. More often than not the professors are aware of it but it's just the way things are written.
My biggest problem with Kaplan is not the Professors or the college but my fellow students. Most of my classmates are, well, dumb. They're stay-at-home housewives or exchange students. Never anyone my own age, never anyone without 5 kids. It's the most problematic in lower level classes and classes on history or art. The Library is atrocious. When I first started at Kaplan it was easy to understand but now I can't even really use it without problems. It seems like every semester they are messing with something.
Tech support is ok. The few problems I have had were fixed quickly. Student support has always been helpful for me. I can usually tell immediately if Professors are going to rub me the wrong way and usually I'm allowed to switch teachers.
I know it would seem that an online school would be cheaper but it really isn't. If you are like me and can't attend a "traditional" college Kaplan is great. You will also have to do internships and jump through all sorts of other hoops There are sooo many other things you can do other than a dietician.
Nutrition is a huge field of study! Pediatrics, physical therapy, cancer, home health, front office, your own practice, sports nutrition, geriatric nutrition The key is to really get down deep and figure out what you want to specialize in.
Whatever college you choose, whatever major you pick, it really comes down to a personal responsibility to really do your research on the career you want. Don't get mad at Kaplan.
I began at Kaplan in while raising a toddler as a single parent. And here I am stuck, stressed, and lost. And if I can get out, trust, I will. Kaplan is one of the biggest mistakes I have ever made. I will now be in debt for the rest of my life for a degree that is useless. They are not fully accredited, financial aid will take money from you, and you will never get to talk to anyone in charge. Anyone who is thinking about this place should check on bbb, rip off report, pissed off consumer and that is just for starters.
I have attended Kaplan and will graduate shortly. None the less, I would recommend almost any other school online or otherwise. Kaplan's administrative departments are a mess, creating endless red tape and busy work. The school's technical support is a nightmare which makes it almost impossible to attend classes. Instructors and classes are feckless and inane, and the academics are poor you won't learn a thing.
All in all, this is one academic institution to avoid if you are serious about an education or the public's perception of your credentials. This is nothing but BS! Nothing but lies! I have been impressed with the academics portion of this university but like many others I have had struggles with the financial aid department. I have to keep fighting to make sure they are correct with my tutiton and the documents I see never match what they have in their system.
So, this is what I have learned from the FA dept. They do not automatically send these out. Request them for every term. They will save your butt! Get it in writing from them about any promises or terms they make with you. Hound them they will eventually comply. Do not sign their MPN's Do not lock yourself into any financial promise with them. This has saved my ass more than once.
Check your financial aid summary often and print it off often for every academic year. Do not click on the print this page button but print from the browser. This way there are the date and time stamps from when you printed. This way you can keep track of them and their sneaky ways of trying to add in hidden fees from terms past. They did that to me once and I fought them on it and they backed off. Suddenly the balance I owed was gone.
Then also ask for audits of your account. Just keep on top of it. If you are already in it just keep going but make certain they do not push you around.
Keep all the emails they send you and you send them. Keep all the hard copies. If at all possible email and call. I do as much as I can through correspondence and keep hard copies! And keep all these documents for life. Do not ever throw them out.
I have heard to many horror stories of student loan issues years and years and years later and they had nothing to back them up and had to pay because the loan agencies said so. I obtained a B. Nutrition Science from KU in and after obtaining my degree I landed a position with my county health department.
I am licensed in my state and both my state and my city acknowledge my degree. In fact during the interview for my job the panel noted that my ability to graduate Summa cum laude from an independent study program just confirmed my ability to work independently. In addition, this type of degree demonstrates skills in time management and critical thinking. The only negative feedback I have is that their Financial Aid department is the worst I have ever dealt with.
FA was a constant stressor throughout my time at Kaplan but in the end it was worth it. Mark, I am interested to see how this goes as I am suffering from the same thing right. Post back here with any info in terms of a class action lawsuit. I have bookmarked this page posted Jan 10th, pm. It seems that Kaplan's Financial Aid department is putting me through the ringer. I am looking into a class action lawsuit once I speak to my lawyer.
I am bitter sweet to see that I am not the only one that is having a hard time with Kaplan's FA. I was so dissapointed to read these comments. I really was looking forward to going to Kaplan for photography, but with all the negitivity I don't think I'll bother. I have had the worst problem with financial aid at Kaplan. First, they keep you on hold for an extraordinarily unacceptable long period of time.
Then, when they finally do come on the phone and you tell them the problem, they give you information that doesn't make any sense or is incomplete. I now have to pay some of my own tuition when it could have been taken out of my stipend.
If I had known that my financial aid did not cover all of the tuition for my last term, I would have paid it when I got my check instead of spending it. Also, there is a balance from a prior term, and instead of being smart and taking it out of my stipend, as they were told to do, they left it on my account. That means a Kaplan loan in addition to my federal loans.
They have lost paperwork, they do not reply to emails or voice mails. All of this could have been avoided if they had better communication skills. Don't ever give Kaplan University your phone number or name for that matter.
There is no way to stop them. I would like to complain about the robo calls I keep receiving from Kaplan University. It sounds like a collection call, but there is no option to talk to a person or tell them that they have the wrong number! All what i can say about this KU don't waste your time with or you money, All they really seem interested in is getting your money posted Sep 12th, pm.
I've been teaching for KU for about four years now, and the school has gotten steadily worse. The real focus, even for faculty, seems to be "student retention," i. EX: I was told, in my latest performance review, that I needed to pass more students.
If I didn't need the paycheck, I'd be out of there. Currently shopping around for new opportunities. To all potential KU students: don't waste your time with this school.
Visit your local community college to save a lot of money on tuition and to earn a real education. I am not currently in any program but i am looking for some online course and not yet decide with which university. But when I read some comment about money, i become hesitated i am worry that i might throw my money away for nothing posted Jul 29th, am. I like the learning experience at Kaplan, but I am so fed up with the clowns in the financial aid department that I am seriously thinking about transferring.
Found out today that employees in the financial aid office have been instructed to not give any information out to students who are waiting for their stipends.
It's a long story, but a delay in disbursement dates affected about 5, students. However, the money is in the accounts now and they're still not sending out stipends; the person who told me about it didn't think it was right to lie to students about their financial aid, and she let me know that there had been a meeting that morning where managers told employees to evade and stonewall and to not refer calls to any managers. Since that is exactly what happened to me on Friday, as well as earlier today, I have no doubt that it is the truth.
That's a new low in deceitfulness for an accredited university, and I'm not even entirely sure how legal it is. Either way, it calls into question the integrity and professionalism of the entire university. I am a Kaplan student. Kaplan University is very challenging and competitive. I love that Kaplan is so easy to use and I do schooling on my time as long as I get it done with in the time frame.
There are professors for the on-line classes who contribute and lead the classes quite well in my opinion. I have just returned for mu Bachelor's degree and plan to continue for a Masters after that.
I have kept a 3. I would reccomend Kaplan University to anyone who is willing to work for a degree, if you are expecting to buy a degree you will be disappointed and I would say look elsewhere. This college is a JOKE! Don't waste your time and money. All they kept asking me was for my money and credit card payments then will ask you to ask you family if you needed more funds after paying to cover other things.
They try and get as much as they can so they can pocket the money themselves. Its a good school but the financial aid department is horable. They pt you on hold over and over dont return calls or emails. They also have a bad habit of loseing paper work. Over all the school is good if you can deal with a third rate financial aid department!
I have never gone to school at Kaplan but You should understand about what I learned during the hiring process!!! I have a graduate degree in business which led me to pursue a position as a program chair for their IT program at the W. Des Moines Iowa campus. After a month of interviews and run arounds, and a powerpoint presentation, I received a voice message on my answering machine by an assistant telling me they were going in a different direction.
How professional is that? I'm not overly concerned I didn't get the position, what I do have a problem with however is the lack of communication with me about the position status, and their overall professionalism. Some of the things they asked me in the interviews was how I would keep students in school because they are losing a high percentage of them in the IT program? I replied that it depended on the situation and the student. They replied that instead of trying to understand the situation, I needed to sell, sell, sell the program to the student and refuse their wishes I later discovered that program chairs are fired for not meeting student enrollment quotas.
Not graduation quotas. If you have 25 in a class, you are in danger of being terminated if more than 3 drop. This struck me as funny but I didn't think of it any further.
Now I realize the kind of atmosphere I would have been working in after doing more research on Kaplan had I been hired.
It seems they are more concerned with bringing in the money, and less about the students well-being. Kaplan is largely an online university, thus it is critical that it offers strong academic support and services to its students. The best online universities offer very strong support for their students that compare favorably to campus based students. At Kaplan University , you can get assistance as you need it from these online services:.
Career services is of particular importance because online students may need more help than campus based students to find work opportunities. The cost of tuition at Kaplan University per credit hour is very reasonable:. This makes these programs extremely affordable for active duty military, military veterans and spouses of military members. Kaplan University is a for profit, proprietary university, and as such, is not ranked by the most common college program ranking organizations, such as US News and World Report and The Princeton Review.
How important is this ranking? With online universities such as Kaplan, it could be significant. For profit colleges that largely work online may be viewed more skeptically by some employers and professionals in the healthcare industry. However, it is important to note that the nursing programs are accredited by the CCNE, and the entire university also holds regional accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission.
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