University of Phoenix closing half of its campuses

<p>I don’t have a problem with the University of Phoenix. I think there is a place for adult on-line education and yes, there is more competition today for the University of Phoenix than when they started. I don’t have a problem with the federal government or states holding on-line college’s feet to the fire, just like brick and mortar colleges, about federal or state loans. </p>

<p>Kataliamom…I’m not sure what the reference to “fleecing students” relates to with regard to University of Phoenix. Has the University of Phoenix been giving mail order degrees or something like that? I’ve worked with a number of people who knocked out MBAs through University of Phoenix, but anecdotally it always seemed like that had a fair amount of work to do for those classes in addition to the on-line time. I’ve not really heard much “bad” about this college accept with regard to recruiting problems so I’m curious.</p>