<p>I’ve known people who taught at U of Phoenix and they were legitimate courses that I’m sure were of benefit to the student. These were people from industry - not PHD or Masters degree holding people but people who knew the material.</p>
<p>I think the problem with this one and a number of the other for profits isn’t that they don’t teach material, but that young people who are using it as an alternative to attending a ‘normal’ college may be more likely to end up with debt rather than a degree (low grad rates for young people I’ve heard), the degree isn’t perceived in the marketplace as being comparable in quality to a degree from many of the ‘normal’ colleges, and that now with them going to a much higher percentage of online classes, where I assume the profit margin must be much higher than brick and mortar locations, the perceived quality of the degree may be diminished even further.</p>
<p>The business model of these colleges must be getting forced into changes now with the advent of online classes and degree programs that are becoming available from some state and non-profit private universities including some of the higher level ones. These colleges like U of Phoenix are no longer the only practical alternative for people who must work while getting their degree or advanced degree. If you decided to get an MBA right now but still had to work, you’d have choices from some well known traditional colleges - not just U of Phoenix and the like.</p>