UofP campuses

I dont exactly know why its important.......but i cannot...for the life of me...find any pictures of any campuses of the university of phoenix....could anyone tell me where i might be able to find some...and if not...why arent they available....

 

UoP campuses are not traditional

They can be anything from a floor in a high rise office building to a small building in an industrial park. There are several around the country and you would have to go to that specific site to see if one is available for that location.

 

Re: UoP campuses are not traditional

Exactly. They are very generic office or light industrial buildings. In my city they share office space in medium sized buildings. They definately are not campuses, but are offices.

 

thanx for the replies.....as i discussed in another thread...the only schools that would accept me for their respective mba programs with my 3 year bachelor from canada, with no prerequsite courses needed were the UofP and Walden...(i know...they prob accept everyone!)...but my concern, although i believe the quality of education is better at Walden, i feel that the fact that UofP has physical campuses might solidify the degree alot more...is their any merit to my concerns?.....does a physical campus really mean alot more.....so much more that UofP would be a better choice......also, is their campus in phoenix a small office as well...or is it a real campus?....your replies would be greatly appreciated

 

Office building

It is an office building as well. However, many remote campuses of more traditional colleges are in offices as well. If you have your heart set on on an MBA using your 3 year Canadian degree try looking overseas where the 3 year degree is more the norm. Better yet, why not look in Canada. Athabasca and Lansbridge have DL MBA's.

 

Don't let Walden's lack of "on-ground" campuses sway you too much, except.....

Vault.com did a survey of HR managers in 2000 about online learning. They tended to consider online learning in a lesser light. But if you earned a degree from a school that offers both, who's to know how you did it? But I think it's a minor point.

What is more significant is the learning methodologies used. Walden and UoP are entirely different. Examine both carefully before choosing one.

 

I think it is not valid to think that becuase UoP has building, makes them better. UoP is known for their online program, maybe with another school you could make this argument, but I think the B&M presence just helps with stability and longivity issues, which UoP isn't having either of those issues.

 

thanx for the replies....Rich.....how does the two schools differ in terms of learning methods....?

 

A thought.......If i decided to enroll in a school with no B&M....and in the future wanted to apply to a B&M school (AACSB accredited-perhaps)for a doctorate...would i have problems using the masters degree as a requirement...?

 

It would depend if the no B&M school is AACSB. The delivery method has no part of accreditation, so AACSB schools usually require the lower degrees from AACSB institutions, same for RA.

 

Just for clarification then.....so one would have to have a AACSB masters to get into a AACSB doctoral....dont some schools just specify that the masters be RA...are am i compleatly out of the loop here?

 

Let me give you my experience, and it might clarify the above.

I had my undergrad from CSUS (AACSB) - and applied to the online TU program (AACSB). To be able to apply to the TU program, I had to have a degree from an AACSB school as an undergrad.

When I applied with AACSB dcotrate degrees, they required an AACSB degree - undergrad or master's - if it was in business.

I have been told it is the same for RA.

 

Elyk1979, just to remind you, Uofp as an institution is non traditional and their campuses are set the same way. Also a survey shows that many brick and morter institutions, spend a huge amount of money fixing and repairing their infrastructure which has become a heavy "burden" on them. So Uofp I was made to understand decided to set their "system", different from these schools. Also note that so far it has been working for them and they are doing pretty good.
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I think you would have problem getting into PhD with UoP degree.

 

what type of problem ?

 

I am not 100% sure but I saw people discussing here that perceive problems with UoP degree for any further admission. Mainly to do with their marketing and the way employers and schools see this as an inferior degree. I could be wrong though. Best thing would be to check with the university that you plan to get into if they would accept UoP degree for admission to Doctoral program.

BTW, there are many UK universities MBA programs that you can get into with a 3 years degree. Infact some dont even need an undergrad degree to get in to their MBA. Only experience is needed. You can also look at HW (EBS) MBA as being one of the option.

 

Doctoral Programs

I don't believe this is true. I know people who are in Ph.D, JD, Ed.D programs at traditional schools. The school is RA, so people it aren't being accepted, maybe it's because they're not qualified candidates...

 

etech wrote:

I don’t know where you got that, but I think you’re wrong.

Before I enrolled I asked four universities (UH, Rice, Texas A&M, UT Austin) about getting into graduate school (MS, MBA) with a UoP degree. The admissions people made emphasis on having a good application package (i.e. 3.50+ GPA, above average GRE/GMAT scores, recommendation letters, course pre-reqs, etc.) since admissions are competitive.

Having a degree from UoP would not get me automatically DQ’d; not having a bachelor’s from a RA school was a showstopper.

Note: This was in 1999 and I never applied at those schools, since they only offer residential programs that do not fit my schedule.

 

well, its 2004 and its possible that things have changed and people knowledge about colleges and their education quality change too over time.

 

UoP is a public company, so they have an agressive sales department - I think that is what was meant about some think UOP is inferior because in some cases, they are a bit much. I get spam from UOP, they have pop up ads... lots of them.

I do think that aspect has destracted from a good RA school.