Aspen is not a phoenix. Phoenix is not an aspen.

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  1. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    I am amused by the new [to me] verbiage near the top of the Aspen University website:

    I am success.
    I am not a phoenix as that requires me to fail before I succeed.

    Is this a little jibe at the competition? Shall we expect the University of Phoenix to counter with:

    I am success.
    I am not an aspen as that requires me to shiver and tremble in the slightest wind.
     
    John Bear, Sep 25, 2010
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  2. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    Ok, let's make a game of this! :D

    Excelsior College:
    I am ever upward.
    I am not a Charter Oak which never moves from its spot, often being passed by unnoticed.

    Charter Oak State College:
    I am without boundaries.
    What the heck is an Excelsior?
     
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    Maniac Craniac, Sep 25, 2010
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  3. StefanM

    StefanM New Member

    It's amusing but silly.
     
    StefanM, Sep 25, 2010
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  4. Anthony Pina

    Anthony Pina Active Member

    I am a Slippery Rock...no, I am an Oklahoma Panhandle...no, I am California University...in Pennsylvania...no, I am Washington University...in St. Louis, Missouri, no, I am...am...am...confused.
     
    Anthony Pina, Sep 25, 2010
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  5. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    I am MUST university. I'm not a Phoenix or an Aspen, heck, I'm not even a real school!
     
    SurfDoctor, Sep 25, 2010
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  6. lawrenceq

    lawrenceq Member

    I can tell you love Must University.

    I'm waiting on someone to make a "not another Aspen thread” post.
     
    lawrenceq, Sep 25, 2010
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  7. omarrod

    omarrod New Member

    I am a....... who am I?
     
    omarrod, Sep 25, 2010
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  8. Garp

    Garp Well-Known Member

    Admiral Stockdale in the Vice Presidential debate?
     
    Garp, Sep 25, 2010
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  9. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    The person who stood three inches to the right of Waldo on page 5 of the third book?
     
    Maniac Craniac, Sep 25, 2010
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  10. Dave Wagner

    Dave Wagner Active Member

    Slippery Rock University aka Slimy Pebble University...
     
    Dave Wagner, Sep 25, 2010
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  11. cravenco

    cravenco New Member

    Just looked. Very unprofessional of them!
     
    cravenco, Sep 25, 2010
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  12. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    You MUST be kidding!
     
    SurfDoctor, Sep 25, 2010
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  13. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    MUST you always start this nonsense? I'm can't take this anymore.. another one bites the MUST.
     
    Maniac Craniac, Sep 25, 2010
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  14. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    Sorry, but I MUST.
     
    SurfDoctor, Sep 25, 2010
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  15. GeneralSnus

    GeneralSnus Member

    You MUST if you're going to have an IMPAC.
     
    GeneralSnus, Sep 25, 2010
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  16. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    Is IMPAC University a degree mill too? I thought it was DETC accredited.
     
    SurfDoctor, Sep 25, 2010
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  17. thomas_jefferson

    thomas_jefferson member

    Aspen's web site is unpolished, from end to end. It would be worth the investment for them to update it. Removing the stupid phoenix poem would be a start.
     
    thomas_jefferson, Sep 25, 2010
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  18. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    I really don't understand why the site is just so blah. I could do better. Honestly. Yet, I have never been a professional and I stopped making my own websites 10 years ago. I really hope that they didn't pay someone to "design" that thing.
     
    Maniac Craniac, Sep 25, 2010
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  19. thomas_jefferson

    thomas_jefferson member

    I have limited web design skills but I could create a better site given a weekend and a mini-case of Red Bull.

    If they can't even project a quality online presence, how are we to assume that their online programs are of good quality? What would HR think when they look up Aspen after seeing it on a resume?

    I don't want to seem overly harsh, but I think the web site makes Aspen look like a diploma mill.
     
    thomas_jefferson, Sep 25, 2010
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  20. GeneralSnus

    GeneralSnus Member

    They were DETC accredited, but DETC revoked their accreditation. IMPAC sued and DETC reinstated their accreditation "during the pendency of IMPAC's petition". IMPAC is presently accredited, but I'm not sure about the status of their legal action.

    EDIT: According to PACER, the case was resolved in December 2008. I imagine they settled with retention of accreditation being a condition.
     
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