New Charter University offers "Flatrate" at $199-a-Month Tuition for Online Courses

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  1. Woho

    Woho New Member

    New Charter University, some here might remember it as Andrew Jackson university, is offering tuition flatrates of $796 per semester, or $199 a month. Seems like an interesting model.
    More over at the Chronicle: http://chronicle.com/article/No-Financial-Aid-No-Problem/131329/

    Edited: Sorry, title misleading. Unfortunately it is only possible to edit the textbox, not the headlines.
     
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  2. jam937

    jam937 New Member

    This is for New Charter University and not WGU.
     
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  3. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    I changed the title of the thread.
     
  4. friendorfoe

    friendorfoe Active Member

    They could offer tuition of $1.50 per semester hour and provide free grilled cheese sandwiches and I still wouldn't be able to get over that name long enough to enroll. ;)
     
  5. TCord1964

    TCord1964 New Member

    I believe the monthly payment plans at Ashworth and California Coast University are cheaper than that, and they offer more programs.
     
  6. japhy4529

    japhy4529 House Bassist

    Haha! So true.
     
  7. jam937

    jam937 New Member

    I think the original reason for this thread originally was that an RA school had a monthly payment option so cheap, but it turned out the RA school was a NA school and the title was changed. Not much excitement for a NA cheap monthly tuition regardless of cheapness.
     
  8. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    I remember ranting about how horrible the name was when they changed it. However, for that tuition and for :eek:mfg: GRILLED CHEESE :eek:mfg: I'd be all over it!!!

    No lie, I am now in the mood for some grilled cheese, but have not a slice of bread nor a piece of cheese in my apartment. Thanks much for implanting an unattainable desire into my viscera.
     
  9. Petedude

    Petedude New Member

    C'mon, it's not that bad. :)
     
  10. friendorfoe

    friendorfoe Active Member

    Dang near...

    Anyhow, MC, implanting unattainable desires into people's hearts and minds is something I've been doing to the ladies since I was 16. Oh yeah...I just said that. :D
     
  11. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    What if they threw in a grilled cheese sandwich and philly cheese steak sandwich topped with grilled onions?

    Abner :smile:
     
  12. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    This is true. These schools are a good way to "pay as you go" with no interest.

    Abner
     
  13. LearningAddict

    LearningAddict Well-Known Member

    It's important to note however, that with Ashworth you're bound to a semester agreement, so no matter how quickly you finish a semester you're still going to pay for every single credit, by the credit. With NCU's model, it appears that the faster you finish the less you pay because they don't charge by the semester(?).

    I'm not sure how CCU works.
     
  14. toddsbiyj

    toddsbiyj New Member

    Personally, I love hearing about this type of payment as it is the first time I have heard of a monthly payment plan. When I finish up my RA AAS I am seriously considering this route. I have read all the rhetoric about RA vs NA and right now those disussions will have no bearing on my final decision. As far as the name, I have seen many RA schools with just as bad and sometimes worse. If they do give away free sandwiches, I didnt get to be a fatboy from turning down food, lol.
     
  15. jam937

    jam937 New Member

    The RA vs NA discussions are not rhetoric and are very serious conversations. If they don't have a bearing on your decision then you are a fool.
     
  16. msganti

    msganti Active Member

    Please do not use such words. Everybody's situation is different. If NA degrees are worthless, then all these NA schools should have gone long back.
     
  17. Petedude

    Petedude New Member

    Yeah-- better something like "if you haven't considered the NA vs. RA debate, you may end up making some ill-informed choices".
     
  18. toddsbiyj

    toddsbiyj New Member

    Jam937, without getting into a juvenile name calling match, your opinion is yours and mine is mine.

    At this stage in my career and with my personal goals in mind, I don't see where those discussions would truly have a bearing on my decision. You have to remember there are many different people with many different goals in mind on this forum rather than a single minded thought process about certain information. That is the reason I enjoy this and other DL forums, a virtually unlimited source of information.

    Now if someone can suggest a RA program that follows along the same type of payment plan at a lower price and a "go at your own pace" type of program, I am all ears (or eyes as it might be). That would be one situation where I would consider the RA option. I am still researching options and not dead set on anything other than a general set of personal guidelines and general areas of study.
     
  19. friendorfoe

    friendorfoe Active Member

    RA vs. NA isn't rhetoric but then again neither is it a matter of consequence for many people in many different situations. It is not a universal criterion nor should it be. In fact accreditation as a whole is not a universally applicable criterion.
     
  20. Maxwell_Smart

    Maxwell_Smart Active Member

    I agree.

    In my opinion, there is too much whining about this stuff. If a person doesn't want to go to an NA school or doesn't like them for whatever reason they've determined, then okay, we get it. Don't go to an NA and leave it at that. It's one thing to be upset about a bad experience at a particular school, but the idea that every school under an accreditation type is substandard is ridiculous, uninformed and usually agenda-driven. I have two RA degrees and one NA, and I also have credits from a number of schools from both accreditation types. I've seen good and bad from both along with lots of similarity... much more similarity than the NA sucks crowd would want to accept.

    Look, most online programs regardless of accreditation affiliation use similar textbooks, similar course design, and adequately qualified instructors (meaning they hold at least the proper degree level to teach). It's not like online RA programs are using some kind of Ark of the Covenant-level material that only they have access to and NA's are shut out from it and forced to use whatever teaching materials are out back in the dumpster, but this is what some would lead you to believe. It's absolute nonsense.

    I remember there was a guy on another board a few years ago who was taking a program at an NA. He posted some information from a search he did online through google and compared his course materials to that of all the regionally accredited schools that had publicly (and probably unintentionally) posted their course materials and course schedules as PDF's or .DOC's. His NA school' course setup was nearly identical to the RA's that popped up, save for a few lessons here and there. Same textbooks, same quizzes, same number of lessons, same essay requirements, same classroom delivery systems. I have no doubt that this would be the same even with a larger sampling than the one he showed.

    Unless you go to a top school (with a football team, or an Ivy League rep) with an online program, you're unlikely to impress anyone with the name of your school anyway, and they aren't going to know whether it's NA or RA and wouldn't give a crap if you told them. So after that it comes down to the degree and the field. Like I've said before, the paranoia of many who frequent these types of boards concerning RA or NA is bizarre outside of professions where it definitely would be questioned like teaching, or higher level medical/mental health professions where RA accreditation is a requirement to practice. Outside of that it's unlikely to ever become an issue, and if the success of NA graduates in the business and Government sectors is any indication it's not much of an issue except for the NA sucks crowd making it one every chance they get.
     

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