Walden University - E-letter sent to me today

I agree with you 100 percent. Buts its obvious that being non profit in some cases is hurting some institutions due to the fact that they can not offer as many courses per semester as the for profits, they can not hire the same number of faculty as the for profits, and they simply can not develop new degree plans as quickly as the for profits. All these factors are contributing to some state supported non profits losing students, which in turn means losing revenue to keep operating.

Of course a major factor is that state supported institutions in most cases can only raise tuition with permission from their various state governments, so even if a non profit wanted to have a tuition hike to be able to offer the same things as say a large online for profit institution, their hands are somewhat tied, because right now politicians do not want to be caught raising tuition too high, since we are in a recession. This was a big debate recently in NC, where I live, about raising tuition to survive.

 

Interesting Site

If you read through this site you'll see a similar dismal match rate for nearly all of the for-profits (such as Argosy and Capella) and distance ed programs.

Perhaps psychology is a subject that requires full-time, on-ground education - and high admission standards? It would seem there are some areas that open admission DL just doesn't do a very good job.

Regards - Andy

 

That is true, Argosy's psychology programs apparently run the gamut of average-low quality. Their Hawai'i-based hybrid program has an 80% match rate due to direct agreements with mental health facilities in that area. So if you were going to go to Argosy for psyc, that would be where to go for the best shot at internships.

I made a new topic for the psychology discussion.

 

I wonder how much of this is associated with APA accreditation. That is to say, if there is a correlation between low rates being predominantly associated with programs lacking APA approval.

 

That's a good point Paul, I hadn't really thought about that aspect. I'm just starting to get a look at the iceberg that is applying for doctoral programs.