Trident University - New Taxation and Bookkeeping & Payroll concentrations

Discussion in 'Business and MBA degrees' started by felderga, May 5, 2019.

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  1. felderga

    felderga Active Member

  2. JBjunior

    JBjunior Active Member

    You seem very interested in Trident and are far more confident than I am about their future. Have you decided to enroll yet?
     
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  3. Phdtobe

    Phdtobe Well-Known Member

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  4. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    Why is that strange?
     
  5. felderga

    felderga Active Member

    Not yet for the DBA program but I'm leaning towards them as my total out of pocket after employer reimbursement and discounts would be about $18K to complete in 2.5 years. I have a co-worker that is finishing his MBA at Trident and has nothing but positive things to say.
     
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  6. Phdtobe

    Phdtobe Well-Known Member

    It is market or demographic that is more suited to vocational institutions.
     
  7. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

    Anything for profit.
     
  8. Steve Levicoff

    Steve Levicoff Well-Known Member

    Oh really?

    Any time a school merges with another school, or is bought by a holding company or otherwise transfers ownership, that is one of the most precarious stages of its existence.

    Clearly, American Continental University is the larger of the schools owned by Career Education Corporation. If you have not already done so, you should read the Wikipedia piece on AIU - you'll find it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_InterContinental_University. And it makes AIU look sleazy as hell.

    The Trident wiki, on the other hand, is very basic very generic, and very brief - as if it was written by Trident itself. It has nothing bad to say about Trident, but it leave out lots of detail, especially information about their graduation rates and any complaints that have been brought against them.

    Both schools have in common that: they are for profit and are clearly adjunct-driven programs.

    If you feel comfortable enrolling at Trident merely because one co-worker speaks well of them (which means nothing, since a co-worker is hardly going to whine and make you think he or she made the wrong decision), you will deserve what you end up with. And what will that be? We have no idea at this point - Trident may or may not be around in two years. But the trend among for-profit schools, especially those that have been found suspect by the Federal DoEd, does not make them look promising. I'd avoid these jokers like the plague.
     
  9. felderga

    felderga Active Member

    I won't disagree with you on the facts about mergers or the troubled history of AIU (I did check the BBB website and Trident only has 5 complaints compared to 32 for AIU which is alot IMO). To be honest most of the For-Profits have issues and if money was no object I would much prefer the classic brick and mortar schools like the University of Minnesota (I really love the program there but I live in CA and can't teach or do some research remotely... not to mention I don't have $50-60K for a PhD in Health Informatics or Health Administration). Hence this is why I'm still interested in Trident as it checks all of the boxes for me (cost under $18K, time to complete is 2+ years, no dissertation but rather doctoral study project). Assuming I do enroll this fall my first class will be paid for 100% thru reimbursement money so I can kinda see if I how it goes from there. If I don't like it then I will look to transfer possibly. Second class early next year again gets covered by my employer as well (probably will signup for Business Process Improvement). By then the merger should be complete and I will know what I've really gotten myself into. Expanding my business process improvement knowledge is a plus so again if I walk away afterwards I won't have lost too much.

    AIU doesn't offer all of the same programs as Trident so most likely it will still exist but more likely to function as a subsidiary. The fact that Trident is expanding its course offerings leads further proof to this theory.

    If someone can recommend a Doctor of Health Administration or DBA with emphasis in Health Care for under $30K then I all ears. Capella and Liberty remain my fallback choices for now. Again my motivation is partially self-fulfillment so again I'm looking for the cheapest RA option that's available.
     
    Last edited: May 7, 2019

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