Walden College Going to For-Profit Status

Discussion in 'Accreditation Discussions (RA, DETC, state approva' started by Rich Douglas, Mar 7, 2013.

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  1. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    Walden College is not only transitioning to for-profit status, it is also anticipating being "partly accredited."

    In becoming a for-profit, it anticipates being able to move scarce resources from teaching to marketing.

    More breaking news as it develops....
     
  2. rmm0484

    rmm0484 Member

    Duh - Walden University is already for profit, so what gives? The only information I could find on Walden College, was that it was imaginary.

    Walden College: The unnamed college attended by the main characters was later given the name "Walden College", revealed to be in Connecticut (the same state as Yale), and depicted as devolving into a third-rate institution under the weight of grade inflation, slipping academic standards, and the end of tenure—issues that Trudeau has consistently revisited since the original characters graduated. Some of the second generation of Doonesbury characters have attended Walden, a venue Trudeau uses to advance his concerns about academic standards in America. President King, the leader of Walden College, was originally intended as a parody of Kingman Brewster, President of Yale, but all that remains of that is a certain physical resemblance. Doonesbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
     
  3. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    Duh back atcha.
     
  4. rmm0484

    rmm0484 Member

    So, that's a "bazinga??"
     
  5. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    Sheldon (in the ball pit): You can try, but you'll never catch me. Bazinga!
     

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