(11-15-2024, 05:08 PM)ss20ts Wrote: Personally I wouldn't want a degree from U of P. Their reputation is awful and many people in a variety of industries look down at their degrees. Free is great, but at what cost to your personal reputation? They've been trying to sell themselves to a state school for a long time. They're running out of $$$$.

(11-15-2024, 07:16 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Hold your horses, you can take classes at U of Phoenix and transfer to HAU.  If you can get the MBA as a freebie or any other degrees close to free from work such as the MS Info System or something else, do what you can and want.  You can transfer a few classes to HAU or another institution to speed up the finish and get the other fully paid for (or close to free) degrees from U of Phoenix.  Furthermore, you can take the ASU 15 grad credits for $500 or so (if that has fully integrated and process of getting transcripts is possible).

(11-15-2024, 06:29 PM)ss20ts Wrote: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/may/31/idahos-deadline-passes-to-purchase-university-of-p/

The deal wasn't completed on time according to their contract. Then it was extended until June 2025.

https://www.kivitv.com/news/university-of-idaho-purchase-deal-with-university-of-phoenix-extended

I would run from U of P. They still haven't cleaned up their act. They had to pay $191 million in fines for their crummy advertising just a few years ago.

(11-15-2024, 06:07 PM)Jonathan Whatley Wrote: An agreement was announced in 2023 by which the University of Phoenix would be sold to the University of Idaho. Although the announcement didn't include any change of name, there might be a rebrand in its future, like other for-profits that have sold to and become affiliates of brick-and-mortar state university systems (Kaplan becoming Purdue Global, Ashford becoming University of Arizona Global Campus, Grantham becoming University of Arkansas Grantham).

However, there's been strong pushback against the proposed acquisition in the Idaho legislature, and the acquisition might not even occur.

(11-16-2024, 01:32 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Decide what you want, I would do the UOP MBA plus MSIS if at all possible, it's for the learning and possible transfer credits to another program if you ever wanted to get a better degree elsewhere or ladder up to a doctoral degree.  RA is RA, it's accredited, you'll have met requirements for doctoral studies, it's like Shaq... He did his MBA at UOP back in 2010 or something like that and then moved onto his doctoral degree.

(11-15-2024, 03:31 PM)ItsNeverTheLionsYear Wrote: Free is free, but you're also not getting much bang for your employer's buck. UoP's reputation is in the toilet these days. They're paying million dollar class action settlements right and left and practically begging door to door for a state university system to buy them out. Awful name to have on your resume. Might actually make things harder if you have to leave your current company.

If you can go somewhere else for free I would.

(11-19-2024, 08:02 AM)ReyMysterioso Wrote:

(11-15-2024, 03:31 PM)ItsNeverTheLionsYear Wrote: Free is free, but you're also not getting much bang for your employer's buck. UoP's reputation is in the toilet these days. They're paying million dollar class action settlements right and left and practically begging door to door for a state university system to buy them out. Awful name to have on your resume. Might actually make things harder if you have to leave your current company.

If you can go somewhere else for free I would.

I 100% agree with this take. Your resume would literally be better off without U. Phoenix on it.If I was in your shoes, I would do most of the free Phoenix degree, then transfer as many credits as possible into HAU or any other program with high transfer acceptance.