(08-04-2024, 07:59 PM)Heartstrings Wrote: I am not sure if this is a rant or not. I already have two Master's degrees and I am PhD-ABD. I was looking to go for an MBA that I could pay out of pocket. I am looking to use it just to study not to land a job. UoPeople's prices have doubled since I last considered them. They went from $200 to $400 per class. My advisor couldn't speak to me because they came from a culture or religion that doesn't talk to females. I ended up dropping them. With their prices, I might as well go to a RA school that has the proper business accreditations. They are some that are few thousand more than their current prices. I thought about HAU but I need to ask if they have a payment plan on one class at time. I can't come up with a large sum at once. If anyone knows please let me know about HAU. If not I will have to look somewhere else. I did apply to Elmwood for their MLM program and I do live in a state that has the SARA authorizations.

(08-04-2024, 08:34 PM)Heartstrings Wrote: Thanks for letting me know about SARA and Elmwood. I live in Texas so I thought that was on a list of state authorizations. I will definitely checkout Saylor....Thanks.

(08-05-2024, 09:41 AM)wow Wrote: That's wild about the UoPeople advisor. Someone unwilling to talk to half the student population should not be in that position. Freedom of religion is fine, but does not include freedom to impose your religion on other people. Was there at least a process for switching advisors?

(I agree though that it has become too expensive for what it is. I took one class there and the peer grading process was excruciating--and this comes from someone who has generally had positive experiences with peer grading outside of University of the People. I got so tired of people with poor English giving me, a professional writer and editor of more than 20 years at that point, zero grades for my "poor grammar.")

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Also, do you know about the ASU Thunderbird 100 Million Learners program? It's been talked about elsewhere on this thread. It's a free certificate program consisting of 5 graduate level courses in various business and leadership topics. There is also an undergraduate version.  Eventually there will be the possibility of earning academic credit for these, as well, but if you're don't need the degree for a job, I would think the certificate should suffice. Just do a search for "ASU 100 million learners".