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"University of the People" and "Goucher" aren't really comparable in the Ridiculous School Name stakes. UoP is more like "The School of Hard Knocks" or "The University of Life." The things people who didn't go to college put under "Education" on their Facebook profile. It was a stupid idea to give it this name. Your average hiring manager is going to take one look at it, shake their head, and move on to the next application. They're not going to bother researching it. As it is, they're bypassing University of Phoenix, DeVry, ITT, Ashford, etc. "University of the People" is one of those things that will be shared around the office with an LOL emoji.

If the people running UoP had any brains (or marketing smarts) AT ALL, they would change it. Recruiters and hiring managers spend mere seconds perusing a CV for suitability, and that name will inevitably send it to the trash bin.

Hahahaha! Wow, lol! Tell us how you REALLY feel!

University of the People isn't the greatest name, I agree. I have heard some refer to it in the same vein as a school from a Communist country, lol. Goucher is pretty ugly though, but I'll say it sounds way worse being spoken than it looks when it's just on paper.

I'm the last person to criticize people who didn't go to college... I'm only just starting out myself! I just was giving an example of where you usually find fake college names that sound like University of the People.

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There's a whole thread about bad-sounding RA institution names here: https://www.degreeinfo.com/index.php?thr...put.18076/

One of the first posts mentions both Defiance College and also  University of Maryland University College. Those sound made up! At least as bad as UoPeople.

American College of Education always cracks me up. It sounds like a diploma mill run by overseas scammers who think it's the most official-sounding name imaginable. 

I also dislike colleges with people names. We used to have one in NYC called "Audrey Cohen College." Come on. Who'd want that on their CV? They finally wised up and changed it to "Metropolitan College of New York," which isn't great, but still an improvement.