Strayer University
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I am looking for a lawyer as well! I started at Strayer University on October 4, 2010 and for some reason they claimed my financial aid never went through and I owe them almost $2600 for tuition. I'm on the prowl for a lawyer because I REFUSE to pay that.

I am graduating from Strayer on May 12, 2012. I have never had any problems getting my refund nor have I had any problems with instructors. They staff of Strayer University are very professional and helpful. Have you ever stopped to think that maybe the problems are steming from your own attitude and personal issues?

Really? You need to go back to high school; if you ever went in the first place..

Really? Sounds like you need to go back to high school; if you ever went in the first place.

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Natonya Moss is a very bad person to talk to when I am trying to check on my education benefits. Very bad mouth and she undermined students use of common sense. I think she do not have any of It at all I agree to the fullest. I am setting up a student petition to send to the operator of this company I agree with you.

I used to go to Strayer. I had many altercations with Professors..unprofessionally ...and yes the Dean or whomever it maybe always sides with the Professors. I can tell you a few instances of being given the wrong grade and I even had one Professor give me an "F" grade during mid-terms when I actually had a "B" grade...well after numerous calls from me to the University and numerous emails to the Professor over it and let me add in the mist of it I even called my advisor and he laughed at me and said I made to much of a "big deal out of it and not worry about it"--yes, he did--well, I got rid of him as my advisor... by the way! Okay, deep breathe...lol. What resulted was my Professor writing a letter of apology and stating that he gave me the wrong grade. I might add, he sure took his time with it...like I said numerous emails went out to him. Anyway...so, as of today... I have it proving yes, they do give you wrong grades. Now I've had Professors change the course of the curriculum midway through class so they can lower your grade. I'll give you one example: I had one Professor who was constantly doing that; that meaning... telling us (the class, or maybe just me..lol) how she wanted the writing done and after you were through with it--ahem...a day or two before it's due change how she wanted it to be done. Anyway at the last minute again she decided to change the requirements... by the way, I already handed in my assignment. The assignment was going towards my final grade, actually this was the last assignment of the class..Anyway, she made my grade a point away from me having a "A" in her class..because of it. Now, knowing me I fought it but...nothing came of it. It was in the beginning of me being at Strayer. Anyway, hey..I was just beside myself with that one. I guess my phone call with her weeks before of me saying "Hello Professor, and Good-morning, it is nice to talk to you"...I guess I was to pleasant for her? Not-sure...because I felt like she was really mean..but hey, what can ya- do? Maybe she had a bad day? Anyway, I even had another--yes, I have many stories pertaining to grading practices of these Professors...anyway on a Final test I had an answer correct pertaining to an Art-test--she (the Professor) said I didn't, have the correct answer. Well...the answer was correct it was in the book and I even researched it on the internet, and even emailed her about it because she marked me wrong for it on the test...she just would budge for anything. She even brought it out in class in an remark to another student, unbelievable! Well..lets just say--I still got an "A" in her class in-spite of her efforts and her un-professionalism. That really took me for a loop. I really found that to being the most ridiculous, because she knew she was wrong but just wanted to be right at the expense of my grade. Anyway, I can go into many more stories of instances of Professors and their Financial Aide practices (by the way that department is outsourced) into them being un-professional. The practices that they have portrayed to me at the time I was there was just seriously lack of professionalism across the board... my dear, I'd be writing a book telling you my occurrences with Strayer, while I was there. Anyway, I hope you can follow my dialog..I tend to write sometimes like I'm talking "live" to a friend or someone who could possibly understand..I mean well. I also hope you can get your situation straighten out. I wish you well and know this, you are not alone. Also, to the English Police find some business elsewhere if you have a problem with my post.

That sounds horrid, I was considering signing up for classes here. I don't need student aid, I'm requesting my church to collect half the tuition fees to help me, so that's a mostly won battle. I was wondering if their classes have any value when applying for a job. Have you found out if their curricula is worthless?

I was attending Strayer University. I decided to go back to college this year. However, I wanted to know if I had any VA educational benfits left. I was told yes, I have benefits left from the VA. However, Strayer told me when in my last two years attending between [protected] that I did not have any benefits. The VA told me they gave the school over $25, 000 toward my education. They never applied that money to the degree. I requested an audit of the report from Strayer University. Strayer took out excessive amount of loans on my thru the Department of Education. They also stated that they gave the $30, 000 in refund checks in February of 2011. I did not received any checks. The Business said he does not know if they had given me paper checks or direct deposit for the time period. They reported to the Department of Education, that I owed $60, 000 in loans. It doesn't make since they say that the classes was $1450 or $1665 when I was attending, I only took 38 classes because, I transferred out once to take course at another college.

The amount for the undergraduate was not even that amount it was on $1295 for one of the years.

The math is not right. If I paid for 40 class at 1665 the total would be $66, 600, however why wasn't the $25, 000 from VA applied. I also got over $2000 in Pell, that was not applied. I paid over $3, 000 out of pocket cost myself. However, the audit showed they had excessive amounts government loan, va money and personal money being given to them. Why are they ripping off our Veterans.

I hope that I can help someone else stop from getting ripped off.

They never gave me my book voucher until after midterm! You pay tuition and then have to spend $70 for a password to the site on which you take your tests. After I spent $200 on books and password, they expelled me for attendance. I could not do my work without text books! They are terrible. They just continued to give me excuses on why my grants weren't posted to my account. They made it impossible for me to succeed. They made it very simple to go in debt.

I agree if you think that Strayer treats there students bad just imagine how they treat there employees. I will give you a brief description. You the employee is happily working at one Strayer and then another campus invites you to come in as a Manager a promotion if you will then they treat you SHI_____ on the bottom of a shoe until you are forced to leave. They treat there employees worse than they do the students. It like we are expandible but we are not if any is suing strayer I have some more dirt for you. This is a warning do not work for Strayer or even attend Strayer because you are just another dollar sign to them they don't care about you. If one students registers for two classes they have made 3020 off of you and for a Master's students 1945.

And if you want to drop a class and wait until the classes begin then there is a penalty and they will not waive them they lie and say write a letter and they will send it to the coporate office that is a lie. They say that hoping that you will move.

Don't believe it. DO NOT ATTEND STAYER OR ATTEND SCHOOL there it is a rip off they will continue to treat you like the ### on the bottom of the earth. . Warning do not ATTEND Strayer.

This school is a disgrace, nobodys blaming anyone either. You share your experience. This school may be accredited, doesnt meant they're ethical, etc. They may have plenty of PHD's like most, but look at the quality of them. Most I had were wacky, psycho and twisted in demeanor, lingo, disposition, etc. There was a trend. Their admin is disgraceful with ethics, no viable complaint system exists, they all cover for each other and they're staff mostly is inept, ignorant, arrogant, rude, caulky, etc.

I eventually left the place and the admissions office I dealt with tried to harass me after I didnt give in to her pressure tactics. She then emailed, mailed, called etc after I told her not to. She continued after asking her again not to and when I called to complain she had left the college. SHe deliberately did it because she knew she was leaving.

The financial aid dude wouldnt give me my finanical aid info and if he did always was with an argument. He then proceeded to be vindictive and register me for courses without my consent, bad mouth me to staff who knew he was miserable to begin with, call to register to be funny, send me bogus emails and surveys, etc. They even notified instructors of mine who would proceed to try and harass me in courses with comments, grading, etc. Complaints were mocked and disregarded and a higher up when taking a complaint up the chain told me to gather info and submit and was retired in two weeks. I knew better at that point so didnt expend much energy and knew she was like the rest, but she knew she was retiring and did it purposefully. Thats how they are there. Calls to others after when avoided.

One of the financial aid girls changed some of my info after confronting her as well and proceeded to send harassing mail, emails, TC's, surveys and had others do the same. She notified instructors as well and they tried the same. One teacher said to me "we stick together here". Complaints are a joke there and they sent me surveys after mocking the complaints. Would look up my info and leak out to professors, etc.

They definitely have fictitious students set up in classes as well, that wasnt hard to notice. I would concur with another they set up spyware in their systems. My second email that I never used or anyone wouldve had or knew, was gotten by them and I was sent emails to it after I know by them with personal info, etc. Knew they did something, spyware would make sense. I filed Dept of Education, FTC, ATtorney Generals, etc complaints that are still ongoing. The school is a disgrace and thats not blaming, thats who they are. You hear about other colleges and every one has their things, but you dont hear these complaint and if so theyre dealt with not overlooked. Definitely a disgraceful place. The word will get out eventually. They constantly try damage control for obvious reasons.

Call any of their places and the people on the phone are stupid, rude, caulky, unethical, arrogant, etc. You may get a nice one on occasion. Most colleges dont act like this...

They're disgusting, I was AMAZED and never thought anything like this imaginable. I transferred to three different campuses to try them at other sites, and no different. I eventually left but they are who they are. Dont anyone put this on finding someone to blame about something. Thats who they are. You handle situations in a manner consistent with who you are regardless of what it is, thats who they are.

I have been attending Strayer University for 9 months when I was an unfortunate victim of an aggravated assault that affected my vision. I was unable to work for a month and had to undergo surgery. It is now 3 months later and the college refuses to credit my withdraw fees so that I can re-enroll in the classes I had to drop. I am not asking for a refund, only for them to re-instate me without having to pay more money. I have sent them documentation that was enough for the federal government to even pay my medical bills and they are still not able to give me a decision. Class starts in one week and I get nothing but emails requesting mroe information or a student advocate stating she is on "my side". They are ethically and morally corrupt, as well as the most unorganized office staff you have ever met (financial aid takes over a month to process with them and YOU have to hunt THEM down).

If you or anyone you know is even thinking of going there...DON'T!

Strayer University shows little regard for following through on customer (student) complaints. Teachers change often because Strayer hires professionals who are possibly experienced or qualified in their profession, do not have the aptitude, deep desire, or professional training to teach others. Strongly urge adult students to pursue a regular college program rather than suffer the inconsistencies of Strayer's presentation of a degreee. Strayer is a for profit business, the stockholders come first, not the students...

Absolutely agree! It is such a waste of time and money. I am currently a student with Strayer university but as soon as I finish this semester I am going to apply to a different school. This time I am going to read all reviews before enrolling. I do not want to have similar experience. Some professors are nice, the others are switching their teaching plans few times a week with late notice. I have complained to dean and campus director and they can't do anything about that. Besides, it seems that they have way too much politics going on internally. If you need a degree go to a traditional school! Do not waste your time and money on Strayer.

I am a current student at Strayer, Arlington Campus. VA . Academic office, student support office /we call nonsupport center / never ever helped students. not even Dean herself. When I asked for appointment with the Dean she told me she knows what it is and there is nothing she can do plus she is fully booked. May be they have skill or knowledge to work in educational institute but for sure they do not have a passion or right attitude to work with students especially with foreign students. I have brought about 10 students and some of their families from my back country to this school. Finally they messed up our family visa status. Congrats

I can't believe all these complaints I'm reading. I've been a online student for 2 years now. I've received As the whole time and not once had a problem. Sorry to hear about all these misfortunes. I'm online so maybe that's the difference

i disagree with the disgruntled professor, we work hard for are grades the professors cant teach from what i experienced they always complain how they dont have time to help students, because of other jobs excuses"only alloted a certain number of hours ect.
The books suck really bad not for learning online and there are no videos or visual instruction, live classes are never scheduled and are dropped on you a day or two before thier held giving you know time to even be aware that thier being held let alone time to schedule for them.

Strayer needs better teachers, better books and videos, other wise dont waste youre time and money

thes classes are exstremely advanced and very hard we are not given good grades in fact i re ceived very harsh grades even though i felt i deserved better.

I think the books suck at strayer onine and they need videos of the teachersteaching, and most of the professors are bad at teaching.

Well I am sorry to hear about your experience. However my Professors have all graded me on my performance. I was very distressed by the death of my 18 year old brother Charles last year. My Professors gave me additional time to complete my assignments but I really could not function for a few months. I received a C for one class and a B for the other. I usually get all A's because I have always been on top of my assignments. The classes that I did not work really hard in I received a low grade. I received 20 A's 6 B's 1 C 1 D and the rest I transferred in from Kaplan University. Although I was hurt by the C and D I know that my Professors were fair. I received my BBA and now I am about to start the MBA program at Strayer.

Please UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX OMG you think you got issues with Strayer think again UOP has THE WORST FINANCIAL AID IN THE HISTORY OF ALL FINANCIAL AID THE MAKE YOU GET ALL KINDS OF STATEMENTS FROM THE TAX PREPARER EVEN WHEN THE TAX PREPARER STATES THAT THE TAXES ARE DONE CORRECTLY THEY STILL HAVE ISSUES! UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX GIVES YOU PROBLEMS WITH FINANCIAL AID ONLY IF YOU QUALIFY FOR PELL! IF NOT YOU WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM BECAUSE THIS SCHOOL IS A TOTAL SCAM NOT TO MENTION HOW YOUR LEARNING TEAM WILL GET A GRADE EVEN IF THEY DONT DO THERE WORK THEY GET THE SAME GRADE AS YOU, NOW WHAT KIND OF
BULL SH%& IS THAT ! DUMB BI#%$'S GETTING GRADES AND NOT DOING THE WORK. OH DID I MENTION THAT IF YOU GO TO ONE NIGHT OF CLASS AND DESIDE YOU DONT WANT TO GO ANY MORE UOP WILL CHARGE YOU 1, 140 PLUS 250 OF COURSE FEE, THAT YOU DIDNT USE ...

D.A. COLUMBUS, GA
X UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX STUDENT
columbus GA campus

Strayer University in Augusta, GA has the worse most incompitent financial manager I have ever seen. She never returns your calls. If she knew her job, so many people would not have the same issues with financial aid and disbursement. (I know they get a discount on tuition, so she need to get her dumb behind in one of those classes)

They do not care about your concerns because they are not the one who have to pay this money back. They try to be nice until you register for classes, but once you sign that dotted line they could give a damn about your problems or concerns. I think University of Phoenix would be a better choice for anyone. Strayer may have great instructors, but they need to clean house and start over with those idiots in the front office.

Strayer is a FOR-profit school. It's customers are students who need open-admissions to attend college. Most employers do not recognize their BA degree, let alone MBA. A waste of time and money. Yet people enroll here and at other for-profit schools for the convenience of not going to class.

Strayer gets 70% of its income from the US taxpayer's Title IV student loan program. Is fraud going on?

its on my credit to pay 300$ for signing up. But i never did sign up. I had a lady call my phone and she stated i use her ss# to sign up for school i was looking unto the school but never did i sign up are start . I will not be paying this cause its not right for me to pay for something that never happen

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I attended Strayer for my B.A in acquisition and contract management, and then stepped right into the JWMI program for my EMBA. I will tell you like other have also stated, colleges are the same no matter where you go. You will always have a bad apple in the bunch. You also have to be aware that it might not always be the instructor who is the bad apple (if you have a mirror now is the time to look at it). I was fortunate enough to use my Gi bill and have everything covered, however I do understand the complaint about the price, when I went through the program Strayer was offering the grad fund which gave you 1 free class for every three you completed. I don't know about you but I thought that was a good deal. I did not have to pay for the last 6 or 8 classes I took it was nice. I will also say that if you have not heard of a website called STRAIGHTERLINE then you are missing out. This site allows you to take a class online in a few days or however long you want to take and the credit will transfer over to Strayer. I did this for 7 of my classes and it cost me $6 or $700. You pay 100 per month and 49 and up per course. You can take as long as you want to complete the course (I averaged about 3 days per course, 5-6 hours a day +work) at the end of the course you take a monitored end of course exam. When I say monitored I mean they watch you via the camera on your computer. The exams last an hour tops and if you have a good enough grade going into the final you can bomb it and still pass the course, which was fine for me because the courses I was taking were general studies anyway and nothing that I really needed to remember or needed for my job. If you say that you can't do it then I say your a whiner and unmotivated. I was taking 4 strayer courses 3 online and 1 on ground and doing the 7 straighterline course all at the same time, I also work full time, have four kids a wife, and coach baseball in florida. So if I can manage to knock that out so can you. Be positive and just push on. I will also say that if you are thinking about your MBA seriously think about the JWMI program. I had a professor for a finance course that was the former CFO for a fortune 500 company and mentored the current CFO for Dicks sporting goods. I had another professor who worked for NASA and was a B1 bomber pilot. You get quarterly Q&A sessions with The Jack Welch and get to do a meet and greet with him at graduation. I learned more than I could have expected via this program, also its on the Princeton review as the #22 best online MBA program and its only getting better.

I want to say, whether it is work, school, home or whatever... You get out of it, what you put into it. Who are you to label Strayer University as a whole. You have no right to downgrade and ridicule anyone but yourself. So as a student I am asking that you quit bad mouthing everyone and live life with your cup half full instead of half empty. Thank you, and merry Christmas to everyone.

I am a new student to strayer university and I must say that I haven't had any negative issues with them. They required all my transcripts before I finished enrollment. They had a library and computer lab for students to use even if you do online, you can come to the campus. This is the one in Greensboro North Carolina. I am pleased with them they were very thorough.

This last comment was posted in response to stopcryinglikealittle[censored] on page one!

This is the United States of America where we have thr right to a freedom of speech! For you to insult and tell someone to stop acting like b*****s is very insulting and unprofessional...ghetto! Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and may have had a different experience than yourself with this university. You need to grow up and get some morals about yourself when talking to others and posting comments where all can see just how ignorrant and rude you are! That can be a very stressing situation and I know from experience. If the shoe was on the other foot, how would you feel? Maybe you should take a sensitivity class on considering others feelings and see if you get a 4.0 in that!

I completed my BBA at Strayer University and I have nothing but great things to say about the school. I evaluated course material being taught from Strayer University with course material being taught at Louisiana State University for the same classes and found the textbooks to have nearly identical information. I had courses that I found to be particularly easy; however, I also had courses that I need to find assistance in. In fact, I found myself having to go to a campus location for assistance. The campus dean paired me with not one BUT TWO faculty members who both took time out of their schedule to assist me. I found the school to be just as helpful after graduation. I enrolled in another university for graduate school and this school claimed to have difficulty getting transcripts from Strayer University. Strayer took immediate action by over nighting the transcripts via UPS to my new school so that the process would move quickly. I have been very impressed with Strayer University overall. I recommend them.

I also agree with all the negative comments. Strayer University is a waste & all they think about is $$$$$ and not education. The staff are very rude & incompetent. Also, while I was enrolled there, they changed the curriculum numerous times without student's knowledge. I received credits for my required courses but when I was close to graduating, they said I had 4 courses to make-up since the curriculum changed. To this date, I'm fighting with the academic and records office & I also had to fight with the dean to open case for this issue. This is very difficult because there seems to be poor comunication between each department. I'm now in the process of transferring my earned credits & enrolling at Georgetown University. Also, this school has a very poor reputation among employers across the US & other college institutions. My career counselor even advised me that I made a great decision to leave Strayer because employers view them as a bad institution with high withdrawal & low graduation rate. I advise anyone to stay far away from this money hungry, fake institution!

I recently graduated from Strayer University with my Bachelor Degree in Criminal Justice and was IMMEDIATLEY accepted into an internship program with the local courts. No University is perfect, however, it is CRUCIAL to know that Strayer is Accredited by Middle States which also Accredited Princeton University and Johns Hopkins University. Obtaining my degree from Strayer has opened many doors and opportunities for me as I am starting a new career. I like the idea of graduating from a college that has the same high standards of education as Princeton and Johns Hopkins.