According to the Chronicle of Higher Education a recent Department of Education audit found: Ashford University failed to return more than a million dollars in federal aid awarded to students who later withdrew, and may have violated a federal ban on incentive compensation for college recruiters, an audit released on Monday by the Education...
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I’ll have some thoughts on this soon. But in the meantime, if you missed it on PBS, you should watch this. Ashford University is mentioned in here.
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Bridgepoint released its 3rd Quarter earnings this week. Highlights: — Total student enrollment increased 79.7% year-over-year to 54,894 at the end of the quarter. — Revenue increased 111.3% to $127.4 million from $60.3 million for the same period in 2008. — Operating income increased 233.2% to $38.8 million from $11.7 million for the same...
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New scholarship programs announced for Ashford University. “These scholarship programs benefit top tier students who have achieved high levels of academic excellence,” said Jane McAuliffe, president of Ashford University and senior vice president/chief academic officer of Bridgepoint Education. “At Ashford University, we believe that hard working students who have earned good grades throughout their...
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Yesterday I posted a rant on Aww Martha on the Clinton Herald’s lack of decent news coverage of local major businesses. There really is no excuse because setting up Google News alerts is so simple. So, I did just that for some of the local major businesses. I set it for weekly digests. Instant...
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From the San Diego Union Tribune, the hometown paper Bridgepoint Edcucation (Ticker: BPI), the parent company of Ashford University comes the following story from Saturday, September 5: San Diego-based Bridgepoint Education, the for-profit operator of online college programs and two universities, was among Wall Street’s top losers yesterday after it announced that it might...
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On Wednesday the 20th, I attended the Chamber of Commerce, Biz After 5, at Ashford University’s call center out on the bypass. The food and drink spread was very nice. Before anything else, let me just say that the facility is great, Ashford made a great decision (albeit with some considerable arm-twisting) to locate...
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