As i have said before,I think you will see them close the On ground campus of the University of the Rockies in Denver within the next 12 months as it continues to be a drain on their profits. Bridgepoint will probably be around in some form as they... — read more
University of the Rockies to close Denver location(not publicly announced yet)
Well, the downward spiral continues... Millions were spent to create the UOR campus in Denver, although you couldn't really call it a campus because it is on the 16th st. mall in Denver inside a former retail area. Anyway they have stopped taking... — read more
Bridgepoint Education continues its downard spiral. BPI is a mess!
Andrew Clark continues to make misstatements about the health of the company. you will all want to read the article that just came out from an Analyst at Seeking Alpha. The only thing i disagree with in this article is them telling people to buy the... — read more
Bridgepoint's Andrew Clark: One of the Least Inspiring CEOs
Andrew Clark was named on of the top least inspiring CEOs in business....................................http://www.slideshare.net/TheMotleyFool/the-5-least-inspiring-ceos-in-america
Bridgepoint "Bloodpath" Conference Call Scheduled For 8-4-2015
The conference call can only be bad news...............................https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bridgepoint-education-schedules-second-quarter-004100633.html
More Downsizing!!!!!
So, just found out that at the Rockies Denver location there is some downsizing taking place. They recently had as many as 3 floors in a building in Downtown Denver that were used for a call center, administrative offices, faculty and professors as... — read more
Is Bridgepoint Dead in the Water?
With the Clinton, Iowa campus closing, what is left of Ashford University and Bridgepoint Education? This is a company that Senator Tom Harkin called "an absolute... — read more
High level cuts at Bridgepoint Education
In Recent week there have been some High level staff cuts. Director of Security, VP of Real Estate, and some others. Another sign company is getting desperate. What company is dumb enough let your Security Director go unless the only thing you will... — read more
Bridgepoint to CLOSE the Ashford University On Ground Campus in Clinton IA.
The school will close the campus in May 2016 and will do a 1 yr teach out program for the remaining students. then students will be referred to the online school or other near by universities. BPI owns several pieces of property in Clinton which i'm... — read more
Sumlee Anderson works at Ashford?
What does Sumlee Anderson do at Ashford/Bridgepoint?..................................https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sumlee-anderson/74/928/108................................coed.com/coeds/miss-coed-sumlee-anderson/
Politically Connected Warburg Pincus Helps Ashford #Zombiecollege Thrive
This article explains why Ashford University continues to do well when other for-profit #zombiecolleges like Corinthian Colleges, EDMC (Art Institutes), ITT Tech, and Career Education Corporation are... — read more
Poll: Worst School of All Times
You Pick (feel Free to expand): Apollo Education Group, Inc., Bridgepoint Education, Inc., Corinthian Colleges, Inc., Capella Education Company, DeVry Education Group Inc. Comm, Education Management, ITT Educational Services, Inc. , Lincoln... — read more
Bridgepoint and the For-Profit Zombie College Crash
If there is anyone at Bridgepoint, Ashford University, or University of the Rockies... — read more
@USinjustice, dahnshaulis@gmail.com
The moral bankruptcy of Bridgepoint started with the company's inception (and Michael Clifford). I'm amazed how this corporation has survived... — read more
More Losses (and Enrollment Drop) for BPI
More losses. Total student enrollment dropped from 63,624 to 55,823 a year ago (about 12%... — read more
Here come the lawsuits.....
"NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Milberg LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California on behalf of purchasers of Bridgepoint Education, Inc.... — read more
What happens if Ashford Students "Can't Pay, Won't Pay" Student Loan Debts
The Corinthian 15 have gotten lots of press for refusing to pay off their student loans. And these students have linked up with a larger social movement, Strike Debt. Could this happen to Bridgepoint/Ashford?... — read more
President of UOR to RETIRE!!!!
So the President of University of the Rockies is going to Retire! or at least that is the public story. My guess is that because the school has been struggling to get new students that there could be an underlying reason for the sudden retirement.
More layoffs! 2015!!!
So things keep getting worse for BPI. University of the Rockies has laid off several staff this week 2/9/2015. The schools enrollment has been stagnant the last few years and since they moved the school to Denver on ground enrollment has sunk to... — read more
More Bad News for BPI
Nothig looks good in this article. Downward trajectory continues. http://www.thestreet.com/story/13034439/1/bridgepoint-education-bpi-downgraded-from-hold-to-sell.html
Ashford is having another Layoff
Ashford will be having another layoff soon
Bridgepoint Next in the 4Profit Zombie College Crash?
These charts would suggest that Bridgepoint will join Corinthian Colleges and Education Management in the for-profit zombie college crash. Last one, turn out the... — read more
Resisting Cybertrends
For those IT people still at Bridgepoint, how much time do you think you have left before you will be unloaded? Is there anything you plan on doing to slow down the process (resistance)? Has anyone talked about organizing with a trade union? Have you... — read more
Obama Proposes Free Community College
As ABC News says, it's more of a "political pipe dream." But more progressive states can do this.....http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/obama-proposes-publicly-funded-community-college-28105522
"Lawsuits attack Bridgepoint's automatic dialing pitches: Civil suits, government investigations pile up"
"On December 3, a suit was filed in Arizona federal court charging that Bridgepoint Education is violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by using an automatic dialing system to send prerecorded messages to sales prospects. Similar suits were... — read more
200 to be let go in San Diego
I am very surprised that nobody is talking about it
Layoffs next week?
Anybody heard about November 2014 layoffs? Potential?
Gainful Employment
"Arne Duncan, the education secretary, said Wednesday that an estimated 1,400 academic programs that enroll 840,000 students would fail to meet the standards with their current performance. Fully 99 percent of those programs are at for-profits, he... — read more
Whistleblowers Expose Bridgepoint's Predatory Practices
""I speak with people, for example, who work at boiler room call centers for for-profit colleges and the lead generation companies that provide the industry with many of its students. Recently I've been learning more about one particularly offensive... — read more
Hitting a 52 week low - we'll have layoffs soon
As soon as our valuation drops the execs start cutting, let's see what happens here.
Why So Little Discussion
Bridgepoint has been downsizing for years, from 8900 employees to 3700. Why so little discussion?.....http://www.fool.com/quote/nyse/bridgepoint-education/bpi/balance-sheet
signing up brain injured soldiers
Per Daniel Golden (Bloomberg News), Asford University was sending recruiters to the wounded warriors barracks (Marine Base in North Carolina) - one recruiter was signing up brain injured patients for classes at Ashford... — read more
Bridgepoint's Problems with the Securities and Exchange Commission
"...Bridgepoint acknowledged challenges with the SEC in getting its 10-Q filed -- a bad sign. The SEC wanted to further review Bridgepoint's revenue recognition and doubtful accounts policies. How Bridgepoint will resolve the SEC review remains to be... — read more
Bridgepoint "Fraud" Named in KPBS Expose
"Nationally, Ashford University has received $110 million to educate Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in the last five years. In May, it agreed to pay $7 million to consumers in Iowa after that state’s attorney general, Tom Miller, accused the company... — read more
Bridgepoint At the Breaking Point?
It's not good news when Bridgepoint is late on its latest Quarterly report and there is talk about misstatements in previous financial statements. ......http://online.wsj.com/articles/bridgepoint-education-to-miss-quarterly-report-deadline-1399896948
Trust me I'm a kid and I KNOW higher education82
What a dumbfook advert. Anyone somewhat intelligent should do her homework and would find out these for profit crap stands are too expensive. WAKE UP, you idiots! This is just another scam and employers are left howling in the the halls in laughter... — read more
Trust me I'm a kid
So are the fooking idiots in management and enrollment. What a dumbo commercial. Ashford is such a GD lie.
University of the Rockies Downsizing
Given that the enrollment is going down consistently nobody should be surprised with the downsizing. 117 people is not a lot given the magnitude of the problem – check out UOP and Apollo and Corinthian pages on this site and you’ll see that thousands... — read more
UOP rejects crap canned on the for profit butt of Assturd.
Another diploma mill fires a load of idiots.
thousands of posts on UOP and Corintihan and Apollo - yet nobody said it better "this isn't a college it's a scam."
thousands of posts on UOP and Corintihan and Apollo - yet nobody said it better "this isn't a college it's a scam."