Topics regarding layoffs at Zovio (formerly Bridgepoint Education Inc.)

Topics regarding layoffs at Zovio (formerly Bridgepoint Education Inc.)

Bridgepoint

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 

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| 1290 views | | 3 replies (last October 28, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+DxPxWFW

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

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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 

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| 1100 views | | 2 replies (last July 19, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+Cvy0rnv

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 

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/

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| 1764 views | | 1 reply (October 28, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+Cko41EC

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 

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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 

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| 1240 views | | 4 replies (last March 5, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+AeWZ48y

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.

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| 1040 views | | 3 replies (last November 22, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+A21ypRe

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 

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| 1260 views | | 2 replies (last June 27, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+A2c2B27

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

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| 911 views | | 2 replies (last February 10, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+zYHb9Lc

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 

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Post ID: @OP+zCgF6df

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

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Layoffs next week?

Anybody heard about November 2014 layoffs? Potential?

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| 950 views | | 4 replies (last November 5, 2014)
Post ID: @OP+yoBrwhR

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 

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Post ID: @OP+ylczyhb

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 

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| 744 views | | 1 reply (November 5, 2014)
Post ID: @OP+ydukozc

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

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| 770 views | | 2 replies (last January 28, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+xBfieM5

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 

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| 770 views | | 2 replies (last September 10, 2014)
Post ID: @OP+xwIHIwc

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 

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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

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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 

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| 743 views | | 1 reply (February 24, 2014)
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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.

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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 

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| 730 views | | 1 reply (February 25, 2014)
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