Topics regarding layoffs at DeVry Inc.

Topics regarding layoffs at DeVry Inc.

Lowlights of the conference call ("Discontinued Operations")

"First, a quick note on the DeVry University transaction, the results are now presented as discontinued operations. The historical reclassification of our results with this change was filed as an 8-K last week and is also reflected in my comments... — read more 

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| 1490 views | | 3 replies (last February 9, 2018)
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Fiscal results

http://investors.adtalem.com/Mobile/file.aspx?IID=4183694&FID=392075863

New SVP/General Counsel

Adtalem has a new legal boss. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/adtalem-global-education-names-stephen-beard-as-senior-vice-president-general-counsel-2018-02-01?siteid=nbsh

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| 964 views | | 1 reply (April 25, 2018)
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So Who Responded To Every Single Thread Last Night?!?

Looks like someone just found this site. It’s generally good nettiquette not to resurrect old discussion threads that haven’t been active for months, or to spam every thread you can find. Start a new post and tell us your story if you are a former... — read more 

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| 4240 views | | 30 replies (last February 10, 2018)
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DeVry website deceptions

Can anyone tell me specific false claims or misleading or deceptive information on the DeVry website? I can find at least three major ones.

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| 1930 views | | 10 replies (last March 10, 2018)
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How can Palm Ventures profit from DeVry?

Palm Ventures knows about profit making in for-profit education. https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/relationship.asp?personId=54774640 What will it take for DeVry to turn a relatively quick profit? I've heard some say they will need to... — read more 

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| 4830 views | | 13 replies (last July 11, 2018)
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Meeting Thursday?

Any ideas what the sudden meeting will be about tomorrow?

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| 2220 views | | 14 replies (last January 28, 2018)
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Is it really this bad?

I left DeVry for greener pastures three years ago, but I still check this page occasionally to see what's going on with my friends still stuck there. I ran into @R5N3AEk-5hst post, and couldn't believe that things have changed so drastically in such... — read more 

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| 1770 views | | 8 replies (last January 28, 2018)
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An Odd Prediction

We are all expecting the worst when it comes to Cogswell’s Cogs taking over DeVry. It’s only logical to expect layoffs and campus closures—it’s what any of us would do if we have even a shred of business sense. But here’s an even more terrifying... — read more 

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| 2240 views | | 8 replies (last January 28, 2018)
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Campus closings in 2017?

How many DeVry campuses closed in 2017? How many will close in 2018? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/subprime-college-crash-latest-campus-closings-dahn-shaulis/

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| 1200 views | | 4 replies (last March 10, 2018)
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Worth a read

Having been away from DV for awhile I can honestly say I had some hesitation about even working for DV before I got the job offer. Then I saw how all the people who worked there wanted to help students aucceed. Remember their “We’re Seeious about... — read more 

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| 1900 views | | 10 replies (last January 28, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+R3czGyV

Walk away from DeVry, NOW

If all you disgruntled employees really want to get back at Adtalem, then just walk off the job or get the blue flu and stop showing up. THen you can watch all C suite execs really panic. Hell, you’re all going to lose your jobs anyway. Move on with... — read more 

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| 3060 views | | 17 replies (last January 29, 2018)
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How can this surprise you?

Promotions just went out. Mostly to kiss asses and brown nosers. People getting passed over by newer incompetent colleagues. Guess we now know what the job status and values are. Where have you been for the past several years for this to surprise... — read more 

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| 1450 views | | 7 replies (last January 28, 2018)
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Who will stay at DVU? And for how long?

No one knows the fate of DeVry colleagues. Regardless of the outcome of the pending transfer of ownership, outlook doesn’t look good. Surely management says nothing nationwide, and its business as usual. Do people think Cogswell will want to maintain... — read more 

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| 1800 views | | 12 replies (last April 16, 2018)
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Student loan defaults skyrocketing

For those who havent figured out what's going on, let me summarize it. From around 2009 until 2015'ish, the govt practically gave money away to anyone who could sign their name on a piece of paper stating they would use it for school. Kids using the... — read more 

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| 1840 views | | 8 replies (last January 28, 2018)
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Sad but not unexpected

I was an employee of DeVry and I had a feeling that 90% placements were phony. Still, I think bigger issue was not delivering value and charging such high prices. If Devry did not expand for all degrees but stayed as a small technical school... — read more 

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| 1223 views | | 1 reply (January 28, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+QLOiTA3

This is what our students are going through

I am a student at Keller in Jacksonville. Since enrolling in late 2015, I have seen onsite class sizes drop from 8-12 students to just two or three. That is, if there is a class onsite. Some terms there are only one or two classes onsite and they... — read more 

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| 1673 views | | 3 replies (last January 28, 2018)
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Why did DeVry Fail

Let’s be honest, DeVry started going downhill when they let every student in who was breathing. Many had no business being in college because they were ill prepared. Deficient in Math, English, Reading, etc. Everyone in Admissions perpetuated this... — read more 

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| 1510 views | | 6 replies (last January 28, 2018)
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Missed Opportunity

In transferring ownership, they really missed an opportunity. They should have transferred ownership to the employees and let DeVry University continue as an employee-owned company (like was done Avis, United Airlines, etc.). The current employees... — read more 

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| 1800 views | | 8 replies (last January 28, 2018)
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It is a shame

I am a DV alumnus and worked at DVU for several years. I have since moved on and think fondly on the days when DV made a difference. Unfortunately senior leadership's (you know who you are) focus changed, sometime after Hamburger came on board. The... — read more 

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| 1310 views | | 2 replies (last January 28, 2018)
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It is all truly all about $

One valid thing Camden repeatedly points out is how these are corporations/companies own colleges (with students as customers) versus a college with students as learners. Yes, all schools have to stay afloat financially. However, the taint that these... — read more 

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| 1990 views | | 9 replies (last January 28, 2018)
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Palm Ventures has other subprime colleges

Palm Ventures also owns Post University and Nightingale College, two other subprime colleges. http://www.palmventures.com/private1/

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| 1970 views | | 2 replies (last December 8, 2017)
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CLASS ACTION SUIT

IT WAS MENTIONED BY OUR DIVISION LEADER THAT SHE KNEW ABOUT THE TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP FOR OVER 10 MONTHS AND WAS HAPPY THAT SHE COULD FINALLY TALK ABOUT IT IN PUBLIC. THIS MEANS THAT BEHIND ALL OF WARDELL'S "WE ARE ADTALEM" PEP TALKS, SHE HAS BEEN... — read more 

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| 1990 views | | 12 replies (last March 10, 2018)
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DeVry being Sold

As often speculated here, official announcement of sale of DeVry University to Cogswell.

Employee Engagement Survey is Here! Prepare for Layoffs

They always collect ‘good’ numbers and then fire up another round of sh4tcanning. Then again, the last round might not even be over. I actually no longer care at all and will tell them exactly what I think. There’s no point in dressing it up since... — read more 

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| 3370 views | | 20 replies (last December 12, 2017)
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Instructors expected to be tutors as well

A fundamental flaw in DeVry's approach was to blame the instructors for the lack of student learning, rather than realizing that most students lacked the skills to succeed in higher education, and that the DeVry classes were not structured to help... — read more 

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| 2070 views | | 9 replies (last January 28, 2018)
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DeVry on resume, yes or no?

I've read here before that some people received adverse reactions from potential employers to having DeVry listed among previous workplaces. Is this true? Should I really leave DeVry off? Isn't missing five years on the resume going to be an even... — read more 

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| 2000 views | | 10 replies (last December 6, 2017)
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Which DeVry Campuses Will Close Next?

Which DeVry campuses will close next? What campuses will stay open throughout 2018 and 2019? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/devry-headed-wrong-direction-dahn-shaulis/?trackingId=WMxA3wQ1R8ud%2Be%2BP4U%2BiWQ%3D%3D

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The fall of once good school

I worked for DeVry for nearly 2 decades. I left of my own free will, and was fortunate to be able to do so. I feel for all who are tied to their unhappy employment without resources to quit--I was once one of you, and I know your pain. At the end, in... — read more 

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| 1970 views | | 6 replies (last January 28, 2018)
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Recipe for disaster

DeVry was an okay tech school when it was DeVry Institute and only offered associate's degrees. Then it cut classes to 8-weeks, dropped any pretense of admission standards, started calling itself a "university", and some moron in marketing made... — read more 

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| 1120 views | | 1 reply (January 28, 2018)
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who is buying DVU?

is there another company that is stupid enough to do it? one of the other for profits? Poor employees.

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| 1730 views | | 5 replies (last November 22, 2017)
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DeVry featured in "Fail State" documentary

"One of the most upsetting stories in the film is that of Murray Hastie, an Iraq War veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder whose Google search led him to GIBill.com, a for-profit website designed to look like an official government page. A... — read more 

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| 2080 views | | 3 replies (last January 28, 2018)
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DeVry Staff and Faculty Deadpool Through December '17

Post your predictions for who's getting the layoff next. INITIALS ONLY, region/group, then why you think so. Not who you think SHOULD be laid off, but a guess about who is ACTUALLY next to go. Winners receive one week pay for each year of service... — read more 

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| 3420 views | | 12 replies (last November 22, 2017)
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