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 failing............................................................... https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bridgepoint-4profit-zombie-college-crash-dahn-shaulis
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Where do Ashford University ground campus employees get their hair done? Super Cuts
http://www.clintonherald.com/news/ashford-university-to-close-clinton-campus/article_68105e3e-2688-11e5-a42e-cb5011869312.html
Camden KId, the Numbers for the on ground Rockies campus are not correct. that number shown includes student who are no longer attending school but working on their dissertation or doing internerships. the actual number for students that are still taking classes is around 30 as of a couple of months ago.
@None, I actually found the information in the last Annual Report: only 619 students at Ashford in Clinton and 123 students at the University of the Rockies physical campus............... http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/displayfilinginfo.aspx?FilingID=10552458-16243-133379&type=sect&TabIndex=2&dcn=0001305323-15-000014&nav=1&src=Yahoo
@None, do the stockholders know? Warburg Pincus is not the only investor and they have been filing lots of lawsuits (presumably for being left in the dark).
No that is information that is never shared with the public (except for the enrollment numbers).
@None, that's big news. Has this gotten any press?
Well their not doing that good. Online enrollment is still down from last yr. The on ground campus student population has shrunk to around 650 from 1000 last yr. they are still being supported by the mother ship ((bridgepoint education) to the tune of $15mil per yr. (as of 2014). I really wonder if they will keep open the campus in Iowa much longer. it is a huge expense for them. they may just wind up as an online only school.
With the Apollo group now crashing this could bring down the entire for profit education system... who knows