Thread regarding Dream Center Education Holdings, LLC (DCEH) layoffs

Companies don’t accept these degrees because the schools don’t adhere to standards. A student can practically fail every course and still walk across the stage. Students paying for watered down courses devalues the degree and preventing them from obtaining the information needed to be successful in chosen career paths.

For a more successful school system, DCEH needs to raise the bar for students. It will initially hurt their pockets, but will raise the credibility of these schools in the long run, attracting other hardworking students. The company name is the biggest setback as everyone knows the standards are so low.

The attention this company is receiving is well deserved and hopefully will change the way these schools along with other former for profits are run. I don’t want to see more students go so far into debt nor do I want to see coworkers lose jobs, but only DCEH can change that and I doubt they are looking at Improving the schools but rather improving financial gain.

Indeed, the C students drive the A students crazy, but in this economy there are jobs for all.

There are many students passing these classes when they shouldn’t, devaluing the work of the students deserving of a degree. Blaming the students? No. Blaming administration for allowing these students to continue and requiring instructors to allow them to continue? No question.

Any hardworking student at these schools recognizes others not putting in the work and continuing anyway. These courses have been watered down to accommodate everyone that the courses no longer cater to learning but instead reviewing previous terms.

SNHU's assignments are very vigorous in the graduate program that I taught in, however, the students do expect perfect credit for imperfect work. If you do not have your grades in the day after they are due (the day after they are submitted), you get reminder emails and phone calls from your Faculty Team Lead and then the Assistant Dean. Yes, some of the students will complain because they do not understand that their work isn't perfect. Yes, student advisors reach out to you with grading questions. Welcome to the new norm in higher education--the student-as-customer model. I have heard (but cannot confirm) that some of the higher-ups were recruited from DeVry. Not that it matters as much any more--these practices are spreading far and wide now.

Now there's a novel take on total systems failure.

Let's blame the students.

Hmmm -- interesting -- I know many who work for snhu and have heard just the opposite -- only positive comments about students and admin. So maybe this is isolated incident

Same complaints at SNHU

https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Southern-New-Hampshire-University-RVW19881300.htm

Pros

It used to be the money, but being demanded to answer emails within 24 hours, grade 25+ assignments within a week (on top of whatever your full time job is), and the headache is not worth it.

Cons

The administration is a joke. They're more concern with students being "happy" instead of assuring they are getting the skills and knowledge they need.

As an educator I believe students should EARN a passing grade, not have one handed to them because the administration wants to keep them happy (which I have seen several times). Adjuncts are also required to email students who aren't performing well or turning in their assignments. I'm sorry, but aren't these adults? Why do I have to continue emailing adults to be responsible?

Honestly, I almost feel bad for some of these students because there's no way they're going to be employed (or stay employed), as an employer I wouldn't higher them or anyone who graduated from SNHU. I can't tell you how many times I was asked to "review" a students assignment to give him/her a better grade because they complained to the dean. The whole program is a joke.

get a call from the dean every 8 weeks requesting I give a student an incomplete or have them resubmit their final just so they can pass the course and do it all again in the next term.