Has anyone here also worked for Ashford University, University of Phoenix or other subprime colleges? I see that it's common for people to move from one to another, especially in the management ranks.
Also, has anyone moved on to a more legitimate college?
I would think that as more colleges become desperate, they will need people who can "sell" their schools.
I would never in a million years go back. Ever! I’m wish a job with a high salary and a pension. That’s one bridge they can keep! Never ever!! I’d sell d--gs before going back there.
Happy for ALL the people who have moved on to much better jobs! Sad that it was nearly impossible for those of us who were faculty members already in our 60's, after we had all dedicated 15-20 years of our lives to helping students at a school that became something it was not when we began our employment there and let 40% of us go in 2016 when close to retirement but not yet fully prepared for it :-( For as many who are doing well in new jobs, there are an equal number of us still struggling to survive and worrying about the future....many having had to take Social Security early with no chance of ever receiving the full benefits we worked hard for, and tapping into 401k funds way ahead of schedule :-( The hard reality of the work world is that people with great experience are no longer valued, and DV on the resume probably doesn't benefit us, either :-( We can only try to hold our heads high, knowing firsthand how many students we truly helped through all those years, despite many obstacles :-)
Anytime and anyway you can stiff that place, do it! They do the same to all of us still working all the time!
Don't burn your bridges...what if you want to go back in 6mo, or a year? Then you will be SOL.
Think of all you left behind & you might reconsider how you left.
I strategically planned my escape. Set up a 2 year plan, went to grad school. Secured a good job and “got fired on purpose” just to collect the unemployment before starting my “new job”. I don’t even put that job on my resume.
I made sure to intentionally (as a top producer) tank the numbers, not make calls, not enroll students and lives Happily Ever After on the Island of The Dominican Republic before starting my new job for a month.
There is life after DeVry. I now Make 151,000 a year, work M-F, 7am-2:20pm with no nights and weekends. Life is grand. I laugh knowing I played them and got the unemployment.
They are all working like slaves, I’m
Living my life like it’s Golden!!!
Thanks DeVry for allowing me to go to grad school while getting my dream job on your dime.
S---ers!
My boss was too dumb to even know I was planning a strategic plan to “get fired”. Just dumb as hell. The day they fired me, I even told
Them “you know I have a new job, right?” Thanks! He was p-ss-d! I purposely tanked that class for 3 sessions! Fees great to cause a company to lose millions!
Got a job at a real school a few years back. So very glad that I left but it took me a few years due to all the negative press. DV was fine when I started working there and it paid the bills for two decades. The atmosphere kept getting worse and worse. Eventually they crossed lines that I couldn’t live with and I got out as soon as I could. I hate what the place has become but am happy helping students again just like back when I started teaching at DV. I would have left sooner if I could. But there is life after DeVry.
I left DeVry after 17 years for a full-time job at a community college. Although DeVry gave me a great start to my teaching career, I am very happy where I am now.
Sure people have moved to real schools. The hard part is they are quite different. One is a sales job and one is education. Quite different.
Left and teach at a traditional liberal arts college. Life is much better--students try to behave and learn things, administration is supportive and trusting of its faculty's professionalism--feel as secure as anyone can these days--certainly do not feel the perpetual axe hanging over me.