South University is a 4th tier school at best, if that. It's business model has always been inconsistent with the reality that the real purpose of schools that teach ancillary medical arts should clearly focus on the clinical training necessary to provide the full spectrum of education that will ultimately lead to successful licensure.
To this end, schools of nursing, physical therapy, physician assistants and nurse practitioners need to be allied with the training facilities within the community which South University has never had nor shown any inclination to cultivate. These clinical training institutions need to have confidence that SU is not just another fly by night business opportunity for a few rich guys who treat students like so much fuel for the fire. Medical training is intensive and students need to know they are being backed up by people, other than business people, who understand the rigor involved in successfully completing these programs of study but are also empowered to make substantive curriculum changes as needed irrespective of the insensate bottom line.
To ask students for premium tuition dollars to find their own clinical venues is a pr-scrip-ion for failure, especially in the extremely tight and competitive localities throughout the country. The days of if you build it they will come are over. There are too many more reputable, better qualified and more cost effective alternatives than SU with very good graduation and retention rates that put South to shame.
A school's good reputation is the sine qua non or calling card to being able to keep the lights on financially for any school. Unfortunately at SU all I see is more of the same rapaciousness by business drones who are short sighted, that don't have a clue or worse yet could care less as long as the federal dollars continue to line their pockets. It all reminds me of the salient expression "change (for the better) or die."
Couldn’t agree more with @XjkZsth-jug on this.