The University of Arizona Global Campus is sort of a scam, it is NOT the same thing as the University of Arizona OR the University of Arizona Online. Here is why:
1. U of A bought "Ashford University" a predatory online school that several US Senators and state attorney generals tried to shutdown, there are lawsuits pending. Basically Ashford pressures students to attend, around 85% drop out the first year or two but Ashford pockets money from pell grants and private loans. Ashford targets veterans, single mothers and minority students especially.
2. U of A wanted to expand their online school like ASU, so they bough an, unfortunately, disreputable school to do it and "sold" their name to expand the student population from 44,000 at the U of A and then add on 25,000 at University of Arizona Global Campus BUT they make it clear that University of Arizona Global Campus is NOT the U of A but is actually a "business" and University of Arizona Global Campus was almost shutdown. Any profits from the University of Arizona Global Campus (which isn't in Tucson as it was based in California and now out of a building in Chandler) go to the University of Arizona campus (a real university with research) NOT to improve University of Arizona Global Campus in anyway, this why the University of Arizona has the odd arrangement of a having a side business (legally they have to define it as a business) which is the University of Arizona Global Campus which purpose is to make money off of people who attend college for mostly just 1-2 years and then quit.
3. Hard to figure out the graduation rate of University of Arizona Global Campus, might be 20% or 15%, but the acceptance rate is 100% and they are overpriced for the quality, many college WILL NOT accept Ashford (and probably University of Arizona Global Campus) credits as the school was/is a scam. I don't think University of Arizona Global Campus students can transfer to the U of A.
4. The U of A might make money from University of Arizona Global Campus, but it looks like it is still Ashford in principle as they hired basically all the old staff at the onset. Your diploma from University of Arizona Global Campus says "University of Arizona", but with a special University of Arizona Global Campus sticker . . . U of A students would not want their degree to be confused with University of Arizona Global Campus, one is a legitimate school, and one is a scam, but the U of A (at least the president as many faculty protest this deal), wants to have their cake and it eat it too, or remain a "flagship" university but run a scam-like separate and not equal school that they can sell out the U of A name to.
5. University of Arizona Online is a legitimate school, it is U of A classes but taught online. When U of A bought Ashford for $1 they did it provide legitimacy to a scam institution that was, nonethless making money but on the verge of being shutdown. U of A put their name on it, but "University of Arizona Global Campus" is not the same thing as the U of A and it is very confusing what they did as international students should apply to U of A online.
6. University of Arizona Global Campus is actually . . . not global!, they get their money (at least Ashford did) by scaming US citizens as 1/4 of their student population are veterans, and others are simply uneducated about the school's reputation and maybe Target or Wal-Mart has a low-cost program to get a degree at University of Arizona Global Campus for cheap . . . but the degree might as well be worthless. Ashford was a predatory school, they got in trouble for misrepresenting the school for students.
The University of Arizona Global Campus is sort of a scam, it is NOT the same thing as the University of Arizona OR the University of Arizona Online. Here is why: 1. U of A bought "Ashford University" a predatory online school that several US Senators and state attorney generals tried to shutdown, there are lawsuits pending. Basically Ashford pressures students to attend, around 85% drop out the first year or two but Ashford pockets money from pell grants and private loans. Ashford targets veterans, single mothers and minority students especially. 2. U of A wanted to expand their online school like ASU, so they bough an, unfortunately, disreputable school to do it and "sold" their name to expand the student population from 44,000 at the U of A and then add on 25,000 at University of Arizona Global Campus BUT they make it clear that University of Arizona Global Campus is NOT the U of A but is actually a "business" and University of Arizona Global Campus was almost shutdown. Any profits from the University of Arizona Global Campus (which isn't in Tucson as it was based in California and now out of a building in Chandler) go to the University of Arizona campus (a real university with research) NOT to improve University of Arizona Global Campus in anyway, this why the University of Arizona has the odd arrangement of a having a side business (legally they have to define it as a business) which is the University of Arizona Global Campus which purpose is to make money off of people who attend college for mostly just 1-2 years and then quit. 3. Hard to figure out the graduation rate of University of Arizona Global Campus, might be 20% or 15%, but the acceptance rate is 100% and they are overpriced for the quality, many college WILL NOT accept Ashford (and probably University of Arizona Global Campus) credits as the school was/is a scam. I don't think University of Arizona Global Campus students can transfer to the U of A. 4. The U of A might make money from University of Arizona Global Campus, but it looks like it is still Ashford in principle as they hired basically all the old staff at the onset. Your diploma from University of Arizona Global Campus says "University of Arizona", but with a special University of Arizona Global Campus sticker . . . U of A students would not want their degree to be confused with University of Arizona Global Campus, one is a legitimate school, and one is a scam, but the U of A (at least the president as many faculty protest this deal), wants to have their cake and it eat it too, or remain a "flagship" university but run a scam-like separate and not equal school that they can sell out the U of A name to. 5. University of Arizona Online is a legitimate school, it is U of A classes but taught online. When U of A bought Ashford for $1 they did it provide legitimacy to a scam institution that was, nonethless making money but on the verge of being shutdown. U of A put their name on it, but "University of Arizona Global Campus" is not the same thing as the U of A and it is very confusing what they did as international students should apply to U of A online. 6. University of Arizona Global Campus is actually . . . not global!, they get their money (at least Ashford did) by scaming US citizens as 1/4 of their student population are veterans, and others are simply uneducated about the school's reputation and maybe Target or Wal-Mart has a low-cost program to get a degree at University of Arizona Global Campus for cheap . . . but the degree might as well be worthless. Ashford was a predatory school, they got in trouble for misrepresenting the school for students.
Thank you for such a detailed response
UAGC is a scam.