Difference between a non-profit vs. a non-profit university of college.
While I'm already going on my 3rd year, I have not paid a cent in tuition or anything! Everything has been handed down to me from the government and other smaller establishments of the university and/or local organizations related to academia. These are NOT loans. But I digress! Here's some simplicity of the difference
- for profit schools run like a business aimed at only making money, whereas non-profit schools, although also a business and also aimed at making money, are also focused on other projects including research, community and/or city wide functions, and various other projects. They also do not soley get their money from student tuition.
- for profit schools, as stated, are exeptionally high. For instance, my cousin decided to go back to school and chose an online degree from Ashford University based in Iowa. He asked me to help him with his studies because he hasn't been in school in over 15 years and really is the "party" type of person that negelcts his and has neglected his studies. No matter how hard I tried he, sadly, failed. But, once again, I digress! My point here is that one day I was looking over his account informaton and was shocked at his expenses to the school. More specifcally, he had only taken 3 classes online which are only 5 weeks long each! Each class cost him around 1,100 dollars! In the end, even though he dropped-out, he owed, and probably still does, this company about 4,400 thousand dollars! Compared to my schooling which is around 350-600 a class and an entire semester full time (5-6 classes) cost me about 2.5-3k! And the classes are months, not weeks, long.
- the instructors at a for-profit school have no to very little tenure in the world of academia. More specifcally, whereas at a real college/university, for-profit professors are generally poor quality, not invovled in research, and these for-porfit schools have very loose qualifications for professor employment.
- Lastly, there is more but it is getting late, advertisement for a non-profit school vs. a for-profit school is obviously different. For instance, in the pat 3-4 months I've only seen one, MAYBE two, commercials for my University which is right down the street from where I live. Devy University called me for months, even during the summer, heckling me to join their alumni until I finally answered the phone telling them I'm already applied to somehwhere else. How did they get my number? I've NEVER applied for any other school or ANYTHING....once again...HOW THE HELL DID THEY GET MY NUMBER?
In conclusion, an article for your reading pleaure;
http://www.theawl.com/2010/10/how-the-for-profit-college-can-destroy-your-life
