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[ucf_motorcycle]

Got an email today saying that the new military rate for TUI is $300 per credit hour. Tuition assistance is only paying $250. Anyone think that the Tuition Assistance is going to get increased to match their new tuition? I started TUI only because it wasn't going to cost me anything out of pocket and now being half way through I am going to be stuck paying for this POS degree.

[The_Ginger]

ucf_motorcycle, on 12 June 2012 - 08:08 PM, said:

I am going to be stuck paying for this POS degree.

Meh. $50 bucks an hour...what's that master's going to cost you, $1000 tops?

They know they've got the easiest, most convenient school....people will probably be willing to put their own cash down for that.

What is your free time worth?

[Smokin]

ucf_motorcycle, on 12 June 2012 - 08:08 PM, said:

Got an email today saying that the new military rate for TUI is $300 per credit hour. Tuition assistance is only paying $250. Anyone think that the Tuition Assistance is going to get increased to match their new tuition? I started TUI only because it wasn't going to cost me anything out of pocket and now being half way through I am going to be stuck paying for this POS degree.

Not a chance. Congress might look to crush the "university" for taking undue advantage of military TA but there's no way they will encourage the education system that is leading to what some people are now calling subprime educations. While I'm not generally a fan of the NY Times, here's an interesting article. http://www.nytimes.c...ion/11sat2.html

[ThreeHoler]

ucf_motorcycle, on 12 June 2012 - 08:08 PM, said:

Got an email today saying that the new military rate for TUI is $300 per credit hour. Tuition assistance is only paying $250. Anyone think that the Tuition Assistance is going to get increased to match their new tuition? I started TUI only because it wasn't going to cost me anything out of pocket and now being half way through I am going to be stuck paying for this POS degree.

Embry has been charging $1000 per class for years. Guess TUI just figured out they could still beat Embry's ridiculous price and still make more money.


If you're a cheap fucker like me, you'll do the free degree from AU.

[Whitman]

Check out liberty university, it's only 250/hr for military and they give a book allowance too. Don't know anyone that's done the program but it seems decent.

http://www.luonline....x.cfm?PID=14265

[17D_guy]

UNO also increased their rates next term. Seems like it's going 'round.

[Craftsman]

Whitman, on 12 June 2012 - 09:47 PM, said:

Check out liberty university, it's only 250/hr for military and they give a book allowance too. Don't know anyone that's done the program but it seems decent. http://www.luonline....x.cfm?PID=14265

I am getting my degree from Liberty. Easy school. But the book voucher only applies to undergrad. So still have to pay for your books as Masters student. Im half way through and it doesn't cause me to use many brain bytes.

[guineapigfury]

Is this how Trident is celebrating their near miss with accreditation?

[joe1234]

Why charge $250/hr for something that they know you'll pay $300/hr for? And why would congress raise TA when they know retention is not a problem? It's not like people in the military are going to stop being sycophants anytime soon, so they'll just pay out of pocket.

[guineapigfury]

joe1234, on 13 June 2012 - 03:46 AM, said:

Why charge $250/hr for something that they know you'll pay $300/hr for? And why would congress raise TA when they know retention is not a problem? It's not like people in the military are going to stop being sycophants anytime soon wanting promotions so they don't end up getting RIFed into the worst economy of the last 70 years, so they'll just pay out of pocket.

FIY

Edited by guineapigfury, 13 June 2012 - 08:35 AM.

[abmwaldo]

ThreeHoler, on 12 June 2012 - 09:39 PM, said:

If you're a cheap ######er like me, you'll do the free degree from AU.

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Whitman, on 12 June 2012 - 09:47 PM, said:

Check out liberty university, it's only 250/hr for military and they give a book allowance too. Don't know anyone that's done the program but it seems decent.
http://www.luonline....x.cfm?PID=14265

The Frau is getting her masters in School Psychology from Liberty and she doesn't have to put too many brain bytes to it; they do require "intensives" or basically a class in a week where you actually attend the campus in Lynchburg.

[ucf_motorcycle]

I am cheap....but since I am half way through the program I will have to finish it as its a pain to try and get classes transfered to another school. I would not sign up for TUI now and pay out of pocket. I feel cheated as I was lured in to their flexible program with no out of pocket fees. It seems also that since their accreditation issues the course work is getting more time consuming too. Not worth it anymore.

[Magnum]

Something to keep in mind is that at Trident, all of the classes are 4 credits. That means each class will cost $200 out of pocket. As an esteemed graduate of that fine institution, I would not have paid 1 cent for any of their "classes." I understand wanting to check the container but there are other schools that actually teach for not much more than the rate per class at Trident.

[Skitzo]

AMU was once 250 a credit hour....

[Napoleon_Tanerite]

AMU is $925/class

[LoneStar]

joe1234, on 13 June 2012 - 03:46 AM, said:

Why charge $250/hr for something that they know you'll pay $300/hr for? And why would congress raise TA when they know retention is not a problem? It's not like people in the military are going to stop being sycophants anytime soon, so they'll just pay out of pocket.

Sycophant...I had to look that one up...clearly you didn't go to TUI

[Chida]

I'm really surprised that the AF is still paying TA at all, since the 9/11 GI Bill covers everyone, pretty much, these days. Once the bean counters figure that out, then TA will probably stop. Why pay for something that's already covered under a separate program?

[Karl Hungus]

It'll be very interesting when TA goes away in the near future. Blow your GI Bill or your own money on a worthless masters in order to be promoted? LOL.

[guineapigfury]

Karl Hungus, on 13 June 2012 - 09:58 PM, said:

It'll be very interesting when TA goes away in the near future. Blow your GI Bill or your own money on a worthless masters in order to be promoted? LOL.

Time to get while the getting is good. Worthless "promote me" masters or something useful on the outside, you make the call.

[Hacker]

The best thing about TUI's entire program was that it cost the same as TA covered.

I thought their business plan was fucking genius -- charge the service member absolutely nothing, have little "scholarship" programs that allow guys to keep taking classes even when they've maxed out TA for that year, make the classes super military-friendly (in many different ways), and rack up the big bucks from guys filling the squares for promotions.

By raising their tuition even $1, they've 86'd the biggest advantage they had. They're done.