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San Diego’s newest corporate darling, Bridgepoint Education
OIG draft audit of Bridgepoint was received 5/24 and announced today.— May 26, 2010 8:31 a.m.
San Diego’s newest corporate darling, Bridgepoint Education
That's correct, Don. I don't recall ever receiving such a lead or what that would mean. Almost all leads are received by people interested in school doing searches online and filling out forms to request more information. I'm not sure I even know what it would mean to get a lead from a "check cashing or pay day source." Like someone shows up at a check cashing place and Ashford employees ask if they want to go to school?— May 21, 2010 9:54 a.m.
San Diego’s newest corporate darling, Bridgepoint Education
#214 Mostly accurate, but what are you talking about here "the lions share of the leads we would be receiving were leads sourced from from 'check cashing, or Pay Day advance loan' businesses?" I've worked in enrollment for years at Bridgepoint and really don't have a clue where you acquired that tidbit of mis-information.— May 21, 2010 8:36 a.m.
San Diego’s newest corporate darling, Bridgepoint Education
I should be calling my leads right now to enroll more students at Ashford. Instead, I am slacking off.— May 17, 2010 5:01 p.m.
San Diego’s newest corporate darling, Bridgepoint Education
#19 is accurate...I'm not sure how accurate the $50/lead thing is anymore, but it's a number that has been put out there frequently for about how much we pay. The more you pay per lead, the more likely you're calling people who actually want to go to school...and actually want to go online...and actually want the majors we offer.— May 13, 2010 12:41 p.m.
San Diego’s newest corporate darling, Bridgepoint Education
Any prospective student who has earned at least a high school diploma or GED is, by definition, academically qualified to attend Ashford University (not Bridgepointas that would include the University of the Rockies, which offers only graduate programs and therefore requires a bachelor's). It's open, non-competitive admissions. I don't believe Bridgepoint has any mechanism to weigh whether individual students are "able to take on debt," by which I take it you mean they have a good prospect of paying off the debt. Then again, neither did it appear that my alma mater, UCSD, did, when I took out $20K in loans to pay the rent and finish the last couple years of my bachelor's there. I would very much like to see changes in the recruiters' incentive structure at for-profit schools generally. I think that will alleviate a lot of problems with for-profits. I am hopeful that the upcoming new rules from the DOE regarding that and gainful employment will allow recruiters to focus more on quality and less on quantity.— May 13, 2010 7:36 a.m.
San Diego’s newest corporate darling, Bridgepoint Education
Marginally, I suppose. More concerned about making my own mortgage payment by not getting a fat pay cut due to not enrolling enough students.— May 12, 2010 6:02 p.m.
San Diego’s newest corporate darling, Bridgepoint Education
As a long time enrollment advisor for Bridgepoint, I can attest that we certainly do get paid for how many students we enroll and are therefore quite eager to enroll anyone who is willing...and to try to convince those who are less willing. Tami's (the former EA here) comments on the Frontline piece were entirely accurate.— May 12, 2010 4 p.m.