Reader Comment: A note on Colorado Technical University
Sep 23rd, 2005A scam, bad policy, or just a mix-up? I don't know. The following note came from one of our readers, debbie Harris, whose husband has allegedly been having problems with Colorado Technical University. This is what she wrote:
My husband lost his job in June 2005 and since finding a job was difficult because he lacked a degree, he was thrilled when CTU told him he was approved by V.A. (Veterans Administration) and that V.A. would pay for his education through March 2006. We then got a letter from V.A. saying our request for funding was denied and that he no longer qualified. I called V.A. and the person I spoke to said you are denied. I called our admissions counselor at CTU and she said you are approved. I faxed a copy of the V.A. letter to CTU. They still said you are approved through March 2006. The admissions counselor, my husband and someone from financial aide had a conference call and we again voiced our concerns about not being able to pay for the courses because we had no job. We made it very clear that without V.A. we could not start school of any kind. We were again told we were approved.
Now CTU wants almost 5000 dollars for two courses my husband did take and two other courses he has not taken because V.A. denied our benefit request. They won't even give us a break and let us just pay for the two courses my husband did take, they are insisting that we pay for the whole quarter. It is people of this ilk that give online universities a bad reputation. Please , do yourself a favor do not do business with CTU. They will lie to you and then blame you for not understanding their double-speak.Now, one word of warning, this situation hasn't been verified by anyone at CTU. It could be a dishonest gripe, or could be spot-on criticism – it's difficult to tell. I'm also wondering what the problem is with the V.A. and why they aren't angry at the V.A. for denying the funding. If anyone from Colorado Technical University can comment on this it would be appreciated.
Mrs. Harris also followed up with this:
One other interesting little tidbit , despite not completing the last two assignments in the two courses he did take, he got a B. You know in any other college setting he would have gotten an incomplete, it makes me wonder if this is online learning or a diploma-mill. Please stress to everyone : Get it in writing! Never trust your admissions counselor, because they may either be lying to you ,or they may be being lied to . The lady who was my husband's counselor no longer works for CTU. If she was the honest woman she appeared to be I have to believe she quit when she found out what the college was doing.
