I attended DeVry University in Orlando, Florida from July-October 2007 and had to
drop out of DeVry in Orlando, Florida because this facilitys administration did not provide the high-quality education they promised and focused more on their business prospects than the students educational values or the safety concerns on school property. After DeVry "cleaned house" as the term is often expressed by numerous staff, and students, the University had hired some new Deans, Professors and administrative employees because of the financial problems they were encountering resulting from the high student drop out rate. They replaced several highly regarded Professors with lower paid instructors who are not qualified to teach certain core courses necessary for a student to productively progress in their course. The important issues regarding having a proficient staff is that it is imperative for students to gain the knowledge of these core courses in eight weeks as compared to a state University of twelve weeks. There is abundant red tape before being able to make an appointment to talk to a Dean or administrator about the problems while the financial department is still charging for classes not worth the high tuition for the unqualified instructors.
I have been waiting for almost 1 year for them to resolve the mistakes made on my grants and loans they had taken after I had left because of an incident with another student threatening me on the public discussion site. My Professor did not intervene nor did the administration and my entire class saw the threats made because this student did not want to participate in a course required group project. They apparently were more concerned of their revenues than rectifying the problems of school safety concerns on their property or addressing an unqualified Professor who labeling his students as guinea pigs in an email he had sent. A students main concern should be on their education not spending countless wasted hours trying to make appointments with administrative staff to resolve problems that needed to be addressed before another tragic school incident occurs. Some concerned Professors are also telling students it would be good to check out other Universities because they were also disturbed about the complaints they were hearing from many assiduous students. Youre be wise to check out a state University like UCF, etc. or another private University than enroll at DeVry in Orlando. As a single 46 year old mother raising two teenagers I am now constantly billed thousands of dollars I have no way of repaying or being able to continue my education since DeVry has not resolved nor corrected my financial paperwork as promised since October 2007.