I aggressively recruited into a one year program through CTUonline to get my BS for business management. I had completed my A.A. And was assured that my company was a co-education partner and could be enrolled with ease and they were very insistant in obtaining student financing. I was told that there would be no problem if I had a problem and couldn't complete the program with no penalty for withdrawing. I had my own financing due to employee reimbursment so I declined any student loans. I was given a payment schedule and was told it was for each of the classes I was taken.
That was fine and I completed half of the required classes and needed to take off a term. I was going to be traveling out of the country and would not be able to access a computer. I finished each of my classes with a B or better and began discussing my needing the next term off with my academic advisor over a period of a couple of months. At no time was there any mention of a continued debt of finishing to a certain period of time. There was a constant change of acedemic advisors over the eight months I was enrolled in the business program. They continued to pressure me into continuing in the program and when I finally made the decision that I would not be able to take the new term they then informed me that I had to withdraw from the program and there would be a charge for the next term whether or not I completed it. Of course my employee reimbursement will not cover any costs of a course I did not complete.
I feel this is a form of extortion and unfair billing practices. I was very apprehensive because of all the rip off colleges reported by the media. However, & endoresed it after they turned me down for &, Santa Maria CA. And I was reasured that CTU was fully acredited. I specifically wanted to have assurance that if something would come up and I would not be able to continue with the program there would be no adverse consequences and was told there would be no problems. Now they want to sue me for $2350.29. My employer has told me that they are not responsible for this program and it is outsourced to a nonpartisan group.
Donita
Oceano, California
U.S.A.
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