Talk:Kaplan University
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Erasing Quick Facts:
It has been noted on many for-profit and not-for-profit university pages that facts that go beyond the norm (school history, schools, academic offerings) are in-fact a form of advertising. These "quick facts" are creating an advertisement page more than they are offering relevant information.
Simply using the standards set forth by Wikipedia:Spam there is a clear violation of that area. I am erasing the quick-facts section. Spellmanloves67 19:45, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Took out quick facts (again?) and put them here for discussion, I agree with Spellmanlovers that they are advertising.Mysteryquest 16:26, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Took out quick facts yet again. Moved here for possible arguments for assimilation into article.Mysteryquest 15:43, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
I think some of the quick facts are just facts. Can't some be left in the article?
[edit] Quick Facts
• Kaplan University was among the first participants in the Department of Education’s Distance Education Demonstration Program, enabling students in its online degree programs to apply for Title IV funding. [1]
• Through its School of Continuing and Professional Studies, the university also offers non-credit certificate programs in the health care and business fields.
• Upon enrollment, each student in a for-credit program is assigned an academic advisor who assists the student in reaching their educational goal of graduation.
• The university offers academic support through tutoring and online writing and mathematics labs, as well as a virtual community comprised of honor societies and professional clubs and associations. In 2007, Kaplan University became the first online university granted a charter in the Golden Key International Honour Society.
• Average age of a Kaplan University student: 34
• Gender breakdown: approximately 75% female, 25% male
• Tuition for undergraduate/graduate programs begins at $320 per credit hour (instructional materials included).
[edit] Students versus Customers versus Customers/students
As a University, I believe that those that attend should be referred to as "students." This seems to be the format among the other "for-profit" universities and thus should extend to Kaplan University. The fact that they are paying to take classes doesn't mean that they should be called customers. I paid to take courses at my public university and didn't refer to myself as my customer (while I technically could have been as I was paying for a service). Calling them customers seems to be to be an attempt to disparage them company for being "for-profit."
I changed the wording to be only "students." Discuss this here before changing it back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Will381796 (talk • contribs) 20:03, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Interesting edits
Recently I have noticed several interesting edits to this article. They include subtle re-wordings that I don't think make much of a difference to the content, but do tend to change the tone of the article to be slightly more pro-Kaplan. IP address user 206.192.34.254 has been doing much of these edits. I ran an IP WHOIS to see who this IP address belongs to. It is registered to Kaplan University. So, just so everyone is aware, Kaplan University itself appears to be trying to shape its image on Wikipedia through edits done on its article. So take edits/additions, etc. with a grain of salt. Here is the result of my WHOIS inquiry, for those who may be interested:
Level 3 Communications, Inc. LVLT-ORG-206-192 (NET-206-192-0-0-1)
206.192.0.0 - 206.192.127.255
Kaplan University TELCOVE-FTLA-KAPUNV (NET-206-192-34-0-1)
206.192.34.0 - 206.192.34.255
will381796 (talk) 16:22, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
