Trident University International

Trident University International
Shield with ancient trident
Former names
 TUI University, Touro University International
Motto Aspire, Believe, Achieve
Established 1998
Type Private, online, For-Profit
President Andy Vaughn, President and COO
Students 8,004
Location Cypress, California, USA
Campus Online
Website http://www.trident.edu/

Trident University International (TUI) is a virtual, regionally accredited for-profit university where all courses are delivered online. It offers Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degree programs in Business, Health Sciences, Education, and Information Systems. Trident University is a former branch campus of Touro College, later purchased by Summit Partners.[1]

History

Founding

Trident University is a former branch campus of Touro College, which was founded in 1970 in New York City. In October 2007, Trident became a stand-alone institution and was purchased by Summit Partners, a private-equity firm in Palo Alto, California, and Boston, Massachusetts. After purchasing the university, Summit Partners reorganized TUI as a for-profit institution and changed the name to Trident University International.

Trident University International

In July 2009, Kenneth J. Sobaski, formerly of Capella University, was named President and CEO. In January 2011, TUI University announced major changes in its appearance and delivery, including a name change to Trident University International.[2] Interim president Nolan Miura announced on December 12, 2011 the appointment of Lucille Sansing as president and CEO.[3] On November 10, 2013, Andy Vaughn was named President and Chief Executive Officer.[4]

Trident University is regionally accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Their accreditation was threatened in 2011 by allegations that it had "failed to ensure that students transferring in to its undergraduate program had fulfilled their general education requirements and, more importantly, failed to tell the accreditor about the problem."[5] In February 2012, WASC lifted the "show cause" order previously imposed on Trident and placed the school on probation due to Trident's progress in resolving the issues identified.[6] One year later, WASC removed Trident's probation and reaffirmed its accreditation.[7]

Academics

Degree programs

Trident University offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral level degrees, primarily focused around four core disciplines utilizing the Robust Learning Model (RLM), which was created by Dr. Yoram Neumann, the Founder and first President and CEO of TUI University.[8][9]

Solvency

In 2011 the US Department of Education determined Trident was one of 75 US institutions failing its 2009-2010 financial responsibility test (a measure of the institution's financial solvency), and would be required to post a letter of credit in order for students to receive federal financial aid.[10] Trident also failed its 2010-2011, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 financial responsibility tests, scoring negative 1.0 (-1.0) for 2010-2011 on a scale of -1 to 3, lower than the 0.2 it earned the prior term; negative 1.0 (-1.0) for 2011-2012; and negative 1.0 (-1.0) again for 2012-2013.[11] In 2015 the US Department of Education placed Trident on "HCM-Cash Monitoring 1" status because of its financial issues.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Trident University" (WWW). Trident University International. 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  2. ↑ "History of Trident University". Trident University International. 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
  3. ↑ Miura, Nolan (December 12, 2011). "Message from the President". Trident University. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  4. ↑ Trident University Names George Harbison Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  5. ↑ Doug Lederman (July 15, 2011). "Accreditation at Risk". Inside Higher Education. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  6. ↑ "March 2012 - Trident University International". Western Association of Schools and Colleges. March 8, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  7. ↑ Western Association of Schools and Colleges (2013). "WASC Statement of Accreditation Status". Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  8. ↑ http://www.trident.edu/Media/Default/TUI%20Network/Issue%203.pdf
  9. ↑ "Degree Programs" (WWW). Trident University International. 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  10. ↑ Degree-Granting Institutions With Low Financial-Responsibility Scores in 2009-10, Chronicle of Higher Education, October 12, 2011
  11. ↑ "Financial Responsibility Composite Scores". ed.gov. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Schools on HCM1 or HCM2 as of 3/1/2015". ed.gov. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

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