Campus Director (Current Employee), Camp Springs, MD – August 12, 2012
Pros: collaborative leadership
Cons: addressing individuals who choose not to be apart of the team
Each day I have the opportunity to empower individuals to change lives and build communities. I love to see individuals flourish and fulfill their potential.
Admissions Counselor (Former Employee), Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2012
Cons: everything
I worked for this company over 3 years and was never given the oppourtinity for advancement. The management is VERY unprofessional, incompetent, and all they care about is the numbers. Additionally, they wanted me to do anything I could to secure an enrollment. I was asked to deceive and lie to potential students is when I resigned from the position. – more... The quality of the education is a JOKE! The students are basicially paying for a piece of paper. I took a math final exam in a class and was able to bring in a study guide with all the answers on it...the exam given out was the EXACT study guide...all I did was copy the study guide onto the exam. CRAZY!!! DO NOT WORK HERE!!!! IT IS TERRIBLE!!!!!! – less
Business Office Manager (Former Employee), USA – July 22, 2012
Cons: unprofessional, unethical
My experience at this company was not the best. I went into the situation excited and ready to take on the challenge of being in management. Unfortunately, there was no centralized training yet there was plenty of blame to go around when things went wrong. There is a severe lack of professionalism...in some instances, it felt like I was back at grade – more... school all over again. Corporate policies change daily without notice. Integrity and hard work take a back seat to lies and manipulation. There is no such thing as a work life balance. – less
Corp. Billing Specialist & Collections Coord. (Former Employee), Herndon, VA – July 17, 2012
Pros: free food often
Cons: poor management (micro-managing style), lack of even workload, poor organization
In spite of the lack of organization, this company allowed me to expand my knowledge in the administrative area. Although a little conservative, the people here were personable. The hardest part of the job was the lack of uncertainty and support by management.
Fact pace environment and professional team at the vork place
Academic Associate (Former Employee), Virginia-Alexandria campus – July 14, 2012
Pros: strayer offering night classes
Cons: n/a
Strayer is continuing its quest to the International accreditation, and its management programs become more effective in compliance to Education standards and terms.
Worked at Strayer for six years..numbers with students registering...current students registering and that is their goal..their only goal. Do not care if a student quits after receiving their loan money..what is left over after paying Strayer of course. No management has been and will always be a problem because numbers are the king not education for the students. People you work w/ are great because most of them come to work their (at first) w/ a different idea..but the managers are beaten into a new view or fired. Stay away...I just left..couldn't watch my sixth director come in...yep that is right..six in as many years. Tax payers money should NOT support the loans for this company
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IT Project Manager (Current Employee), Washington, DC – July 14, 2012
Great place to work with the brightest of staff members, acquire skills, gain knowledge and get awarded.
Student Accounts Rep (Former Employee), Washington, DC – June 28, 2012
Pros: cool workers
Cons: bad management
Its unorganized! the hpours are too long! They dont arm you with the information needed to satisfy the students! You will get bombarded with calls asking where their refund check is and you will not have an answer! Dont take this job unless you are desperate!!!
Workplace with emphasis on advancing and continuing your education
Learning Resource Center Lab Monitor (Former Employee), Raleigh, NC – May 30, 2012
Pros: lots of social interaction
Cons: extremely changing political environment
I believe the hardest part of this job was the changing political environment and the effects on the industry. The most enjoyable part of this job for me was the interaction with the students, the fact my life experiences gave me something to contribute while I learned a great deal from the students and their educational endeavors. It was fun being – more... around so many adults trying to better themselves. – less
Business Office Manager (Former Employee), Cleveland, Ohio – May 26, 2012
If you value your time with family and friends this is not the place for you. You will end up working long hours and on the weekends. If you leave work at the time you are supposed to it is looked down upon and you are expected to work over without being asked. It’s a very unorganized work environment and the Regional Directors do not know what they – more... are doing and they do not care about the employees. If they do not like you then they will find a way to get rid of you. There is no room for advancement unless you are willing to relocate. If you are an employee that does a good job they will just take advantage of it and give you unnecessary work that might not even be part of your job description. It was a great place to work when I first started but all they care about is the numbers. The new leadership only cares about the numbers and not the student. They are very cold hearted group of people that only cares about themselves. – less
Work in the higher education field is thrilling and a real sense of accomplishment.
Admissions Officer (Former Employee), Salt Lake City, UT – May 17, 2012
As an admissions representative I would receive and make calls from potential students and assist them in the process of finding the right program for their educational goals.
As the campus dean the workload was ever increasing and the support staff was lacking.
Campus Dean (Former Employee), Albuquerque, NM – May 16, 2012
Pros: flexible hours
Cons: increasing data entry requirements, drawn-out conference calls.
Strayer University is a fine institution of higher learning. As a campus dean and as a student who went through their Masters program, I was satisfied with the required academic rigor and program objectives.
The hardest part of the job was finding myself being pulled further and further away from helping (mentoring, guiding and advising) my students – more... and having to attend redundant conference calls, inputing daily student projections and ever increasing data-entry statistics.
The most enjoyable part of the job was working with the students, both undergraduate and graduate students. – less
Cons: pay, benefits, limited amount of growth opportunity
A typical day at Strayer University I would come in open the campus which was one of the smaller campuses so it was usually very quiet. Business casual so we dressed accordingly with semi-dress down Friday. Most days there was always a pressure to meet a certain number of student enrollment for the day. When the campus was short handed in the roles – more... that fulfill enrollment the pressure of enrollment numbers was pushed onto other roles, like that of mines which was to be a clerical assistant. I had an opportunity to learn a lot about the way these for-profit colleges work and go about recruiting and although Strayer is one of the better for-profit schools, it still pretty much has the same goal...get as many students as we can. Management at Strayer were youthful, educated and pretty much down-to earth. Its a pro and a con that you can move up fairly fast at Strayer. My co-workers were all really nice and intelligent people. The hardest part of the job is the admission checklist of what is needed and how it is filed. The most enjoyable part of the job was interacting with staff and students. – less
Admissions Manager (Current Employee), Akron, OH – May 10, 2012
Pros: decent compensation
Cons: work schedule
A typical day at work would consist of making phone calls to prospective students. Following up with current students and ensuring that they have all documents in place before the quarter begins.Preparing work schedules, developing relationships with organizations within the community for outreach events and coaching. Managing a team of 3 admissions – more... officers and training and developing the team to improve on specific skills and effectiveness. – less
Darlene – August 6, 2012
Worked at Strayer for six years..numbers with students registering...current students registering and that is their goal..their only goal. Do not care if a student quits after receiving their loan money..what is left over after paying Strayer of course. No management has been and will always be a problem because numbers are the king not education for the students. People you work w/ are great because most of them come to work their (at first) w/ a different idea..but the managers are beaten into a new view or fired. Stay away...I just left..couldn't watch my sixth director come in...yep that is right..six in as many years. Tax payers money should NOT support the loans for this company