LeTourneau University

Date: Aug 17 2014
Major: Education (This Major's Salary over time)
. . . It's time for the TRUTH to be told. I was enrolled as a student at LETU (Tyler location) for about nine months back in 2007 - 2008 in their

one night a week for working adults

program. ::scoffs:: What an absolute joke! In my opinion, it truly is/was an insult to everything that a college education is supposed to be; quality courses, taught by quality, experienced faculty on a diversified university campus, and not 3 - 4 rooms worth of office space leased out of some shabby building.

Looking back, I can remember only having two (2) instructors throughout the entire program who actually knew the subject/field in which they were teaching and executed curriculum correctly. (The rest of them would've been better off being hired from a phone book.) Also, when I say "curriculum", I'm speaking of the six weeks worth of mundane "busy work" they give you in an attempt/effort to call it a "degree program."

. . . The courses were completely overpriced, considering the fact that none of them were academically/intellectually challenging or relevant to a 21st century job market. ("Survey of the Old Testament" is not going to help/assist you in finding a job.) That aside, the attitude of the faculty and the entire atmosphere of the program as a whole was very conservative - prejudiced even. One lousy instructor for a Speech Communications course even had the audacity to put a "clause" in her class syllabus discouraging students from wearing "noisy jewelry" (bracelets, earrings, etc;) Rather obvious the type of demographic she was targeting.

This is intended to simulate a "college campus", correct? It was an extremely antiquated approach overall to education for ALL students regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, etc; Again, NOT worth the time or the money, and anyone looking to further/advance their education while working full-time would be better off attending a quality online University (Phoenix, Walden, Capella) with a contemporary curriculum and experienced, seasoned faculty; (Master's degree and beyond.) . . . Unfortunately, more often than not, it's the schools, businesses and establishments with a damn Christian/"fish" sign that you have to watch out for. Sad, but true. One star.