(NOVA/NSU) I'm a semester away from completing an online master's

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Research Quality	F	Research Availability	F
Research Funding	F	Graduate Politics	F
Errand Runners	F	Degree Completion	F
Alternative pay [ta/gsi]	C	Sufficient Pay	C+
Competitiveness	B	Education Quality	F
Faculty Accessibility	F	Useful Research	F
Extracurriculars	F	Success-Understanding	F
Surrounding City	A	Social Life/Environment	B
"Individual" treatment	F	Friendliness	F
Safety	A-	Campus Beauty	B
Campus Maintenance	A+	University Resource/spending	F

Describes the student body as: Snooty Describes the faculty as: Arrogant, Condescending, Unhelpful

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Lowest Rating Research Quality	F

Highest Rating Campus Maintenance	A+

He cares more about University Resource/spending than the average student.

Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Psychology (This Major's Salary over time)
I'm a semester away from completing an online master's program at this school and so far it has been hell. I've taken many classes online in my academic career and I am well versed in how they should work. However I have been shocked by the unprofessional manner in which this program is run. It's a joke. The staff is awful, they respond to every inquiry with a link and seem un-knowledgeable if they are asked to expand or explain anything. The instructors here think they are above the rules of the student-professor relationship.They consistently post grades late (They'll grade Week 1 assignments after midterm week.), they add on textbooks randomly and expect you to have them in time for the weekly exam and they reply to emails at their leisure. When I contacted my advisers and program staff to discuss my issues (mainly the delay in the grading process) they told me I should consider leaving the program because I didn't seem suited to online classes. WTF? Since when is blaming the student the solution for a poorly managed program? Every semester its the same story. I can't wait to get my degree and get out of here. This program is a waste of money.

Responses

I'm finishing up a different graduate program here myself. What you said describes my program as well. Lack of accountability, lack of professionalism and a culture that turns each of their own blunders back on the students. I believe I have enough evidence of impropriety and incompetence to challenge their accreditation; however that ultimately hurts my future and that of my very hardworking classmates. Thus the cycle continues.

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