Pros
You have the option of various time schedules, education paid for and benefits.
Cons
Where do I begin, this organization continues to support it self as " Caring for the Students". Stop saying that...how many times are we changing alpha splits for students!!!! Our students are sick and tried of having a new SFC's or SSA's every 4 months - due to the constant changes that DeVry makes up. I have been with DeVry for 7 years now and each year, the changes are focusing more to the "growth of income to the organization". You have to understand...this is a "business acting like a school". If DeVry was so centered to "Student Care Model" - then lower the cost of tuition.....give me a break, 1 unit here is $609.00, higher than any state school. And I think to my self, we are charging so much money for an education that has no guarantee unless students are enrolling in certain program. SSA/SFC are so overworked, its crazy. A lot of Advisors are great people with financial, counseling and customer service backgrounds. The financial team will be given daily reports, which are expected to be completed by the end of the day. Clearing continuing students and all their verification items, new students meeting and presentations, company meetings and CASES - that never stop from flooding our daily task box. And we are suppose to do ALL this...everyday. NOT JOKE. At the end of each session, we are told, " Why didn't we help more students out?" - Are you kidding me? Let focus on the students, not pointless reports that have no meaning unless you ARE with management and need a reason for cause to the decline in enrollment. The decline in enrollment is simple....DeVry needs to be more selective!!! At this point, anyone that can open the door is " accepted". The finance team has to deal with reject students, pass student that can't even pass "basic" courses and don't forget VA students - that should never be allowed to attend a PRIVATE university environment. Most VA students that come to DeVry have been passed through the system....3 to 5 times from different schools. VA students are aware of the Satisfactory Academic Process at DeVry. VA students are coming to school and failing for 3 semesters and then moving on. With housing allowance that ranges in the thousands!!! These students are destroying the school credibility and academic standards. DeVry should not put up with this stuff....VA students should be given 1 semester, to prove their enrollment. For every 10 VA students 5 will withdrawal or be dismissed. Admission advisor are paid to "LIE", I have a front row seat to the misguided, holding back and ballooning of certain aspects to the admission process. Admission advisors will call students..over and over again. Until they are sick of the non-stop method, just to achieve another weekly goal. Most Admission advisors - don't care about the student, once they have cleared week 2. Because, once they have cleared the "recorded" period....admissions is done and on to the next on. Back in the day of the DeVry Golden period - advisors were paid up to $100 to $500 a students. Certain advisors had a "car salesman" platform of selling...In 2000, this method of compensation stop....due to certain regulator conditions and rules. Profit school...what can you say. To the present day, Advisors come and go.....the one's that stay have no other alternative or they are close to retiring...so they don't care. Seeing a student for a 30 minute meeting, doesn't prove anything.....but the real impact of these "open door students" always goes to Student Central and the SSA/SFC must FIX the problems that Admission care not to focus on.... Focus on the students and not the end of year income statement, which UNBALANCE predictions of cost saving and retention....DeVry method of transitional change is letting go of employees. I can guarantee this for the coming years, DeVry will find a way to move all finance/ advising to online. So that way, the new model will transform cost saving locations into 1...and location will be used as just an admission hub. The interaction of student to advisor has change. I'm seeing it already with our new virtual communication system - Bluejeans. No need to see an advisor at a Home Location. The advisor will come to you. That will save a few dollars huh? Moving to a online platform for full access of the income generated flow of an organization, that is finding there true meaning...just like the housing bubble, this will be next.
