Strayer University reviews

3.1

50% would recommend to a friend

(706 total reviews)
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Karl McDonnell

59% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Strayer University has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 706 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Strayer University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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706 reviews
1.0
Aug 20, 2013

A HR Nightmare, Unethical, Greedy Existence!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great staff and faculty for the most part. Some who really care about the students...that's it!

Cons

Horrible managment and HR department. Not willing to help employees in hostile environments. Regional Leaders are unintelligent with no Degrees and are profit focused.

5.0
Jun 7, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Good employer; pays very well; positive environment, excellent facilities for adjunct faculty (large common room, well appointed, spacious, inviting)

Cons

Students, as with other for-profit institutions I have been at, are often unmotivated, mentally indolent, resentful of too much "work"(!), intermittent in attendance, and utterly unaware of what it means to be a university student. At my campus, they will bully professors for good grades or else complain to the admin staff or give poor evaluations to professors. Still, this is *not* a distinctive feature of Strayer, rather it is sadly the de facto state of all for-profit universities, in my experience.

3.0
Jul 18, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Pay, plenty of work until ghosted Faculty recognition

Cons

Suddenly ghosted in fall of 2018. Was advised my online courses were converted to Massive Online classes which basically eliminated scores of adjunct positions without a thank you, goodbye or anything. I was a course lead, would usually have at least two courses to teach, sometimes three and a very popular online instructor in their criminal justice arena. I had excellent evals and received several Faculty Awards.

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