I was an enthusiastic on-line student within Norwich University's Masters in Diplomacy Program. Very quickly, I became very disapointed with how unprofessional the staff behaved. Firstly, the teaching platform was antiquated and the formating of materials was very sloppy. The staff was non-receptive to any creative interaction, or input regarding the class, structure and materials. Overall, I found the staff to be discontinuous in their communications with me and with each other.
Books are sent to the students and mine were sent late, about a month late. Yes, for one entire month into a three month class, I had no books. To say I struggled is an understatement. I was drowning. All of my assignments were consequently late and the grading wasn't done until the very end, when they decided to fail me.
Not only did they charge me for that class, but for the next one as well.
Their grading was done late, but my money was withdrawn on time. There is a strict schedule that the faculty is aware of. After a certain period into the first class, the teacher gets paid her money. After that, she doesn't care how many people drop out, or why. She doesn't get paid enough to care, or to work on weekends, which was literally conveyed to our class. After a certain period of time into the first class, which is about three months long, if you don't withdraw according to their schedule, they charge you for the next class. There was no flexibility in this, even though they were a month late in sending me my books.
While I waited for the teacher to grade my assignments and issue my final grade, I was sent my books for the second half of the sememster, which was the second class, given my syllabus, but kicked out of the program with none of my money being refunded.
I caught and stopped the teacher, professor paula wylie, from doing this to another female student in my class. After I blew the whistle, the teacher stopped harassing her, but then completely gave up on me. Daniel Alcorn, who was our point of contact in the program, did absolutely nothing to help. Everybody pointed the finger at everyone else and at the end of the day, I was the one who got seriously ripped off.
Do you have any idea how expensive this school is!?
I forwarded my entire complaint, which is public information upon request, to the OCR, Office of Civil Rights - Education Department. They took my case up to the very end, even with the "smoking gun" in hand, but then suddenly turned down the case. They also urged me, very strongly, to drop the complaint. Their sudden change in tune and attitude surprised me and even my attorney.
Right after I was kicked out and my money stolen, the United States Attorney's Office, District of Vermont published the following:
Norwich University Reviews
I was an enthusiastic on-line student within Norwich University's Masters in Diplomacy Program. Very quickly, I became very disapointed with how unprofessional the staff behaved. Firstly, the teaching platform was antiquated and the formating of materials was very sloppy. The staff was non-receptive to any creative interaction, or input regarding the class, structure and materials. Overall, I found the staff to be discontinuous in their communications with me and with each other.
Books are sent to the students and mine were sent late, about a month late. Yes, for one entire month into a three month class, I had no books. To say I struggled is an understatement. I was drowning. All of my assignments were consequently late and the grading wasn't done until the very end, when they decided to fail me.
Not only did they charge me for that class, but for the next one as well.
Their grading was done late, but my money was withdrawn on time. There is a strict schedule that the faculty is aware of. After a certain period into the first class, the teacher gets paid her money. After that, she doesn't care how many people drop out, or why. She doesn't get paid enough to care, or to work on weekends, which was literally conveyed to our class. After a certain period of time into the first class, which is about three months long, if you don't withdraw according to their schedule, they charge you for the next class. There was no flexibility in this, even though they were a month late in sending me my books.
While I waited for the teacher to grade my assignments and issue my final grade, I was sent my books for the second half of the sememster, which was the second class, given my syllabus, but kicked out of the program with none of my money being refunded.
I caught and stopped the teacher, professor paula wylie, from doing this to another female student in my class. After I blew the whistle, the teacher stopped harassing her, but then completely gave up on me. Daniel Alcorn, who was our point of contact in the program, did absolutely nothing to help. Everybody pointed the finger at everyone else and at the end of the day, I was the one who got seriously ripped off.
Do you have any idea how expensive this school is!?
I forwarded my entire complaint, which is public information upon request, to the OCR, Office of Civil Rights - Education Department. They took my case up to the very end, even with the "smoking gun" in hand, but then suddenly turned down the case. They also urged me, very strongly, to drop the complaint. Their sudden change in tune and attitude surprised me and even my attorney.
Right after I was kicked out and my money stolen, the United States Attorney's Office, District of Vermont published the following: