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Dtelli2 (In Progress) on April 7, 2012 (email verified)

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Gov Acquisition....Keep looking I have been messaging the teacher for weeks and recieving very littel to any response. My items are graded with no feedback whatsoever. If you have not been to another school before you start here DO NOT waste your time. You are expected to show up here ready to graduate with you B.A. You better show up knowing all the 5 writing styles and have written at least 5 college papers before. The staff at the school will give you "canned" generic answers to any issue. I have complained about the teachers non response and I have not even been written back an e-mail much less anything been done. Just for fun I actually started asking if the staff I was dealing with had taken courses at AMU, turns out the 6th person I asked was the first to have taken any classes here. Most of the staff has never been in the site themselves but they will tell you how "a lot of staffers here take classes" just don't ask to speak to one they cannot find them all. This school is known by nobody and the degree carries almost no weight while the workload is very heavy, in one week we had 3 book chapters 2 250 word papers and 2 600 word papers fand a open book research the answer online quiz for example. There are better places and there are other schools that teach Gov Acq you just have to look for them. As for me I do not have 8-10 hours a week to invest in one class so Ill move on. You could never take 2 or 3 classes here unless you could do it full time.

Seanmonjon (Graduate) on February 24, 2012 (email verified)

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Choose another institution I attended AMU and graduated in 2004 with a Criminal Justice Bachelors Degree w/honors. Since then, I have been an Adjunct Professor at two colleges and earned a commission in the Army. This was all due to my completion of my bachelor's degree. In the beginning, I would tell my students and peers about AMU. It was a very good institution until what I have learned now. Late 2011, I was informed of several negative issues that were occuring with AMU. The instructors were teaching from the wrong syllabi, giving tests that were not part of the assigned reading or cirriculum, student aid dept. was not helping students, but were providing misguided and wrong information that caused students to lose taking classes because of their constant mistakes, accessing e-material has become a major issue for students, the webpages designed for easy and quick access will constantly give an "error" message only for the student to start all over again, not allowing students to proceed with their classes due to constant website errors produced by AMU, lack of communication between the students and administrators by changing school policies without informing students which ultimately affects their grades. I contacted the school and spoke with Nicole Wolf. She said these issues have been brought up before and she would contact the students I referred to resolve the problems. It has been three months and she nor AMU has resolved any issues. They haven't contacted anyone! This school is not worth what you put into it and I would strongly encourage others seeking a legitimate degree go to a more reputable educational institution who will take care of their responsibilities and the more important issue, the students. I gave the total value of AMU as a five, why, because having a degree is better than not having one, but to constantly be sucked in by the lackluster performances of AMU should not negatively affect any student; the way AMU has handled business in the past year is unacceptable as they have not moved an inch to solve multiple student issues and I don't see that being improved anytime soon.

Anonymous (Graduate) on January 11, 2012

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Solid Education I completed both my Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Criminal Justice at AMU. The material was challenging and relevant to my job in law enforcement. Online learning is a great thing, but you must be self motivated and disciplined to suceed. I have recommended AMU to my friends in both the military and civilian law enforcement.

Anonymous (In Progress) on December 8, 2010 (email verified)

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Okay I've attended multiple schools and feel that AMU is about "middle of the pack". Enrollment is very easy and the pace and schedule is very accomodating to a working adult. I found the support staff to be less than helpful unless trying to deal with a funding issue, in which case they quickly bent over backwards to make sure that AMU did what they had to do to get the money. Also found most teachers to be less than helpful in addressing issues, concerns and questions. Also, the University's fees to request an official transcript are pretty high. Due to the lack of support I've gotten from the staff & teachers I am going back to a local "brick and mortar" school which also offers all their classes on-line.

Anonymous (Graduate) on May 15, 2010 (email verified)

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My Time at AMU I completed two degrees at AMU. both in the Criminal Justice Feild. I have no problems with this school at all. My professor's contacted me in a timely manner when there was an issue. There were a few glitches here and there but we worked them out. Had a very good time, I am pursuing my masters at a different school and must say the work I did at AMU on my BA was harder. I read the reveiws and most are very good. Some however seem to have been written by some whining little kids, who as one person stated "need their hand held." There are other schools if AMU does not cater to what you think you should be getting.

Anonymous (Graduate) on May 3, 2010

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Great School Amu was a great school! It is difficult in the beginning to transition to online learning. However, I enjoy the solitude. I received my AA at a local community college and hated going to class. I learned a great deal more through this method. I would (and have) recommend this school to others.

Robert.lee.hawkins (In Progress) on December 14, 2009 (email verified)

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AMU is worth the price I just completed my AA in Personnel Administration and am currently enrolled in the BA Criminal Justice program at AMU. As a law enforcement professional and Army Guard soldier, I was concerned with having the time to go to school and not having time for my family. Not to mention getting a quality education online. My brother graduated from AMU with his MA in Sports management and recommended AMU to me. I have found the entire AMU experience to be positive. Enrollment, financial aid, educational advisors, etc. have all been prompt and efficient when dealing with any issues I have had. The flexibility of the online delivery has eased my concerns on being able to manage all of my time committments. The instructors have been very good and for the most part easy to get along with. As with any organization, there will be an instructor or two that a person just does not care for, however that is not indicative of the institution. I have found the coursework challenging and insightful, as well being able to utilize real world scenarios to apply the concepts being presented. Instructors do a solid job of facilitating discussion amongst the class via the discussion threads. I am extremely happy with AMU and would recommend it to anyone, especially adult learners, who are trying to earn a college degree. With AMU being regionally and nationally accredited, a degree from AMU is worth the price of admission.

Regels1 (Graduate) on January 16, 2009 (email verified)

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Great Experience /Excellent School I am a graduate of AMU with a BA in Criminal Justice. The coursework was heavy at times but the support from staff was excellent on preparing me for exams. The option to select either 8 or 16 week courses helped me set myself for success based on my strengths and weaknesses. This is an excellent school with great instructors. I have referred over 30 fellow Airmen and all seem thoroughly pleased as well.

Anonymous (Graduate) on October 6, 2007 (email verified)

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Great School I have just completed my degree with AMU. I have no complaints. I decided to attend AMU due to their terrorism courses which really wern't offered by another school. Although I was hesitant becuase I started while they were still trying to achieve RA status, I quickly realized that it was good quality. I liked the fact that they accepted all of my junior college credits as well as my SMART transcripts. I knocked out a full year just from the military. THe quality of the instructors and the free books really made this school stand out. One of my terrorism courses was taught by a retired Detla Force Master SGT who had experience. It wasn't all theory, it was relevant, current practices in the field. Great information! I am currently trying to get hired on with a couple different Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. If I get hired or not, I will try to remeber to post here again with the results because I am as curious as the rest as to weather or not this degree will be looked at legitimate regardless of the RA.

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