Baker College Reviews


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Master of Business Administration
Reviewer: Anonymous (Degree In Progress) on June 19, 2009

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While I have nor problem with the intensity or the quantity of work for their online classes.  When I first looked for information on this school there was not a lot out there to go on.  I wish there was.  It would have saved me a lot of grief. 

But I didn't like that there was no interaction whatsoever between the professors and students when it came to discussion questions.  There is no meaningful exchange of ideas, there is no way to know if you are on track until after everything has been graded.

Their administration is a joke - particularly financial aid.  Beware if you are in the grad program that your first class is not covered by aid [it is not even considered a full class and yet it is mandatory] and they will send all monies back to the originator forcing you to carry a balance that you are personally responsible for. This will also cause any other loans in deferment to come due during the class and they won't be placed in deferment until you are in the second "full time" class.  

Their platforms are supposed to be compatible with a variety of computers, but beware - professors will require software for certain classes that are only compatible with PC's.  So if you are on a MAC or Linux you are out of luck. 

If you need assistance.  Good luck.  You will get passed around 4-5 times to people who are clueless and have no problem saying that they are clueless and can't help you.  Not only that, but you get the privilege of having people be mean, rude, and disrespectful when you are in need of help. 


So think twice, three times, before thinking of going to this school. 


They are even being sued: 

http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-miedce/case_no-5:2008cv13061/case_id-231972/

I don't know the particulars, but research before you get involved with any school.  Truly better safe than sorry.  And I am sorry I ever dealt with these people.

Bad Experience

BBA Management
Reviewer: Anonymous (Degree In Progress) on February 23, 2009

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I was previously a student at Baker College Online. I left because, I grew frustrated with Baker College's unrealistic and insensitive method of delivery.

Students were required to submit 2 'substantive posts' 5 to 6 days a week. This was analogous to a traditional student going to the same class 5 to 6 days a week and actively participating each day. To compound this burden, I found that few of the instructors actively facilitated discussion. Sometimes I was relegated to a form of discussion board trivia or simply paraphrasing relevant text. Imagine how difficult the 10 to 12 posts per week were when taking courses such as algebra or accounting. The lack of instructor facilitation did not prevent them from deducting participation points for missing a daily post, or for the post not being 'substantive' enough. One instructor (with a bachelor's degree) made up for his lack of credentials by grading extra hard, which means that even if I had 13 weekly posts, a few just weren't 'substantive' enough. 
 
It gets worse. Since Baker College is in Michigan, they are on Eastern Standard Time; which means that their students across the world are also on Eastern Standard Time. I was in Washington, which meant that I had to do all of my participation by 9 pm. That was never less than 24 posts; 36 when I took three classes. Those posts were in addition to all of the assignments which were also due by 9 pm.
 
Due by 9pm, 12 EST, meant that exclusively. There were few instructors that allowed late work. I just didn't understand that at all. Were there instructors waiting until midnight to grade papers? When I brought this to the attention of a dean and a professor, they both said something to the effect of 'although east coast students have more time at the end of their day, you have more time at the beginning of yours.' I countered that, just like them, I wake up when it is dark, go to work, and get off at 5 pm. The difference is that east coast students have 7 hours to eat dinner with their families, perform course work, and perform other activities. I had 4! 
 
They were also quite insulting with the amount of transfer credits awarded for military training. They gave me a whopping 8 credits. By contrast, my new school gave me 32! I was going to tough it out for one more semester to get my associates degree, but then it hit me; I had 88 credits and still needed 5 more classes for an associates! 

The worst part about their technology was that none of it was intertwined. For class, I had to log into Blackboard. To register, I had to log into the Solar System. To use my email, I had to log into Baker Webmail. The school library, which you can only get to through the Solar System still required an additional login!

Horrible

Bachelor of Computer Science
Reviewer: Anonymous (Degree In Progress) on December 10, 2008

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I do not even know where to begin with this school.  First of all, if you ever need help to use their Blackboard system, then you better hope one of your fellow students are kind enough to walk you through because the support team won't help you and the teachers themselves do not even know how to work it properly.  Grades are never posted in a timely fashion and it maybe by the end of the second seminar that you see your grades for the first one.  If you do not understand what you are reading then don't expect that the teacher will either.  I have had two teacher claiming to have PH.Ds and knew less than the students did about the material.  Also, if you don't agree with the teacher on a particular topic like euthanasia or Native American heritage then plan on getting C's for the rest of the quarter because you are wrong they are right and that is that.  Financial Aid is only done by one person so good luck on getting a call back for that.  The business office staff may get back with you next week if you are lucky after calling them five times to get through.  Seriously, Baker is a waste of time.  There teachers are incredible messes and you are not getting a worth while education there.

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Master of Business Administration
Reviewer: mike.gourley (Graduate) on April 8, 2008

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Superlative asynchronous adult learning environment and presentation.

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