Capella University
reviews and complaints

Have you received word from the BBB? I need to begin this process.

Carol DeLoatch
cdeloatch@live.com

If students are not successful at the end of a program it is entirely the fault of the school for either bilking them of their financial aid, or there is something else going on you are unaware of. They know it is nearly impossible to take them to task alone or fight their millions as the LAWS AREN'T IN PLACE TO PROTECT STUDENTS. This is especially true now as MN has ruled in 2009 there is no fiduciary duty to you which is misguided justice and unethical crap. Your committee and chair hold your future professional life (thus personal finances) in their hands. You can complain to the state attorney general and ombudsman office or credentialing body which does nothing. Be sure you exhaust their biased academic standards committee and do not accept a master's. Since these are well, researchers they know they are completely incapable of policing themselves which is why an alternative dispute resolution should be required if they seek funding. If a person is not provided with what they need to complete successfully, it's the schools responsibility who accepted them in the first place. If they can get the money they are in, there is no other criteria unfortunately, so the system then breaks down. Tons of terrible dissertations from this big business. Online courses don't always transfer; especially towards a license. It is up to the school to inform their candidates, and to provide what is needed such as cohorts to lend support. The ROI on the degree is totally compromised, and see Harkin report below. Bottom line is that all schools MUST be held accountable not just students for Title IV aid. Nothing can happen until Congress stops taking the graft and definitively ACTS in the benefit of the country, and in the interests of the students who have trusted them and those institutions. The next big bubble is happening right now and will impact the entire economy in the same way as the 2008 housing scam.

Capella spent $1, 650 per student on instruction in 2009, compared to $4, 538 per student on marketing and $2, 912 on profit.1313 The amount that publicly traded, for-profit companies spend on instruction ranges from $892 to $3, 969 per student per year.1314 In contrast, public and non-profit 4-year colleges and universities generally spend a higher amount per student on instruction. By comparison, on a per student basis, the University of Minnesota spent $13, 247 per student on instruction, and University of Saint Thomas spent $11, 361 per student.1315

See links in the article at URL for more info and the report. It isn't a party issue but a corrupt Washington. If Harkin has had all this information for over two years where is the action? They know. The new Senate ed bill is missing general students academic rights & IP research protections. However every single special interest group that affords them an additional paycheck is clearly item delineated.
http://www.republicreport.org/2012/harkin-report/

I agree 100% wait till you finally get through comps, the dissertation potion is a joke.. Trust me, I am seeking an attorney as I type.. Took me 6 years to finally get a professor to help me with my dissertation. The first one I had tols me to take a writing course, really, why then did I pass al my classes with a 4, 0 except for one... They kept taking my money and doing nothing, , , ,

Fully agree as I'm in the same boat. Is there anything we can do?

I have had the same experience with the my comprehensive exam. I rewrote the answers only to be failed. I believe this comprehensive exam plan is a scam, but hard to prove. We need to collect all responses to the questions because I believe they would be the same.
Chris

Wow. Here I am with the same issue. 4.0 GPA and failed all 3 questions and it is noticeable that one of the readers didn't read my answers or my rewrite. My sister just past her exam with another university and couldn't believe we were subject to being judged by the opinion of 3 strangers. I have spent all of my funds and feel as if they have dropped me into a whole without a way out.
Michelle

Please contact me. Also had a similar experience,
Angela

Please contact me. I have a very similar situation.

Would like to discuss them.

I completed all course work and my mentor passed my comp exam but one or bother of the other readers did not. I was not allowed to even know the names of these readers, their qualifications, or respond to their comments. Being a doctoral level student having done extensive research working diligently creating a 50 page research document in four weeks, and rewriting to comments in two weeks, without being able to have more than a few sentences of comment from people you do not even know, if they even exist is ridiculous.

This is for Pamela Campbell. I had an identical experience.

Your email: redapplecon@yahoo.com isn't working.

I've written to you but can't send it.

Another pissed off ex-learner

I had the same experience with Capella as PhD student. Comp Exam rip off is exactly what it is!

Settled with 1000's of dollars in debt that school made hard to achieve.

I have similar case with you and to top that I was not credited semester quarters when I was deployed.

Maybe we can collectively file a case.

Don't forget to tell them that you are going to use every name and email you got from me and this board to enrich yourself. Class reps make lots of money on lucrative cases. Troll.

I attended the school for two weeks, with drew, received a check back and five years later I have a collection agent calling saying I owe them money. The amount is 1300.00 my husband said to pay so they will stop calling but I do not owe them. I have a master degree and a debt of 75, 000 and I pay my student loans back every month. I would not recommend this school to my worst enemy. I am a transfer counselor for high school and college age students and I warn them of schools like this.

Beware of class action reps as they get paid a lot more than you. Look out for all those who are going to save you for that is how they enslave you. Angermaster tells you what you want o hear so she can barter your info for her own financial gain. She's a newbie..

A similar situation ocured to me. This university is heartless

There ought to be a way to register a complaint.

Of course they did. They are being paid by Capella. You don't have confidentiality when it comes to the government and once students find out that they don't have true recourse and that courts are reluctant to rule against academia they conclude they are out of options but the tide is turning. The Harkin Group got the scoop on the abuses of for-profits, Capella specifically; had has issued a watered down response that speaks volumes. The state and federal representatives are being paid off too in the form of campaign contributions. I have a solution if they don't provide what people are paying them for they don't get the money, have to refund the student and offer a way for the abused consumer to be compensated. This whole mess will make the mortgage crisis look like a picnic in central park & soon. Mary

I was a PhD student in the School of Public Service Leadership, General Human Services. It is my opinion only, that what was put upon these students (the SMR) in 9/2010-10/2012 within their Dissertation process was unethical and unjust. I hope that if you have a complaint about this specific issues, the SMR, that you immediately contact the Higher Learning Commission HLC and file a Third Party Comment. This SMR's development was added within the PhD Dissertation process during that 9/10 quarter for these PhD students only until 10/12. In October of 2012, the website was overhauled, these remaining Phd students in this General Human Services group program were absorbed into other PhD programs within the PSL schools. The SMR's development was not noted in any of the Dissertations due process in Dissertation Manuals or Guidebooks (since it was added between milestone steps within Milestone Group 1 (but could have used up your financial aid money). In 10/12 it became known as the Research Plan and was applied within all of this Universities PhD schools. This addition of this SMR increased the credit hours needed to complete the PhD. On 5/12, I asked the HLC to review this issue.
Additionally I had contacted the federal government concerning a misappropriation of federal financial aid. The federal government has responded that I need to pay my federal financial aid and additionally, they contacted this University violating my confidentiality. Repaying my financial aid was never the question nor requested within the content of my correspondence with them.
To date nothing has been resolved, I am hopeful that the HLC will support their own policies and hold this University accountable. My last correspondence from the HLC was dated 2/13.
In that correspondence the HLC stated they are not responsible for issues between the individual students and the Universities...but this was not one student. It was a large group of individual Public Service Leadership PSL, General Human Service PhD students affected by the actions of this University (not to be confused with the Public Safety Leadership program PSL also with the same acronym running simultaneously). Again, this is my opinion only. Additionally after my providing 3 SMR's and a 4th was requested which I refused to do, I was Administratively Withdrawn on 10/12. My completed proposed Dissertation Research study suggests the Solution to Illiteracy, but I do believe my financial aid also ran out at that time.
The Higher Learning Commission had an existing policy against this linked to changing programs and adding courses. In that policy it stated that this action by a University required preapproval by the HLC. Their new policy Inst.F.20.040 is a new revision of that policy that was originally dated effective 7/10. Just to let you know...I am still waiting for answers...to these comments from the HLC as they inspected Capella university on 10/23/13 with full knowledge of these issues.

Class Action suit still being organized. We have 30 people now. angermaster@comcast.net

I am in the Ph.D program right now in criminal justice. However no topic will be approved in criminal justice. They marketed the program as one thing but in fact it is not.

I am organizing a class action lawsuit. Anyone interested email me at angermaster@comcast.net. We have 9 right now and a willing lawyer. Paula

I have similar experience with Capella. I was enrolled in a Ph.D program in Organizational Development and they have been absolutely discriminatory and have not kept their word. They have finally terminated me from the program. They changed deadlines on me and have not been fair. I am pursuing with the Higher Learning Commission for the North Central Association. Anyone want to contact me...if you have a similar situation?

th2008@ymail.com

The Capella university is a complete and utter disgrace to the American Learner! They go so far as to discriminate against disabled students after they are enrolled! How low can you go. GWB is nothing bad compared to these cowards!

I had a very similar experience with Capella. In Feb 2011 filled for financial aid to finish would should have been my last year of classes. I never received a response from them about how much aid I would be receiving until I questioned them about it in May 2011, I was told to go ahead and fill out the MPN for loans. Then when summer quarter started two weeks into the the quarter I was told I was unable to get the loans, so I dropped the class. I told them I didn't have the money to pay out of pocket, there was no way I would be able to kept attending school. They wanted to charge me the for the two weeks of class I had attended, I kept receiving harassing phone calls.

So being a glutton for punishment, I decided to attempt to go back for the [protected], it has been nothing but a nightmare trying to filling out the stuff for financial aid. I filled out the FAFSA in 2/2012, MPN 3/2012, yet they now claim they never received these items. Funny because the FAFSA and Government Student loan websites both should the information had been processes and sent to them.

http://shareholdersfoundation.com/caseinvestigation/capella-education-company-former-student-investigation

Here's the link

Please add me to your Class action suit... Hella Capella needs to be shut down...payoffs to stay afloat must exist. The Mafia used to hide out up there in the twin cities..., but got busted when Papst was killed. Likely these are realitives?

God Bless you for this informayion! You will stop MANY poeple like me to make a terrible mistake of enrolling inot those so called schools! I almost did! Thank you VERY much! So it is not only Capella, but Phoenix and kaplan and Apolo and Everest... Horrible... And they say that Soviet Union was bad. In Soviet Union ANY person from ANY part of the country was able to get ANY hire education from ANy University in the whole country for absolutely FREE and was garanteed a job after graduation! It is so sad that not only people do not have jobs after graduation but end up with debts of tens of thousands of dollars! Terrible...

if you're in trouble with capella also i'll recommend CYBERGHOST200@YAHOO.COM he will get you fixed up including clearing your debt and other problems you might be facing... because he helped me out doing my tough time with them

Capella University could not be more nice and caring to land you secure and stuck to their school.
Once that ends, not only is the Information Technology program a complete waste of time. Their
technology/software sucks and fails all the time, so, you are late to submissions...but, they ahem, help you out by charging you for two terms because you are late. They have some serious issues with their financial aid office.
Their financial aid does not transfer and cover the costs. So, they load you up while fixing the supposed "glitch"
in the computers. A few months later, you find they never resolved the computer glitch issue for you to
make the financial aid take the expense and not land in their billing office where you are asked to pay the full balance of $5K (of which you can't...thus the financial aid need) and they drop you from classes for their issues. They write it in their notes as, "We gave exceptions to help them" but the delays and double term billings were not due to anything but their computer issues." They destroy lives. Do not attend. They are democrats with agendas and it is not to help you...it's your ruin if you attend here. They are pure treason. I could share so much more criminal detail. But, it's not even worth it. You want to screw yourself over into destroying your life with nothing to gain, this would be that kind of choice guarantee.

I am in the same boat. I have taken all my comp exam questions and then I was told I had failed. I received little to no help and I wanted to turn the classes into maybe another masters degree and was not assisted at all in this endeavor. Not a happy lady at all.

Close down capella! they are thieves!

E-mail me at: johnleebass@gmail.com

Join our class action legal pursuit/justice against capella university, for unethical and unfair business practices, degree program stall tactics, unrealistic and unfair student tuition, false promises, the university and its faculty not adhering to its own graduate degree program student’s manual (only to keep its students enrolling quarter, after quarter – costing its students an excessive amount of tuition), poor communication during active course participation, student loan/government lending fraud, in addition to many other “complaints”.in fact, we also have a an 'expert witness' willing to testify on the dissertation process, and “we” are in possession of a ’letter’ from a former capella university stating that, “capella university's doctoral programs are a fraud".

Facts about capella university: capella university was the subject of an education department audit, which revealed that the school overcharged lenders and this department by over a half million dollars. capella university spends an unusually high portion of revenue on marketing and a relatively small amount on instruction (for its exclusively online program). most instructors are part-time and accreditation could be an issue in the near future. capella university appears to maintain aggressive enrollment goals for the more than 300 recruiters it employs. many former students of capella university have been plagued with high debt to income ratios after taking out student loans from this for-profit university. capella university was recently questioned for having a high withdrawal rate amongst students in its programs and for spending an unusually high percentage of revenue on marketing. (source: www.processmystudentloans.com/capella)

Capella university information is cited below, where such websites state, “students don't mind a non-apa degree”, and also citing that capella university states, “graduates earn more income upon their graduating from its university” - which is false! additionally to its phd/psyd doctoral programs, capella university graduates cannot even practice clinical psychology, as its psychology doctoral programs are also not recognized by the apa in many, if any states – a requirement of course, necessary for a graduate to permit a graduate to earn state board-certification or ability to practice psychology – same issue as stated here within regarding argosy university (a lawsuit argosy university “lost”). therefore, if you were provided ‘false information/’false promises’ from capella university on this issue, or on any matter, especially upon graduation, that you will be qualified to ‘practice’ psychology within your state, or you were provided ‘false information’/’false promises’ (regardless of the type of program that you were enrolled with capella university) by capella university such as what’s stated above, and/or that you would earn a higher income completing any of its programs, and/or you know of other learners in this (same) predicament, please contact me. also, information regarding what’s mentioned in this paragraph, there are websites provided below, providing links for your convenience, for further review.

Argosy university was even known for its “bait & switch”, whereas all of its psychology students were transferred from its phd program, to its psyd program, with the university aware that it was not recognized by the american psychology association (apa), and argosy university even canceled its pursuit to become accredited for its psychology doctoral programs – with its students to enrolled in its programs. this university has been successfully sued for this situation. so was phoenix university! capella university no different!

Additionally, the state of minnesota passed a state bill (s. b.) regarding requirements by higher education universities must comply, with capella university’s report in the “harkins report” that is accessible for your review. file your “complaint” with the minnesota office of higher education (see below for contact information).

The attorney generals of the states of colorado and pennsylvania are also filing lawsuits against capella university.

University of phoenix class action lawsuit [protected]: the university of phoenix is being sued and may be “shut down”, by court order! three former students who withdrew from the university filed the lawsuit out of arkansas, whereas the students claimed that the university of phoenix sought tuition payments directly from the students after they withdrew instead of deducting the payments directly from the students' loans. the students withdrew because the quality of education they received from the university of phoenix was extremely poor, the instructors would not help them, and some instructors went missing for a few days in the online classrooms. what the university of phoenix is doing is illegal: a corporation cannot send student loan money in the form of a loan directly back to the lender and go after the borrower for collection. the university of phoenix broke the ‘lender/borrower contract’ without the student even knowing. the university of phoenix is currently being sued for: 1.) conversion; 2.) breach of contract; 3.) interference with contractual relations; 4.) breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; and 5.) unjust enrichment. university of phoenix class action lawsuit [protected]: the university of phoenix is being sued and ma will “shut down”, by court order! three former students who withdrew from the university filed the lawsuit out of arkansas, whereas the students claimed that the university of phoenix sought tuition payments directly from the students after they withdrew instead of deducting the payments directly from the students' loans. the students withdrew because the quality of education they received from the university of phoenix was extremely poor, the instructors would not help them, and some instructors went missing for a few days in the online classrooms. what the university of phoenix is doing is illegal: a corporation cannot send student loan money in the form of a loan directly back to the lender and go after the borrower for collection. the university of phoenix is currently being sued for: 1.) conversion; 2.) breach of contract; 3.) interference with contractual relations; 4.) breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; and 5.) unjust enrichment (aka: “becoming “filthy rich” at the expense of others!”)

University of phoenix is well known as one of the largest for-profit colleges in the us, and may also be among the most predatory. university of phoenix has a long history of lawsuits for its’ deceptive practices. the school was recently being sold, leaving students out in the dark. the university has paid several government fines and settled whistle-blower lawsuits concerning its admissions practices and education programs.in 2000, the federal government fined the university $6 million for including study-group meetings as instructional hours.in 2002, the department of education relaxed requirements on instructional hours.

In 2014 the us department of education’s office of the inspector general demanded records from the university of phoenix and its parent company apollo group going back to 2007 “related to marketing, recruitment, enrollment, financial aid, fraud prevention, [and] student retention. (source: http://unitedlegalaid.com/university-phoenix-class-action/)

University of phoenix settles false claims act lawsuit for $67.5 million:
Https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/university-phoenix-settles-false-claims-act-lawsuit-675-million

Therefore, if you were provided ‘false information/’false promises’ from capella university on this issue, or on any matter, especially upon graduation, that you will be qualified to ‘practice’ psychology within your state, or you were provided ‘false information’/’false promises’ (regardless of the type of program that you were enrolled with capella university) by capella university such as what’s stated above, and/or that you would earn a higher income completing any of its programs, and/or you know of other learners in this (same) predicament, please contact me!

File your ‘complaint’ with:
Minnesota office of higher education
Curriculum & student consumer research analyst;
Institutional licensing & registration
1450 energy park dr., suite 350
St. paul, mn 55108
Attn: jason curry
Tel: [protected]
Ohe. state. mn. us
Jason. curry@state. mn. us

Refer to the following for more information:

Http://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/12/higher-ed.aspx

Http://www.degreeinfo.com/general-distance-learning-discussions/25653-capella-university-withdraws-their-apa-accreditation-application.html

Https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070706012108aa4o0xd

Http://www.thefreelibrary.com/online+university+receives+apa+approval%3b+approval+makes+capella...-a062986467

Federal change may be for vocational/distant learning; please see the following links for further information regarding this:

Http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2013/11/ftc-approves-changes-vocational-schools-guides

Here, please reference a 2012 class action against itt tech that was successful in a consumer capacity:

Http://www.huffingtonpost.com/davidhalperin/breaking-federal-consumer_b_4859812.html

Please also reference the following class action suits, pleading against globe - based on consumer fraud attached after this payout:

Http://blogs.mprnews.org/oncampus/2013/08/globemsb-ordered-to-pay-fired-dean-in-whistleblower-suit/

Http://blogs.mprnews.org/oncampus/2013/10/former-students-file-suit-against-globe-university-minnesota-school-of-business/

State of colorado’s attorney general is also suing for profit edmc for tuition over apa accreditation, and here is its link:
Http://www.ag.state.mn.us/consumer/pressrelease/20131127.asp

CLOSE DOWN CAPELLA!

E-MAIL ME AT: johnleebass@gmail.com

JOIN our class action legal pursuit/justice against CAPELLA UNIVERSITY, for unethical and unfair business practices, degree program stall tactics, unrealistic and unfair student tuition, false promises, the university and its faculty not adhering to its own graduate degree program student’s manual (only to keep its students enrolling quarter, after quarter – costing its students an excessive amount of tuition), poor communication during active course participation, student loan/government lending fraud, in addition to many other “complaints”. In fact, we also have a an 'expert witness' willing to testify on the dissertation process, and “we” are in possession of a ’letter’ from a former CAPELLA UNIVERSITY stating that, “CAPELLA UNIVERSITY'S Doctoral Programs are a fraud".

Facts About Capella University: Capella University was the subject of an Education Department audit, which revealed that the school overcharged lenders and this department by over a half million dollars. Capella University spends an unusually high portion of revenue on marketing and a relatively small amount on instruction (for its exclusively online program). Most instructors are part-time and accreditation could be an issue in the near future. Capella University appears to maintain aggressive enrollment goals for the more than 300 recruiters it employs. Many former students of Capella University have been plagued with high debt to income ratios after taking out student loans from this for-profit university. Capella University was recently questioned for having a high withdrawal rate amongst students in its programs and for spending an unusually high percentage of revenue on marketing. (SOURCE: www.processmystudentloans.com/capella)

Capella University information is cited below, where such websites state, “students don't mind a non-APA degree”, and also citing that Capella University states, “graduates earn more income upon their graduating from its university” - which is false! Additionally to its PhD/PsyD Doctoral Programs, CAPELLA UNIVERSITY graduates cannot even practice clinical psychology, as its psychology doctoral programs are also not recognized by the APA in many, if any states – a requirement of course, necessary for a graduate to permit a graduate to earn state board-certification or ability to practice psychology – same issue as stated here within regarding Argosy University (a lawsuit Argosy University “lost”). Therefore, if you were provided ‘false information/’false promises’ from CAPELLA UNIVERSITY on this issue, or on any matter, especially upon graduation, that you will be qualified to ‘practice’ psychology within your state, or you were provided ‘false information’/’false promises’ (regardless of the type of program that you were enrolled with CAPELLA UNIVERSITY) by CAPELLA UNIVERSITY such as what’s stated above, and/or that you would earn a higher income completing any of its programs, and/or you know of other Learners in this (same) predicament, please contact me. Also, information regarding what’s mentioned in this paragraph, there are websites provided below, providing links for your convenience, for further review.

Argosy University was even known for its “bait & switch”, whereas all of its psychology students were transferred from its PhD program, to its PsyD program, with the university aware that it was not recognized by the American Psychology Association (APA), and Argosy University even canceled its pursuit to become accredited for its Psychology Doctoral Programs – with its students to enrolled in its programs. This university has been successfully sued for this situation. So was Phoenix University! Capella University no different!

Additionally, the State of Minnesota passed a State Bill (S.B.) regarding requirements by higher education universities must comply, with CAPELLA UNIVERSITY’S report in the “HARKINS REPORT” that is accessible for your review. FILE your “complaint” with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education (See below for contact information).

The Attorney Generals of the States of Colorado and Pennsylvania are also filing lawsuits against CAPELLA UNIVERSITY.

FILE YOUR ‘COMPLAINT’ WITH:
Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Curriculum & Student Consumer Research Analyst;
Institutional Licensing & Registration
1450 Energy Park Dr., Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55108
ATTN: Jason Curry
TEL: [protected]
ohe.state.mn.us
jason.curry@state.mn.us

REFER TO THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION:

http://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/12/higher-ed.aspx

http://www.degreeinfo.com/general-distance-learning-discussions/25653-capella-university-withdraws-their-apa-accreditation-application.html

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070706012108AA4o0Xd

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Online+University+Receives+APA+Approval%3B+Approval+makes+Capella...-a062986467

Federal change may be for vocational/distant learning; please see the following links for further information regarding this:

http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2013/11/ftc-approves-changes-vocational-schools-guides

Here, please reference a 2012 class action against ITT tech that was successful in a consumer capacity:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/davidhalperin/breaking-federal-consumer_b_4859812.html

Please also reference the following class action suits, pleading against Globe - based on consumer fraud attached after this payout:

http://blogs.mprnews.org/oncampus/2013/08/globemsb-ordered-to-pay-fired-dean-in-whistleblower-suit/

http://blogs.mprnews.org/oncampus/2013/10/former-students-file-suit-against-globe-university-minnesota-school-of-business/

State of Colorado’s Attorney General is also suing for profit EDMC for tuition over APA accreditation, and here is its link:
http://www.ag.state.mn

I am in. Just spent another 45 mins with advising who are nice people, but apparently unable to really do anything. I really thought this was a good, regionally accredited option to get my General Psychology Master's online to advance my career and salary as an AP Psych teacher. Bitterly disappointed at huge problems, lack of communication. cheryldave1@mac.com

A huge class action lawsuit is in the works. Something similar that occurred with Trump University scandal. I have over 6 digits of debt with no degree due to Capella University and the fraud that occurred. Capella University switched advisors multiple times on me during my dissertation, unprofessional emails, and re-enrolling me in courses that I was not actively engaged in (taking my federal funding).

Please email kendracobb2265@gmail.com and forward all of your complaints to her. This will not fall on deaf ears. I promise.

Thanks

I have been administratively withdrawn from my program at Capella for reasons stemming from a medical emergency that I had during a summer residency. Never during the residency was I provided with any feedback, yet almost a month after I returned, I was given a feedback form that I initially thought was accidentally sent to me. Nothing in the form described me at all. I provided my side of the story to a review board, and almost nine months later--and after having paid tuition for three terms--I received notice on the last day of Winter term that I was being withdrawn.

Count me in. I would also be more than happy to head up a class-action suit in my state (Washington). I have a 3.9 GPA; my only B came with a numerical grade of 89.25%. I don't believe it is possible to be intellectually unable to complete a program with grades like that, yet that is one of the reasons given for my administrative withdrawal. The damage to my reputation, to my finances, and to my educational and potentially work prospects is daunting. Capella needs to understand that it cannot treat its students as if they were throwaways. As for the grievance process against me, my academic advisor said that Capella executives were meeting regularly to figure out how to trim back the time it takes for a faculty-initiated grievance procedure to be completed, and that "many" (her word) other students were also waiting for resolutions to their cases.

Nine months is utterly ridiculous, and when all is said and done, Capella appeared to completely ignore the evidence and references that I provided in going with the nuclear option of kicking me out of the program. They didn't even follow their own processes during the residency. Further, I have tried during the process to contact the faculty chair through email and phone with no response. When I received the decision about my withdrawal, I immediately called him and asked him to return my call as soon as possible. I followed up with an email. I still haven't gotten a response.

Yes. I believe Capella is long overdue for a lawsuit if my story is at all familiar to others. My contact email is x-a-n-t-e-l-l-e (at) h-o-t-m-a-i-l, c-o-m, no dashes.

Given the Reverend's inability to spell or complete cogent sentences with proper punctuation, it's no wonder she received "F's". Perhaps if she spent more time learning to write properly, she'd be in much better shape.