Screwy TUI Now Trident

[Don Dresden]

Trident??

Is that because some of the profs only had three teeth?

Or is that because all the students get pronged three times?

TUI University Announces New Name
Jan 17, 2011 Mark Butler

TUI University, formerly Touro University International before it was sold to Summit Partners announces that its new name is Trident University International.
 
Since the beginning of 2011, TUI University has been teasing visitors to its web site with "The New TUI" and on Friday, January 14, 2011 the university sent an e-mail to its students and alumni that the school's name would be changed to Trident University International effective January 24, 2011.

History of Trident University International

While many universities have had name changes over the years, Trident is now on its third name since it was established as Touro University International in 1998 in Cypress, California as an online extension of Touro College in New York. In 2007, Touro College sold the online university to Summit Partners of Boston Ma. With the name change to Trident University International the university continues to make use of its original initials of TUI but now they stand for words instead of just initials as it was for three years. The school had received feedback from numerous students about the need for a name and some people looking into the school often asked what TUI stood for without getting an acceptable answer.

Trident University International is an online university serving all members of the U.S. military family and numerous other adult learners. The university is accreditation by Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges. TUI is the only online university offering a PhD to obtain WASC accreditation. Other online universalities [sic], such as Northcentral University in Arizona and the University of Phoenix also offers a PhD but these schools accreditation from the North Central Association Higher Learning Commission which has faced criticism in the past for being somewhat lax.

About the New Name

The new name, Trident, was presented to the students and alumni with the explanation that the three prongs represented the schools commitment to Academic Excellence, Compassionate Student Support and Unparalleled Access and that it also paid tribute to the schools pioneering history in online education by representing the three components of the school's course delivery model: Case Assignments, Session Long Projects and Threaded Discussions. It also represents the school's three degree levels: Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D. Finally, it also fits in with the three words of Trident's motto: Aspire, Believe and Achieve!

[Armando Ramos]

The new name, Trident, was presented to the students and alumni with the explanation that the three prongs represented...

St. Patrick used a shamrock to convert the Irish. College admins, on the other hand, use a pitchfork to win over the heathens.

Seems like there's some other guy who uses a pitchfork in his work........

[Albert Hidel]

TUI University, formerly Touro University International before it was sold to Summit Partners announces that its new name is Trident University International.

By most accounts they have a decent program there. Hard to understand why they would undermine it with multiple, dopey name changes.

Trident seems right in the same class as those meaningless vapor names like Argosy, Capella, and Alliant. Sounds like a car model named by people who don't speak English, like a Fairlady or a Cedric.

Presumably they want to avoid any sort of regional identity. We all know how much that hurt U of Phoenix. How many billion dollars have they made? Wouldn't want to follow that business model.

But then if that is the purpose why add the redundant and meaningless "International" to the name? If "international" in the name is supposed to strike a chord with foreigners, then why do I see people all over Asia wearing knockoff UCLA gear?

About the only thing worse than having "International" in the name is "Intercontinental." Why not cover all the bases and go "Interplanetary" or "Intergalactic"?

What was wrong with naming stuff after the guy who started the company, like Ford and Chrysler, or Stanford and Harvard? Another successful model we should avoid emulating? And if Yoram Neumann University sounds a little too ethnic, just do an Emanuel Goldenberg (Edward G. Robinson). I'm thinking something familiar, like Alfred E. Neuman University. (Finals? What, me worry?)

[ham]

But then if that is the purpose why add the redundant and meaningless "International" to the name? If "international" in the name is supposed to strike a chord with foreigners, then why do I see people all over Asia wearing knockoff UCLA gear?