UoP Pays Non-Mormons $1.875 Million

[Albert Hidel]

Testimony of witnesses in the case revealed that managers in the Online Enrollment Department at the University of Phoenix discriminated against non-Mormon employees, and favored Mormon employees, in several ways, including: (1) providing the Mormon employees better leads on potential students; (2) disciplining non-Mormon employees for conduct for which Mormon employees were not disciplined; (3) promoting lesser-qualified or unqualified Mormon enrollment counselors to management positions while repeatedly denying such promotions to non-Mormon enrollment counselors; and (4) denying tuition waivers to non-Mormon employees for failing to meet registration goals, while granting the waivers to Mormon employees.

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/11-10-08.html

Do you think non-homos or non-socialists or non-privileged minorities will be filing their own actions soon against B&M schools with billion-dollar endowments?

[ham]

I said University of Phonenix is an unwonderful accredited school ( which I'd never choose ) several times,
however, I agree with the likely explanation someone else gave of the 'Mormon X factor'...
It was argued that 'Mormons just do it better' because they're on average motivated, extensively trained to spin yarns and to fend off objections to win souls for their savior...it's part of their upbringing.
Applying those skills to a religious crusade or to convincing African single mother of three that it's in her BEST interest to join UoP it's an easy thing...

[Dennis Ruhl]

Almost every young Mormon male spends a year in missionary work saving souls. Maybe in the business of selling dreams they are just better.

[ham]

Almost every young Mormon male spends a year in missionary work saving souls.  Maybe in the business of selling dreams they are just better.

According to specialized news (not that I can claim to know them personally), prominent entertaining/wrestling icons of the 1980s such as 'the doctor of style' Slick, 'million dollars man' Ted Dibiase, Tully Blanchard and others have become successful religious preachers...
From 'wrestling angles' and pay-per-view feuds to winning souls for the savior...the unwashed can keep dreaming...

[Little Arminius]

I said University of Phonenix is an unwonderful accredited school ( which I'd never choose ) several times,
however, I agree with the likely explanation someone else gave of the 'Mormon X factor'...
It was argued that 'Mormons just do it better' because they're on average motivated, extensively trained to spin yarns and to fend off objections to win souls for their savior...it's part of their upbringing.
Applying those skills to a religious crusade or to convincing African single mother of three that it's in her BEST interest to join UoP it's an easy thing...

Almost every young Mormon male spends a year in missionary work saving souls.  Maybe in the business of selling dreams they are just better.

A. If for-profit schools are banned, ahhh ..., I mean regulated out of business in the next four or so years, it will be due to the excesses of terrible for-profit schools starting with UoP. These assholes are far and away the worst - there is a huge gap between them and the rest of the list (Argosy, DeVry, et al.). I can't stand UoP and the poor quality education they sell. I didn't even know about the Mormon connection (not that there's anything wrong with being a Mormon ...) but, of course, am not suprised.

B. I was under the impression that employers in general viewed Mormon employees favorably because they don't use drugs/alcohol and are believed to possess a strong work ethic.

[Dennis Ruhl]

saving souls.  Maybe in the business of selling dreams they are just better.

B. I was under the impression that employers in general viewed Mormon employees favorably because they don't use drugs/alcohol and are believed to possess a strong work ethic.

Ain't that the truth.  

Perhaps the guys who came in hung over and snarly got ticked off because they weren't getting anywhere at work.

[ham]

I don't know what all the fuss is about...
If Mormons possess better skills or ethics for the job, let's them do it...
If they didn't a good job, they wouldn't probably be so popular.