Legal Question in Education Law in California

I am a sudent of University of Phoenix in the MBA program. when I enrolled, I clearly specified that I wanted to obtain my MBA with emphasis in Healthcare, since I have been working in the medical field for many years and I want to obtain higher positions within my company Sharp Healthcare, based in SAN diego. Getting close to the finishing with my degree, i was informed by my academic advisor that the enrollment advisor made a mistake and enrolled me in a different program with out the healthcare emphasis and that the last five classes I took are for a different program. Now thay said that they can give me credit for taking the right classes again. However, This would take close to another year to complete and I would have to struggle again to pass all of these classes again, which are very hard to do. My question is: Do I have any rights? why do I have to go thru all of this again and take courses I had already passed and paid for, to fix a mistake the enrollment person and the academic advisor made?

Please advise

Thank you

Luis rodriguez


Asked on 8/26/09, 12:49 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Andrew Harrell W. Andrew Harrell, Attorney at Law

Interesting problem, Luis. I am familiar with a number of MBA programs, but not Phoenix's. From your question, there seems to be no issue with completing the requirements for the MBA since you have most of the necessary credits. The issue is that you haven't taken the correct courses for the healthcare focus/major. My concern is whether or not there was enough paperwork from Phoenix that clearly outlines the specific courses for the healthcare major, whether you were given this, etc. I have never heard of an "advisor" being confused about prerequisites. Phoenix could argue that you should have realized that you were not taking the healthcare designated courses and should have mitigated. My experience is that almost every university is quite clear about the courses for majors and minors. I am genuinely puzzled. Send me an email so that I can get more details.

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Answered on 8/26/09, 1:23 pm


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