Talk:Walden University/Archive 1

Untitled
I am not an experienced Wikipedia editor and am probably doing this wrong, but I just wanted to point out that the lengthy section about Clinton-Trump claims and disputes doesn't actually say what was being claimed. Also, the second sentence of the article makes some reference to "rankings" without explaining what that means (not everybody cares about magazine rankings of universities - it's often irrelevant for adult continuing education seekers), and the section about outcomes has a strange initial focus on loan repayment. I think this article needs to be redone with an awareness of the types of people who are going to read the article: mainly, potential students (who will tend to be adults comparing Walden with other online options), and researchers creating comparison articles and charts. 24.211.186.101 (talk) 21:26, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Walden University, Tennessee
There was a Walden University (now defunct) operating out of Nashville, Tennessee (1868-1925). I have written an article on this: Walden University (Tennessee) & suggest that as there are now 2 Walden University articles on Wikipedia, that this one be moved to a page titled Walden University (Minnesota) or similar. JCrocombe (talk) 11:08, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Given that the other institution is no longer in existence and thus it's exceedingly unlikely that someone will search for "Walden University" and expect to read about it, I don't think it's necessary to change this into a dab page and move this article. I will, however, move this article to Walden University (Minnesota) and make Walden University a redirect to that new article. Thanks for creating the other article and letting us know about it!  --ElKevbo (talk) 16:33, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Mixed accreditation
Walden University does not have "full" accreditation; in one case, psychology, the program is not accredited by the APA and thus graduates are not eligible to get licenses in some states. It would be useful if someone were willing to search for other such issues within the university. --Thatnewguy (talk) 03:11, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

So, what exactly constitutes "full" accreditation in your opinion? Most schools in the United States are considered accredited when they receive regional accreditation by one of the six regional accreditation organizations in the country. Individual programs in a school can be accredited as well; for example, APA accredits psychology programs, AACSB accredits MBA programs, ABET accredits technology and computer science programs. However, this is a completely voluntary process, and no school is considered "not fully accredited" if they have chosen not to participate in accreditation by these agencies. Harvard, for example, has chosen not to participate in ABET accreditation for its computer science program. Go ahead, search their accredited programs listing at www.abet.org. Does this mean that Harvard (and many other Ivy League and top-tier schools) lacks "full accreditation"? By your line of reasoning, it does. This clearly is ridiculous; it seems you deem "full accreditation" to mean that every program at a school has been accredited by every accreditation organization that exists for that type of program, when in practice this would be nearly impossible. --CMSimons (talk), 2/10/2010.

From Walden University
Hi everyone. My name is Jen Raider and I represent Walden University as a public relations manager. I was reviewing our wiki article and in the spirit of wiki, I wanted to provide you with some additional information for you to consider when updating the page. Feel free to e-mail me to chat further. Thanks!

Content to update

Jonathan Kaplan’s Bio/Link

There is currently a red/dead link to his name. Would it be possible to remove the link but keep Jonathan Kaplan listed as president? More information on Jonathan Kaplan can be found here: http://www.waldenu.edu/About-Us/19095.htm. We’d like to have an article written about him and would be happy to collaborate with you to do so. We are also submitting Jonathan Kaplan to the WikiProject Biography.

Walden University offers more than 40 degree programs (the number listed on the page is 23) and more than 140 specializations and more than 40 concentrations (http://www.waldenu.edu/Degree-Programs.htm). Here are some additional facts about Walden:

Walden University has added a Master of Healthcare Administration, Master of Information Systems Management. 

Various Certificate and Post-Master’s Certificate Programs have also been added in Psychology, Public Policy & Administration, Nursing, Engineering and Applied Science, and Instructional Design. (See for the individual Certificate programs.)

The number of undergraduates and postgraduates has increased. As of Fall 2008, Walden University has more than 2,400 undergraduates and almost 32,000 graduate students.

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Mission

Walden University provides a diverse community of career professionals with the opportunity to transform themselves as scholar-practitioners so that they can effect positive social change. Here are two articles from triplepundit that provide more insight into Walden’s mission, including the university’s annual Social Change Conference and Global Day of Service:  

Colleges and Schools Section

Please note that Walden University has added a Center for Undergraduate Studies. .

Accreditation Section

Walden’s M.S. in Mental Health Counseling program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). 

Walden University’s Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), a national accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. 

Flexible Learning

Walden provides students with a Virtual Field Experience™ to observe teachers and other educational professionals:.

Reputation Section

In May 2009, U.S.News & World Report reviewed the largest online grad programs:. Additional info can be found:.

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Facts Section

Walden University was established in 1970.

Publications Section

The Journal of Social Change is published biannually and here is the direct link:.

The Journal of Social, Behavioral and Health Sciences is an annual publication and here is the direct link: . Please note Behavioral is spelled incorrectly in the wiki article.

Walden University also publishes The International Journal of Applied Management and Technology:.

Additional publications and journals can be found here:.

Jenraider (talk) 20:52, 16 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry, Jen, but you do understand Wikipedia is attempt to build an encyclopedia that is NPOV? Believe me when I say that I appreciate that you state right out front that you are from Walden's PR dept, but what you offered to add sounds like basically bullet-points from recruitment materials. I know its impossible to be neutral when you work for the company, especially in PR, but that is the kind of article we need to try to build. Xadnder (talk) 09:33, 4 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi Xadnder, thanks for your thoughts and I appreciate your response. In light of full disclosure, I do recognize that yes, there is a conflict of interest here as I represent Walden University. And this is why I wanted to reach out to the wiki community to help update the page. In the spirit of collaboration, I just wanted to provide some update information that editors like you may not have been aware of or seen elsewhere. But while there may be some items that may never make it to our article, there are indeed tiny little errors and broken links on the site that should be fixed and I hope that you and/or future editors will consider correcting. I look forward to continuing this ongoing dialog with you and other editors.Jen Raider 14:40, 18 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jenraider (talk • contribs)


 * What's with the nasty comment in response to Jen's attempt to add factual information to the page? There was one statement in her section that wasn't neutral, but the rest were simply facts.  I actually looked at the talk page because this is an extremely poorly written article in multiple areas, and doesn't reflect well on the school at all.  Is it higher education for the illiterate?  That's how it looks to me.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.105.92.92 (talk) 22:33, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Post-baccalaureate
I'm confused. The article appears to be contradictory. It states: "Walden University embraces a post-baccalaureate educational system. This university offers Bachelor of Science, " How is a B.S. "post-baccalaureate"?

If the article was modified to state that the University was founded to provide a post-baccalaureate educational experience, it would make more sense, especially since it apears the B.S. was a later addition to the college.

Or am I crazy? --Fredrik Coulter (talk) 20:41, 27 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Baccalaureate tends to be secondary education — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.54.70.203 (talk) 11:13, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Problems
Much of this article is a direct copy or close paraphrase from the subject's website. Also, "Walden University (Minnesota)" is misleading. While the institution started in Minnesota, it was purchased by a Maryland private company and is now operated mostly from Arizona. A better title might be "Walden University (online)". Jonathunder (talk) 16:24, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Diploma Mill District?
Is it true that locals jokingly refer to the "Diploma Mill District" in Minneapolis? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.102.203.176 (talk) 09:20, 7 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Not that I have heard, but this outfit no longer has much more than a sales office in Minnesota. It's mostly operated out of Arizona now. Jonathunder (talk) 21:12, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

The Mill District is a neighborhood within Minneapolis, Minnesota that once housed a number of flour mills. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JurisTech (talk • contribs) 18:04, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

External links modified
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Removal of referenced content
Anon IP users and User talk:JurisTech have repeatedly removed referenced content from this article without giving a clear explanation for the removals. I am opening this discussion to see if this user or users have a legitimate argument against inclusion of the removed sources. Please comment here on any sources that may have issues, and ground your concerns in wikipedia policy. I have already removed the only source that appeared to me to have WP:RS issues.Dialectric (talk) 18:18, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Public benefit corporation?
Walden is currently listed as a "public benefit corporation" in the first line of the lede (a line which many other websites have copied) but I'm not seeing evidence that it's more than simply B Lab-certified. Anyone have additional sources to show that it also reincorporated as a PBC? (not watching, please )  czar  19:54, 19 January 2020 (UTC)