College of DuPage

You guys still in business? Not for long!!! If they would have not blown all that taxpayers money on the board of directors salaries, President Breuder’s hunting trips/​supplies, and the high end restaurant at the water leaf they would have hired better quality professors rather than adjuncts who 90% of these just set you up for failure and could care more about a paycheck and not your educational goals! No wonder why this college is at risk of losing accreditation. I also had a bad experience with the cashiers office who I almost filed for bankruptcy because pretty much you’re dealing with a bunch of crooks. They even harassed me when I registered for classes and didn’t pay them! They called me five times in one day to get me to put a down payment. This school is in so much debt that even the morale is super weak. Even one of the cashiers didn’t even allow me to talk to a supervisor because it was personal. I’m glad this is my last time here at College of Dupage and off to Governors State! Like I said if you lose accreditation from the higher learning commission I have no sympathy for this school even if the school has to shut down!
Finally about the quality of the adjunct professors, I had a lot of horrible ones that I remembered one that I tried to ask for help and he made an excuse that I can’t help due to my other job! I just wanted to tell him in a very angry tone that I am investing a lot of my time, money and energy just to get a good education and you just wanna treat me like that? Thank god I am done with this school and I just pray to God that this school lose its accreditation and goes bankrupt!

Marina kuchinski professor at intro to ceramics is completely rude to her students. If you aren’t a professional at ceramics as you are learning from her as you progress with projects she degrades you and your work !!! She will hide your projects so you can’t glaze them. Purposely dirty the wedging table and tell you to clean it. Very rude with critique. Expects perfection yet teaches intro to ceramics. I do not recommend this professor at all !!! If you love ceramics you’ll end up hating it because of her !!! Find a different class not hers …

Not even a one star rating for the service at the cashiers office. My god, the squeaky rude ass lady would not stop cutting me off when I was asking a question. Acting like she’s a high and mighty psychic. Maybe she can foretell everyone’s future questions. I advise you, if you come across someone in the cashiers office that keeps cutting you off when you’re trying to make your point or question across, speak louder and cut her off. It’ll shut her up. Ridiculous. How do people like that work for customers.

Yep, they lost a star. I’m happy that this will be my LAST semester at C.O.D. As if the teaching quality was not bad enough, I recently had a problem at the records office. I submitted a request for an in school deferment on my student loans that they were supposed to approve and fax over to my lenders. Well I was surprised to find out that they did not perform the services that I paid them to do as I got serviced with a letter from Wells Fargo and Great Lakes stating that I was behind on my payments. I had to take a day off of work to fix this issue. They waived the fee to resend the necessary documents, but will I get my original $ 10 back? Probably not.

This review is for Online Registration.
It’s worse than it was 20 years ago when it was terrible.
Just call for online registration support — faster, easier, less frustration

I’m officially finished with College of DuPage and am transferring to finish my education at a 4 year university. There are a few things to update but many of my observations are the same:
The parking is still a nightmare during the day (before noon). They got rid of the premium permit spaces because that did not alleviate the problem. Instead, there’d be open permit spaces in front of less busy buildings and a bunch of people driving around looking for somewhere else to park since non — permit spaces would all be full. So I guess that’s a minor improvement but not a major one. The only major one would be building a garage, which seems like it will never happen.
The amount of adjunct professors to full — time faculty is still ridiculous. However, some of the best professors I had were adjuncts. The worst were also adjuncts. It’s Russian roulette. I truly don’t believe the academics are as strong as they could be and that’s one of the reasons I’m transferring early despite the extra cost and inconvenience it will cause me.
Corruption: Things got worse before they got better with the ‘new slate’ or ‘clean slate’ or whatever those new trustees are called. Now COD is on probation with the accrediting agency. Hope you can finish here before 2017. That’s the deadline before COD turns into a very expensive arrangement of bricks if the corruption and what — not isn’t taken care of. Even though the main reasons for the probation are related to the corrupt administration, there were minor complaints about the academics.
Competency: I had some issues with the testing center that were very minor compared to the run around from the financial aid office where nobody can answer the same question with the same answer. That’s a major reason why I’m transferring to a private university instead of somewhere like UIC — I learned the hard way that public schools can be a huge mess.

Great school not overpriced awesome teachers great location. I can’t say enough about this school

I had an amazing experience at COD. All the professors I had were at least solid, mostly available for questions and always knowledgeable in their subjects. The best thing about COD, though, was how easily I was able to get involved on campus. I joined clubs and made tons of friends and went on learning development trips and planned events and even got a job. My entire life revolved around this campus for three years and cut my university costs nearly in half.
My best advice is to take your classes seriously and try to join at least one extracurricular thing if you have time. You might be surprised at how much you like it.
Plus, I had Andy Herrin as a professor the semester before he went on Big Brother and won. I never had a problem with his teaching and it’s a cool «claim to fame» for me now.

Rating is based purely on quality of the classes. I was surprised. They’re quite good.
Anyone who goes here should expect to do a lot of footwork and paperwork getting everything in order, because everything outside of the classroom, ie the administration, is not good at all.
But I guess that just add’s to the learning experience, right?

I already completed my bachelor’s degree at UIC but have a couple of pre reqs left over. I’ve been taking Anatomy and Physiology here and it was a great decision!
Professors truly care about the students learning, not to mention great campus and very clean!

I advise you to still read my previous review, because that information is still mostly true (though I do have my own personal counselor grumblings).
I wish I could stand by my previous 4 stars but quite frankly, the amount of time COD spends on the front page of the Chicago tribune is starting to piss me off– thank God I’m done there. Their accreditation is currently being held over the school’s head until investigations are concluded in regards to financial, ethical, and administrative issues (please Google COD problems for more info).
If COD manages to cut the bullshit and start performing as a great community college again, I’ll alter my review accordingly.

It was so great to donate almost $ 1000 to COD for an online class for my daughter. I guess that money goes to pay the kids who don’t know anything manning the phones and the teacher who is a glorified web monitor and really doesn’t care that someone needs help. Anyone considering this school, you are better off attending classes in the college (going off of the reviews of other students). I am just extremely disappointed in the schools lack of caring about its online student takers.

Great place. The remodeling they did and the new buildings look good. I just wish they didn’t add the carpeting. Oh, well… the professors, counselors and other staff are great. I’m happy with the education I’m getting, I’m glad I’m finally graduating and am proud to have an associates degree from College od Dupage.

I recently looked into taking some continuing education classes to learn some new skills. I’ve been coming across a lot of job postings related to grant writing, so I decided to start there. I signed up for an Introduction to Grant Writing class, which took place two Saturdays from 9 am — noon for $ 79.
This was my first time on the COD campus and it’s actually really nice and updated, which is due to the improvements done to it in recent years. I had no trouble finding my class thanks to how well labeled everything is. Even though the class was only for two Saturdays, I think I really got my money’s worth. The instructor was really knowledgeable in the material and gave us a great crash course on grant writing and provided multiple resources for us if we want to pursue a career in it. There were several people who were part of non-​profits taking the class and she was great about giving them suggestions for their proposals and giving great insight.
I was really impressed with how much I learned for $ 79. This isn’t your typical community college. From what I’ve heard, COD is a top notch college if you’re looking to get gen eds done and I’d highly recommend it for continuing education. They have plenty of classes to choose from, even some fun ones if you’re just looking for a new activity. Also, you don’t have to be a student to use their library. You just have to be part of District 205 to check anything out, but that’s a pretty big coverage area. Definitely impressed and will look into taking other classes here.

I think, that unless you do not go to class, that COD is probably one of the best colleges, learning centers, and governmental institutions in Dupage Co., Chicago, and all of Illinois.
The teachers are renowned for their experience and credentials from the extensive English and literature department to my current geology and science research professors.
Every bathroom is always so clean. The hallways are generally always clean, and there’s an abundance of lounge areas with reasonably comfortable chairs.
I’ve never had a bad interaction with any of the staff here from student advising services to the cashiers to janitors and professors.
Also the affordability of the classes and courses is amazing. I bet it’s an average of 55O$ per 4 – 5 classes registered for and then books being separate. That’s an essential savings of 10’s of thousands of dollars.

We just started our son here and we are paying cash for his classes and do not want him starting his career with heavy debt. For anyone who wishes to attend College of Dupage or enroll their child, realize the administration appears to be very corrupt.
I have nothing to say about the quality of classes and teachers, etc yet as the semester just started, but discovering this internet article greatly saddened me. Corruption and greed resides within the top tier administration at COD. The current president of COD, Dr. Robert L. Breuder and his pals are partying on the backs of hard working young people and the citizens of Dupage county… I see notices around campus «No Cheating,» but really COD administration is not setting a good example. (See Huffington Post review link below.)
«Gift bans be damned. It’s steaks, ribs, filet and crème brulee… for all.
In June, the College of DuPage (COD) lost a $ 20 million state construction grant because of corruption. In July, COD was exposed for paying up to $ 27,000 in fees and private membership dues at the presidents shooting club. In September, COD won a national „Golden Hammer“ award for hiding $ 96 million in „Imprest“ accounting payments that weren’t disclosed to the public or trustees. In October, COD was forced to publicly acknowledge „possible fraud“ in the radio station for possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Therefore, it’s mystifying to many that the Board of Trustees and Senior Management Team have instituted zero reform measures– only Vice Chairman Kathy Hamilton has battled for reform. But thanks to the information made available by the Edgar County Watchdogs, we are starting to gain insight into how the elected trustees and entire management/​oversight structures at COD have „gamed the system for personal gain.“
It seems everybody who is somebody at COD is on the gravy train…»

This school has definitely improved for the better over the past few years, and I am very grateful for all the advances the college has made. If anyone is looking to get their bachelors decree I would recommend looking into one of the many 3+1 programs the college offers in partnership with schools such as Roosevelt, Benedictine and Lewis. I just graduated from the Lewis program and thanks to the discount offered through the program I am debt free. Most programs offer tuition reductions 30−40%. I also recommend buy a parking pass for 75.00 well worth the money to avoid looking for parking spots.

Nothing but good things to say about this college. The staff are all helpful and kind. They smile back at you and ask how your day is going. The teachers are all helpful As long as you show courtesy and respect, it’s a given you will get it back from everyone here. But that’s just natural law that everyone should know about. Its just a shame that there are people who don’t practise this. Anyway, it’s a great school and worth getting an education from, especially for old folks like me who haven’t been in school in almost a decade.

I went to the Homeland Security building at the College of DuPage last Saturday to hear the Chief of Bartlett speak on law enforcement. The Homeland Security building is fairly new (finished in 2011) and is where the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy takes place. Many firefighters and EMS also train here, and I believe COD hosts all of their criminal justice/​law classes in this building.
It’s a really big, beautiful building with great classrooms that have the best technology. I’m talking brand new computers, desks, outlets at every table for laptops, huge awesome projection screens, and comfortable seats. I’m not going to lie to you… I was pretty pissed that I’m paying a ridiculous amount for North Central College, a private school, and yet we are still using overhead projectors. Are you kidding me? I couldn’t believe COD was a community college!
The coolest part of the Homeland Security building is the indoor street scene! It’s a full-​size town that looks like it could be a real street in a downtown area. It looks awesome! Its purpose is to allow for law enforcement exercises or EMS/​Fire Rescue simulations. Really neat!
Overall, very impressed by COD, more specifically the new Homeland Security building. Very cool addition.

I took a continuing ed class here and loved it. I’d wanted to learn Italian for many years, and finally I had the time and money to do so. La professoressa, Daniela, is amazing. Unfortunately, CoD doesn’t offer past Italian II, but I continue to take classes with her off campus.
Definitely worth it for adults looking to broaden their horizons. Classes are at reasonable hours of the day, and there’s a Starbucks nearby to keep the eyes open in the evening. :)