Capital University — Attraction in Bexley

I attended from 2019 to 2023 and was not happy with the academic experience. While Capital offers a small campus near downtown and an accredited degree that can open up the path for further education and a career, there are serious issues with Capital’s academic policies.

Capital promises #capfam and one-on-one guidance from academic advisors, but this fell short. My advisor never once met with me to review future plans or go over my course load and went on a year-long sabbatical without notifying or meeting with me. I only learned of his trip from the department head.

The most crucial aspect of the university, its academics, is the one that is executed the poorest. For Signature Learning courses, professors take rich subjects and water them down for the weakest students. They benefit humanities students the least; it does not make sense for students whose entire course of study has been in the humanities to have to take UC320 - Humanities. A humanities major is generally more knowledgeable and has superior relevant skills than a non-humanities major. Imagine if there were a UC course for nursing skills or business management, those departments would not stand for it, as it would be a disservice to their students’ time and skills.

Semester-long group work happens often in the business school and in UC courses. While educators advocate that it fosters soft skills and prepares students for work in their field, this is a misnomer that forces top-performing students to make the choice of either doing more work or accepting an inferior product/lower grade. As a grad with corporate experience, I have to challenge this; in class, you’re not working with people who are specialized, the work is researching and writing and if you are the best at that, you will have to deal with not only trying to motivate your peers, but also having to edit their inferior work or just do it yourself. While there were great experiences that I had with some, the overwhelming amount of time, I was forced to do the lion's share of the work and I had to deal with a lot of dead weight.

Grade inflation is rampant, especially in BUS333 in Fall 2022, a 5-credit course designed for juniors and seniors w/in the marketing major. The professor allowed a 1st exam retake due to a class average of 58.9% with several scores in the 40s, threw out grading on an assignment, stated an extra 10% added to the final grade, added an extra 15% to Exam 4, and allowed the final exam to be taken home. I knew students who outright said they were failing the class and then ended up passing, others who said their final grade was a low D or C. Working backwards, their true final grade ought to be an F. While I love the professor and the material, I felt demoralized that apathetic students were rewarded with second, third, and fourth winds. My earned advantage was being eroded.

Other courses my senior year, BUS337 and 349, had open exams that were largely multiple choice; a monkey could copy the question into Google and select the correct answer.

It’s not that I have a different opinion on the academic aspect of the collegiate experience or that I wanted my peers to fail; it’s the fact that they did not do the work and, rather than face consequences, were rewarded with multiple chances to redo their failures. If they had truly learned from their mistakes, they would have put in more time after the first exam, but they did not and were rewarded.

Capital advertises a 21-27 ACT range, not accurate since 2019. Their most recent 2024 fact book reports the middle 50% is 18 - 25. Standards are low, and it shows in class.

I know higher education faces multiple challenges, but the academic practices at Capital are inexcusable and, while they are happening across all universities, Capital excels in how much it acquiesces to them. While I did have some great experiences, there are serious academic concerns. If you are a prospective student, I would seriously reflect on what you want your academic experience to be and would encourage you to pursue options other...

I live adjacent to the Capital University campus. Several months ago I was harassed by Capital University Police Department. As I walked down the street I was detained for loitering, followed to my home, and charged with trespassing by a CUPD officer. When I met with the police chief and sergeant in an attempt to clear up my name, they admitted the officer was out of line and no charges would be filed against me. (I was also informed by the sergeant I should never expect an apology from the officer and my best recourse in situations like that is to surrender my rights.) The police leadership seemed more concerned about the optics of the situation as opposed to my rights being violated. Sensing that this was an issue to run up the chain of command I attempted to speak with administration but no one from the university has contacted me. Capital University has recently announced several large scale joint ventures with my employer. I am fearful that the people who I work with and serve will be subjected to the same profiling and harassment I encountered. Although Capital University touts itself as an "inclusive" environment, it only feels like...

Don't waste your money unless you are going to study Nursing or Law. Reviews say this college is pretty conservative but in a lot of my experiences, it is anything but that. For the amount of money it costs to go to this school, it's almost not worth it. The dorms need renovated BADLY. With the 3 main dorms on campus the rooms are so small and accommodations are limited. Not enough washers and dryers and the buildings are crawling with dust. Poor maintenance on all of the buildings and nothing is really updated in general. The food sucks too. To top it all off, Capital is building a brand new convergent media center for film students, and my only questions are: why would you build something for a group of people who won't have much of an income when they graduate to either 1) pay off their debt or 2) give endowment money back? To me, this place is only worth it for Nursing or Pre law/ Law. Finally, residence life and admissions are a joke because each year they accept more students than they have room for then make the upperclassmen suffer their...