Alliant International University : San Francisco (AIU)
Alliant International University : San Francisco (AIU) is a established in (unknown). The campus is located in and hosts students with an endowment of .
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Fortunately, I attended the SF campus rather than the (apparently terrible) San Diego campus. I attended the SF campus for School Psychology and had an overall positive experience. The cohort model made for a supportive and positive environment. I can’t say that ever single one of my professors was exceptional, but several were, and with one exception, all knew their material backwards and forwards. I was given a great deal of support in finding practicum and internship placements, and made great professional connections while still in school. I felt extremely well-prepared to begin my career. I think it’s notable that of the 5 interns hired by my current school district last year, 4 of us were from the same Alliant cohort, and 3 of us were hired as full-time psychs with the same district this year.
Alliant International University does not care if you succeed and do not offer the tools or instructions to succeed. Many of their professor’s evaluations are unprofessional and biased. There are some excellent professors, however after undermining the approach of teaching and values of some of these great professors, they have left the program and teach now at other schools like Argosy and CIIS.
They discourage you from working at paid job so you are forced to take out more loans. Some of the end of the year examinations at the PhD and PsyD programs are set up for students to fail .
CSPP Alliant International University uses false advertising to get students into the clinical psychology program, they end up taking your money and dismiss you after being there for 4 or 5 years. It is a highly politicized environment.
They just want to be APA approved and be ranked somewhere on US News and World Report for graduate school rankings. Actually before the APA officials come to visit campus and talk to students they try to groom the students to make only positive statements.
Many students are in great fear from the school’s administration and current PsyD director Dr. Olkin.
Dr. Olkin who has a disability and uses a wheelchair, has actually been found to be psychologically abusive to students with disabilities, particularly students in wheelchairs.
One student rolled herself off the CSPP Alliant building’s roof and committed suicide. This took place sometime in early 2001 to 2005 when CSPP Alliant International University was still in Alameda, California.
This student who rolled herself off the building was known to have called Dr. Olkin for help before her suicide and was complaining to other students that Dr. Olkin was not returning her calls. Dr. Olkin is never held accountable for bullying so many students in the clinical psychology program. I am shocked she has currently become the director of the clinical psychology PsyD program of the San Francisco Alliant International University campus.
If anyone has any disabilities who have been psychologically abused by Dr. Olkin, please contact me or share your story on yelp.
Does anyone know the name of the clinical psychology graduate student at CSPP Alliant international University who committed suicide by rolling herself off the building in her wheelchair when the school was still called CSPP at the Alameda California campus? I was even told there were some classes that just continued the class session even when everyone got the news of the incident. Please contact me or share your story on yelp of you were a student at the time.
This is a dangerous school which will leave you in enormous amount of student loan debt and not take any responsibility for ruining so many lives. Alliant International’s Universty lawyers tried to present itself as “non profit” until the erroneous amount of debts on students were to obvious had to change their status to “for profit” school.
Has there been any other students at Alliant International University/CSPP who have committed suicide because they were left in high debt and not being supported to graduate from the CSPP clinical psychology PhD & PsyD programs?
I have read some of the truly negative comments on the San Diego campus. That is a shame. I attend the SF campus for Forensic Psych and I have had a really good experience. The main professors are well trained and know their material. It’s a supportive and positive learning environment. The Forensic cohort is separate from the CSPP group which may make a difference. The administration seems to be a mess but that is mostly from the San Diego campus and isn’t something the students need to deal with as much as the SF administrators and Professors do. Unfortunately it seems they have quit the program that I am in but my experience has been a really great one. I have learned a lot and have heard good remarks from supervisors in my practicum sites. It is probably more of what you make of it. It is an expensive program. There just isn’t much around that.
Randall Wyatt, the Director of Professional Training was creepy, tried to pick up half black young girl students who also instigated favoritism. Both made ethical students uncomfortable in his predator for very young girls classrooms. Try to not look vulnerable around him.