I have a degree from HPU. It’s a country club school. They agreed to create a school in Winston Salem and take advantage of the tuition plans of Sara Lee, RJ Reynolds and Integon. They made a ton of money. That’s how I got mine.
I bet they had to look long and hard to find a student that could say a complete sentence.
I wouldn’t call High Point University a country club school, it historically has had a lot of working people getting degrees at night, due to corporate tuition reimbursement plans as you mention.
It’s grown tremendously under Nido Qubein over the past twenty years, though, if you haven’t been back in a while you wouldn’t recognize the place. It’s become a full-fledged university in that time.
I’d also say that it’s not quite as far left as most university campuses tend to be.