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Which one are we again?
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Doctor Wtf
Join Date: Oct 2007
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amnesic-confabulatory opsimath
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Between my ears
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Future? Like in "nearly 20 years ago"? (NSFW)
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It's not weird news, and to me it's not surprising or earth-shattering news, but I thought it worth posting and couldn't find a "Just News" thread and didn't want to make one.
Graduates of For-profits lag behind their peers in earnings and employment, study finds. http://chronicle.com/article/Graduat...&utm_medium=en Quote:
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barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy.
Join Date: Nov 2007
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I thought it was a good read too. Loved the comments at the bottom.
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Ha!
They do a lot of hand-holding. Students have come here (and to my old job) and said "Why won't you do my FAFSA for me....Clown Colleges Of Central Western Ohio did!" Well, we don't. We do offer workshops 4-5 times a month to assist you, but we think that...as a college student...you could take responsibility for this. I've often wanted to offer to also go to class and do their homework for them. Hence the point about better retention through less mediation...which can be expanded to, ahem, different standards. And they make grand promises, and appeal to bright-eyed bushy-tailed pajama girls, and take every dime of any grant or loan they might get. There has to be a reason a person would spend 4-5 times the price of a community college, for instance, for credits that will never transfer. If they decide to further their education down the road...have fun taking all your classes over. Now, there are some who do what they say. Offering my overall opinion of their place in this country would not be fair, really, but I see the waste they leave behind all too often. And SOMEBUDDY is gettin' rich. |
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I have to be careful of libel.
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One of the newer clown colleges just called, the guy yelling at my cow orker to release the student's information to him or else.
No, thanks for thinking of us though. You can get that information from the fed websites or you can have the student give us the form consenting to have that information released to you. "But but but FERPA..." You can play fast and loose with FERPA if you want, but it's our policy to err (not that we're erring) on the side of caution. (And honestly, I have no trust in these places and wouldn't release my hair color to them if they asked.) And how do we know who is really on the other end of that phone line? "There is a form available 'here' which you can have the student sign and send it to us." "But but but I don't have a way to print!" Effing WHAT? The FA community is a wonderful group of people, many are long time employees, 25-30 years. We help each other and we understand the difficulties. We understand that offices have processes and while we may not agree with a policy we respect it and do things appropriately. The majority of us are highly ethical. Often we have to confer with others on interpreting the regulations. We network. We do the best we can for the student but all the while walking that line of what we are and are not allowed to do. Enter Clown Colleges, more corporate greed and hiring people who don't have a clue and there is no one to train them because they don't have a clue either. I can't believe they aren't subject to even more audits and such than they are. I don't think ethics are a huge part of their mission statement. These students are attending these schools on YOUR TAX DOLLARS. Clown colleges have been making my life miserable this year...and I've been doing this crap for 10 years. WTF? Eh, so much for libel. Of course, I don't say which ones are clown colleges and which ones aren't. But what a freaking asshole. ![]() |
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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To shreds, you say?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet!
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Underserved and undeserved: The service is lousy and the portions are small.
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I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Perpetual Chaos
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A working hot tub is installed on the roof of the University of Michigan. By whom and why is a mystery.
http://www.annarbor.com/news/student...igan-building/
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caveat emptor -
In high school, one of the hazing activities of Seniors was selling tickets to the Freshman to the swimming pool on top of the school's auditorium |
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So funny! I love the hot tub gag, and how fun was it to mess with freshmen?
One of our tricks was to walk down their hall and talk to each other (acting like they weren't even there/couldn't hear us) that the Air Force Band was surprising us that day so don't bother using study hall to do your 8th and 9th period homework. Yes, we did get visits from the AF band that the students didn't know about. |
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I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Perpetual Chaos
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We all need a visit from the hot tub fairies!
That doesn't sound right......... Sheldon?
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