Forum Post: Profits Over Students!
Posted 12 years ago on Aug. 8, 2012, 11:28 p.m. EST by shoozTroll
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Is it really any surprise that "for profit" schools would do this?
Plus they get $1,000,000,000s from we the tax payers.
Good game of hide the money too......:)
Cummings sent letters to 13 publicly traded, for-profit educational institutions requesting documents that indicate to what extent they base executive salaries, bonuses, and other compensation on their students' performance. Not surprisingly, the for-profit predatory colleges and universities were less than transparent.
Re. "For Profit Schools" & US College Education, some further relevant links :
"Emerging Risk ? : An Overview of Growth, Spending, Student Debt and Unanswered Questions in For-Profit Higher Education" -- The United States Senate HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE (Tom Harkin, Chairman) : http://harkin.senate.gov/documents/pdf/4c23515814dca.pdf ;
"Cracking down on for-profit colleges : Schools like DeVry and Kaplan are booming, but critics say they are putting students into debt, not jobs" ; http://theweek.com/article/index/219247/cracking-down-on-for-profit-colleges ;
"Many For-Profit Schools Are Not Providing The Support Structure To Help Students Succeed" : http://harkin.senate.gov/help/forprofitcolleges4.cfm ;
"The student loan crisis everyone saw coming" : http://www.salon.com/2012/04/06/the_student_loan_crisis_everyone_saw_coming/
"Robert Reich To New College Grads : You're F*cked !" : http://occupywallst.org/forum/robert-reich-to-new-college-grads-your-fcked-by-ro/ &
"A Huge Student Loan Scam : For-profit colleges are massively ripping off U.S. taxpayers" : http://occupywallst.org/forum/a-huge-student-loan-scam-for-profit-colleges-are-m/ .
avarita facit bardos ...
When institutions in the public trust are profitized, the profiteers will steal whatever they can.
Even your children's future.
Their workers benefits and retirement.
Whatever they can steal.
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2012-08-02/news/education-only-a-con-man-or-congressman-could-love/
I'm glad you brought up this topic. I was just recently reading an article in the New Times about how Congress, especially the Republicans, will not address the issue of putting money over merit.
I think this article complements yours very well.
Not sure how long these stay up, but Doonesbury's been having fun with it too.
http://doonesbury.slate.com/
Excellent - it has been a while since I've seen Doonesbury on a regular basis - or any basis at all for that matter. I remember they did a good series on BD and post traumatic stress. They have done a lot of good series slapping poor policies/practices and pointing out societal needs.
I visit Slate once a day, if only for the strip............:)
If you go, check out the daily video a bit down the page.
Thanks I will. Bookmarked - I am outa here for now - Have a GoodNight. {:-])
Have a nice DK.
See ya 'round........:)
You Bet - Later - I am Outta here. {:-])
Teacher confronting wrong thinking :
OMG: Teacher Lays The Smack Down On People Who Think Teachers Have It Easy
It's whole different kind of difficult.
Folks that think it isn't are the fools.
Yep - it takes a special kind of individual to make a good teacher. Especially when you see all of the roadblocks placed in front of them - and that is not even considering for profit mismanagement and interference.
Being forced to teach creationism, or un-global warming, would be some kind of frustrating challenge.
I would not be able to do it. It would kill me. I am sure there are many desperately ill teachers due to curriculum BS.
I have known about all this crap for years. Your post is amateurish at best.
Have you ever heard of Ed Bernays? Smoke some more Camel cigarettes.