ham Wrote:It is the same old problem...degrees...any degree from any university is NOT a guarantee or assurance of getting ANY kind of job on ANY terms. Period.
But if you watch the video carefully you'd find that Jessica Espinoza's Westwood College degree in Graphic Design WAS accepted. After mentioning Kinkos the segment says that she was able to get hired by a design firm with it as support staff.
There's also guy who says that he was able to get hired by a company designing cell phone games.
The show does no interviews with anyone claiming that they weren't able to find work in their field with their Westwood College degree.
If Westwood degrees are not being accepted, why does everyone interviewed seem to be employed in their field with their Westwood degrees?
All it tells us is that Westwood College degrees are being accepted by employers and this show is a sham. It is implied that Westwood degrees are unaccepted, but everyone they do interviews with are claiming that it landed them a job.
RespectableGent Wrote:All it tells us is that Westwood College degrees are being accepted by employers and this show is a sham.
The leftist news media are little more than a propaganda tool for the higher ed cartel. Their new target is "for profits," and since Westwood is a fairly high profile trade school they are being attacked. The news media never let the facts get in the way of their story. In the current climate of oppression, anyone who dares compete with the government will be under siege sooner or later.
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For-Profits Under Assault
Bad school or bandwagon effect?
Hey Barmak, how is Texas doing in protecting students from non-profits? Surely for-profits have no monopoly on student exploitation?
Quote:Westwood College's Fort Worth campus fined, placed on probation
Posted Monday, Jan. 03, 2011
By Diane Smith
FORT WORTH -- Westwood Colleges in Texas have been fined $41,000 by the Texas Workforce Commission for high-pressure recruitment tactics and administrative issues such as failing to file changes of ownership and failing to notify the commission about pending lawsuits.
The fines were levied against for-profit campuses in Fort Worth, Dallas and Houston. They are owned by Alta Colleges, based in Denver.
The state's action against the schools allows them to stay open under Conditional Certificates of Approval, a form of probation.
Westwood College had faced losing licensure amid state concerns about potentially deceptive and fraudulent practices. The state took action after a federal Government Accountability Office investigation found potentially deceptive or questionable practices and the encouragement of fraudulent practices at Westwood and other for-profit colleges.
"On behalf of our students, we are pleased with the TWC's decision to issue the conditional certificates to operate in Texas," Rick Skinner, the college's regional vice president, said in a news release.
Under the state's action, announced by the Workforce Commission in December:
Alta Colleges will pay $41,000 in fines, including $1,000 for coaching a prospective student at the Dallas campus to make false statements to qualify for financial aid, $24,000 for failing to file changes in ownership with the state and $16,000 for failing to notify the commission of four pending lawsuits against the schools.
Alta Colleges must commit to future compliance to all Texas laws governing career schools and colleges.
Alta Colleges must contract with a third party that will perform "secret shopper testing" of compliance and respond to all commission requests for information and documentation showing compliance.
Alta Colleges must also comply with all commission provisions related to change in ownership, notification of legal action, advertising, and cancellation and refund policies.
The probation is open-ended and will last until the commission is satisfied with the school's compliance, said Lisa Givens, the commission's deputy director of communications in Austin.
Barmak Nassirian, associate executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, said Texas has an "abysmal" record of consumer protection of students who attend for-profit colleges.
"Against that sorry backdrop, any action can be described as a positive development," Nassirian said.
Westwood College has made several changes to prevent issues that surfaced during the GAO investigation, including paying admissions representatives a straight salary instead of offering incentive compensation. The admissions process has been revised and admissions representatives have been retrained, according to the college.
Last year, the Workforce Commission shut down Westwood College Online's operation in Texas for operating without a Certificate of Approval.
(01-05-2011, 08:34 PM)Armando Ramos Wrote: [ -> ]Bad school or bandwagon effect?
Hey Barmak, how is Texas doing in protecting students from non-profits? Surely for-profits have no monopoly on student exploitation?
As far as state's go, Texas really sucks as far as academic liberty goes. This is one of those states that past a series of stupid and unenforceable laws which attemp to punish holders of unaccredited degrees.