It’s a question of whether an institution spends its money on education or on marketing. We’ve got billboards and media ads for the local for profit ‘college’ all over the place; the local community college is much less visible.
On Apr 28, 2015, at 9:19 AM, Annette Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting part of the article: interview with a student 3 classes away from > graduation. Lives in the OC, socal. Educational goal: associate's degree in > criminal justice. > > What kind of associate's degree is he buying for the high tuition rates that > he cannot get a community college? A quick perusal of the internet showed > dozens and dozens of programs in criminal justice at community college in > California. > > It must have been some heck of a sales job that Corinthian was able to put on > people. Thank goodness it will no longer prey on people who are not smart > enough to figure out that they don't need to pay top dollar, financed heavily > with student loans, to buy their education in socal--or probably anywhere! > They can just go to their local community college. > > But it does raise the larger question of how and why would people be > persuaded to pursue an AA or AS degree at such a high priced institution? The > California Community Colleges advertise all the time on radio about how > affordable it is, how widespread it is, how anyone (I hope within reason) can > be admitted...so the persuasion here must have been something truly > extraordinary! > > Annette > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Professor, Psychological Sciences > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110-2492 > [email protected] > > Subject: Corinthian Colleges Closed Today -- Forever > From: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:58:15 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > The for-profit Corithinian Colleges (which consists of several > colleges, both physical and online) closed down operations today. > For one source on this, see the link to the Los Angeles Times: > http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-corinthian-shutdown-20150427-story.html#page=1 > and HuffPo > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/26/corinthian-colleges-closing_n_7147380.html > Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=44372 or send a blank email to leave-44372-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
