Annette raises an interesting question. I wonder if some students are persuaded by the rather irrational but commonly used logic that the value we ascribe to a college (or event or person) is determined by how difficult it was to obtain. That is, it might be that the obscene tuition charged by the "for-profit college" was the very reason that many of their students choose to enroll. That is, the higher tuition caused them to view it as an institution with more value and prestige compared to the surrounding community colleges. Also, these same students might simply have felt better telling their buddies that they were attending Corinthian College vs. a community college.
I teach at a community college and have been consistently aware of the disparity between the attitudes of students attending Oakton straight out of high school vs. the students attending after dropping out of a 4-year institution. The latter group seems far more aware and appreciative of the smaller classes, lower tuition, availability of support systems, etc. than the former. I suspect their attitudes now are less influenced by their HS peer culture than by their personal experiences. Joan Joan Warmbold [email protected] > 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 > > Thousands of students are affected as well as faculty and staff. > One wonders what the long-term consequences will be. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752d0d&n=T&l=tips&o=44370 > or send a blank email to > leave-44370-49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- 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=44386 or send a blank email to leave-44386-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
