| cly Traded Companies and Colleges - A Mixture | | | | slackers. However, prior to putting the slackers in |
| Which Should Be Illegal | | | | that classroom, these colleges have means as to |
| Students Should Get Into A University Based On | | | | testing the student to see if he or she has academic |
| Their Merits / Ambitions | | | | aptitude combined with some intelligence. This is a lot |
| I don't know if I can actually say the name of the | | | | better than the first scenario I laid forth. |
| school which I am referring to as I don't feel like | | | | Another thing which concerns me is that the |
| getting sued, but I'm sure you can figure it out: the | | | | company, sorry I mean university, also has an.edu |
| college is now allowed to call itself a "University," it is | | | | domain. Not many people know this, but before |
| a heavily publicly traded stock and you are, essentially | | | | receiving that type of domain, a non for profit |
| allowed to buy a degree. From what I have seen and | | | | organization has to go through the website and |
| what I will explain in a bit, I firmly believe that they | | | | approve it. Well, it must have been margarita night |
| (executive management) do not care about the | | | | the previous day. Not only did they go through the |
| students. Because I am a recruiter, I have a contact | | | | academics, they learned all about the college and |
| in the career department. She is great; she is friendly, | | | | decided it was in the same league as (names |
| she is smart and she wants to make a difference | | | | randomly picked to make a point) Columbia, |
| and make enrollment harder to obtain. Though, that | | | | University of Georgia, UCLA - well, you get the point. |
| could never happen. | | | | It's just a matter of time until they have a football |
| To reiterate, there is a reason why she could try and | | | | team which is allowed to compete with "real" |
| try again, but never make a difference. If they don't | | | | colleges. |
| enroll more students every fiscal quarter, that is | | | | The worst part of it was that I interviewed two |
| compared to the last quarter, people are going to sell | | | | students from the university and, I was truly hoping |
| the stock as if it were some kind of computer virus | | | | that they would surprise me. Their interviewing skills |
| in their portfolio. Despite the publicly traded aspect, in | | | | were at a college freshman level and, when I asked |
| any class you have students who are really | | | | one if she would be kind enough to send me a |
| ambitious, treat the curriculum seriously and truly | | | | sample writing, she promptly sent it, but her |
| have a passion for learning, but they have a | | | | punctuation was at a high-school level. |
| disadvantage. They are put in an atmosphere with | | | | I just wonder how the CEO of that company can |
| students who could care less, are going to do the | | | | cash his checks and stock options with a smile on his |
| basics, do not want to improve themselves and are | | | | face. All and all, this is quite disconcerting and should |
| okay with a minimal job. Now, I would agree that this | | | | be made illegal. |
| is the case in every college; you always have your | | | | |