So for profit schools are under pressure to prove gainful
employment; I wonder why this is not across the board for all schools? Anyway, back
on track, I read an interesting article today about Corinthian Colleges:
“Corinthian Paid for
Job Placements”
“An Everest College campus located near Atlanta paid employers to
hire its graduates for short periods of time in a maneuver designed in part to
boost the for-profit college's job placement rate, reported the Huffington Post. The now-defunct
Decatur campus in 2011 shelled out $2,000 for each graduate hired, according to
company documents the website published. In most cases those
employees were let go one month later, sometimes after pushing a broom around
for 40 hours a week.”
“The practice was not limited to Everest's Decatur campus. Two
California campuses of the chain, which is owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc.,
paid temp agencies to hire graduates, the Huffington Post reported,
citing a lawsuit filed by California's attorney general. As in
Georgia, the practice was aimed at keeping job placement rates above minimum
standards set by accreditors. Everest's holding company defended its career
services and said the job placement program did not violate any regulatory or
accreditation standards. “
If this is true, do you find it shocking, so what, or par for the
course? What are your thoughts?
Dr Flavius A B Akerele III
The ETeam
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