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hifiguy

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2. What a surprise.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Sep 10, 2015, 02:24 PM

Sep 2015

"Private enterprise" is scamming the students, and the taxpayers, by selling worthless shit at inflated prices.

And it is no surprise to see Falwell's diploma mill on the list.

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These are the schools driving America�s student loan crisis. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2015 OP

2014 - #12 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY no_hypocrisy Sep 2015 #1

It's a private expensive school. No surprise. yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #27

What a surprise. hifiguy Sep 2015 #2

Worthless shit a majority of the students never even receive. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2015 #30

Indeed. The graduation rates are pitiful hifiguy Sep 2015 #31

The whole operation was a joke. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2015 #33

Glad to see my fiendish alma mater PSU is still well-represented Orrex Sep 2015 #3

PSU aka Kiddie Rape U! YabaDabaNoDinoNo Sep 2015 #4

Because everyone who went there is a predator. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2015 #6

There were an awful lot of alumni and supporters who were angry that their football... Human101948 Sep 2015 #28

Yes, there were quite a few of those. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2015 #32

Naw. State Pen. KamaAina Sep 2015 #7

Well that is where they belong but football so well you know it is kinda sorta ok cuz it was only YabaDabaNoDinoNo Sep 2015 #9

I just like the name State Pen(n) better than yours KamaAina Sep 2015 #17

I thought of suing them because they robbed my degree of prestige Orrex Sep 2015 #10

You should sue but then you will get death threats cuz well football YabaDabaNoDinoNo Sep 2015 #12

I would never go through with it. Orrex Sep 2015 #15

since the problem began when federal loans were privatized, one part of the solution is obvious nt msongs Sep 2015 #5

I'd like to see these figures broken out by debt per student KamaAina Sep 2015 #8

Yep. The U of MN and Michigan state, too. hifiguy Sep 2015 #13

On-line degrees are often a total waste of money. leveymg Sep 2015 #11

I have repeatedly heard the same thing. hifiguy Sep 2015 #14

Online education will be the future. Yavin4 Sep 2015 #16

John Oliver dismantled for profit education a while back: Initech Sep 2015 #18

Oliver is a treasure. hifiguy Sep 2015 #22

No Colbert or Stewart, but John Oliver is awesome on every episode. Initech Sep 2015 #25

For profit schools are crap. They should not exist imo. Rex Sep 2015 #19

Yup...they need to be put out of business... joeybee12 Sep 2015 #20

Yeah oversight would put an extreme crimp in their money raising schema. Rex Sep 2015 #21

They have bought-and-paid-for friends in Congress. hifiguy Sep 2015 #23

Ugh. Why am I not surprised? Rex Sep 2015 #26

I think the question should be why do students chose them? yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #29

many 1st generation college students who don't know any better see their ads on daytime talk shows pstokely Sep 2015 #34

usc! Liberal_in_LA Sep 2015 #24