For profit schools

[jmqphd]

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/education/163941-gainful-employment-

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/31/education-department-rules-profit-schools-created-investors-help/#ixzz1Nx1xIrJz

Hi guys...

I notice from time to time that there is a prejudice against "for-profit" schools on this site. Don't know if it's from folks' personal experience, or knowledge, or just from bad publicity.

I taught at a private (famous, southern, high-prestige... and did I say "famous"?) university on the graduate level and when they weren't shaking down alumni for endowments, (Hey... if you can manage to cough up 50K, we'll get you tickets to watch out B-ball team play. For 6 figures, we can get you tickets to watch them in the NCAA final four!!!!) they were keeping weak students in the program to get their tuition money. Honest. And they were NOT egalitarian in who they admitted either.

We have part-time clinical faculty from the state underwritten school that work for us. They are shocked at how much support we get from our administration when it is time to cut an under-performing student lose.

We sailed through NLNAC accreditation, but got some cr*p from our state board, snotty comments about our "corporate structure." I call it bigotry. We have 100% pass rate on the board exams. Our tuition IS high, unfortunately. But you know what? The tax-payers here are cutting back on state-supported programs because the state is broke. Students are coming to us because they can't wait 5 years on a list. Nursing education is expensive. Especially when the student carries the total load, and the taxpayers don't help.

Yes, they get loans from the DOE. But they pay them back because we have 100% placement!

Sorry for being touchy. But there it is.

[jmqphd]

The last group graduated in May. 16 of 23 have taken boards. So far 100% pass rate. Only 5 have not gotten full time positions yet, and still have applications in, awaiting their chance to take NCLEX. (And this last group was NOT my favorite. I think it was weaker than those before and following. Still... )

We're a new program, but I'll put our results up against anyone's.