ehuffnsd said:

No that's different, some schools do guarantee job placement. Not all colleges do that, mostly vocational schools but a school (JVS) here lost its accreditation because of it.

meow85 said:

right, that sux actually, wow.

Right, ah ok, if she does then in brochures etc the school must have made some very big statements and then not fulfilled. Anyway... not sure whether this is a good thing or not.

I suppose if one party didn't fulfill it's obligations then she has a right to do that.

missmad said:

I think the whole thing hinges on whether or not the school actually promised aid in job placement or not.

SCNDLS said:

hmmmf...I was going to go to monroe...since it had online courses...so what EVA! to the first person....yeah... the area does look like a dump....
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Dayclear said:

when I graduated with a bachelor's degree, I could not even get a job at McDonald's and this was back in the 80's/90's when Reagan had it all fucked up with the recession.

times be hard like that sometimes. especially in NYC.
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BklynBabe said:

Seriously.
Even now, I've been looking for a job since May, and I officially graduated in June.

Yeah, because every university grad is clicking their heels over the job offer at the local McD's.

And that's even IF there are job offers. Anywhere.
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A teacher once told me "not to go to Monroe College". Now I know why.

Dayclear said:

sammij said:

I'm only one semester away from a degree, and I've been trying to either find a second job or a better job since the middle of March. Over 4 months later and I've only had 4 callbacks, none of which worked out. I can't even get a goddamned fast food job right now. I loathe the idea of working at a McDick's and honestly, I'm more than overqualified given my work experience and education, but right about now I'd kill even just to flip burgers.

Don't why she can't find a job. They say they do help people find jobs. I see a lot of people going to the college. The job market is still bad but I also think the degree maybe does not hold any weight to employers. I think employers would look at one of the City University of New York Colleges before Monroe College.
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meow85 said:

I changed my mind about calling her action 'extreme.' Education at a college or university costs a substantial amount of money. Once one has a degree, one has to pay for the debt created by loans. At that point, one needs to get a job...any job. Schools should do a better job helping graduates get a job.
[Edited 8/7/09 8:01am]

ThreadBare said:

I wonder how many have a truly successful job-placement rates.

Actually, I don't think it's that unreasonable at all.

It would be about time to start changing the system in that regard. Pretty much everywhere - we can's just keep on resorting to "tough luck" -type of mentality anymore.

All of this is why I am going to go for a masters after I graduate in December.

novabrkr said:

The whole system is falling to shit and people who, by the old way of doing things, should be prosperous are losing their homes and jobs now, and those who began disadvantaged are getting it even worse. We have to start helping each other out and holding businesses and schools and governments to the promises they make. There is no reason on God's green earth why able-bodied, honest people who are willing to work can't find work, or why those who do work are forced to line up at the food bank and shut off the water to save money.

Education is ridiculously expensive and even if a student's situation allows them acces to a loan they may spend years -decades, even -paying it off and now don't even have much of a guarantee of a job that will help them do that. We're at a point where people are graduating with Bachelor's, Master's, and even PhD's and then having to scrounge for minimum wage jobs at Starbucks. Something has gone seriously wrong.

Darwintheorgangrinder said:

Good luck. Half the people I know with degrees are flipping burgers.

this is why you should stay in school for years and years, milking FAFSA payments with various masters, PhD's and doctorates. Work sucks anyway, once you are lucky enough to find it.

Fury said:

Add to that the fact that she couldn't even accrue better than a 2.7 GPA at a lame-ass school like that.

meow85 said:

But at issue I think is her 2.7 GPA. That's barely a C isn't it?