Seems SU students are not alone in suing their university over the failure to deliver what was promised this semester, something’s brewing in Florida too where a class-action lawsuit against the state system is ongoing over the inability of students to obtain paid for campus services after the pandemic caused campuses to empty. One imagines these not being the last examples we’ll hear about, confirmation indeed that no matter what happens, lawyers will be involved.
More interesting, but also Florida related, the claims for productive career enhancing skills being provided by the Florida Career College (FCC… nice!). Seems students are ‘encouraged’ to take out expensive loans to pay for short certificate programs that promise secure jobs repairing HVACs and the like. Lured by the economic argument of advancement and the promise of support in the subsequent job search, it seems this ‘college’ is not quite living up to expectations. Not only do some of the teachers admit they lack experience but essential equipment for this ‘education’ is often not available. Add to this, the apparent targeting of minority students via what’s being termed a ‘reverse redlining’ approach and you start to get the picture. Personally I’m not a fan of accreditation for universities but when I see the results of slack regulation, I wish maybe we had even more lawyers involved!