Monroe College Sued For Tuition

I think the entire law suit is ridiculous. For several reasons, she just graduated and the economy is struggling. She alleges that it is the school's fault but what did she do to get a job i.e. did she try an internship or volunteer at a company to get so experience. Honestly, people are struggling every where she is just trying to get out of paying her student loans.

I think this lawsuit is evidence of a massive social epiphany in which America's youth discovers it's been misled by the empty, yet alluring promises of an over-inflated educational system.

The hippie generation prided itself in perpetually attending college and building up America's higher education empire. Many members of the hippie generation successfully avoided the draft through their studies and eventually embedded themselves as professors and faculty members in the American Universities they empowered. The hippie generation promised its progeny that the American dream was attainable, but only with a piece of paper called a diploma. The new requirement of a baccalaureate arbitrarily constricted the job market and limited free competition. All the while, American youths were promised a future in cutting-edge and prosperous professions.

Only now is the youth discovering that this campaign was all just a massive ploy. Accordingly, the educational fallacy has left the youth indebted to a system that has arbitrarily kept it out of the job force during the youth's most productive years.

As an individual who will hold a Juris Doctorate degree next spring from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, I unfortunately have also fallen victim to the shallow depictions of a resourceful career services office, only to be faced with an ineffective administration and the pending reality of unemployment.

I fully understand that no institution can guarantee success in any field and that real achievement can only be written by luck and through individual perseverance. Metaphorically, I have always understood that an individual must "walk through the door" to succeed. What these institutions have promised, and evidently and failed to do, is open any doors. Thus, America's educational empire in many ways serves only as an obstacle to begin a productive career and its depictions of resourceful career services are frequently down-right deceptive. Accordingly, I believe that the Federal Trade Commission should begin monitoring and regulating the advertising and recruiting tactics of educational entities to ensure that the America youth is no longer surprised to learn that the diploma in their hands is only a ticket to the bread line.

No, I agree with her, I went to Monroe, and I just graduated, and unless you actually go to the school you cannot judge, while where there OCA and the college promises us careers and jobs upon graduation, hence the phrase job placement upon graduation. They almost garauntee they will get you a job. She has every right to seek reinbursment for her loans, I applaud her. I am joining the Air Force to lighten the load of the loans I took.

I am sorry Daniel, but you are as idiotic as this woman thinking that everyone that graduates from any college will find a job. I graduated from college a year ago, the only reason I was able to find a job was through internships and actually searching myself and not depending on anyone else. This woman's GPA was 2.7 for goodness sake, not to mention the high unemployment rate. If you went to Monroe College the only thing I blame them for is teaching you proper English. Just like she misspelled words on her lawsuit, you too have misspelled words on your comment.

Seriously, Daniel? Here's the fundamental problem - this worthless individual has an ingrained sense of entitlement that likely permeates everything she does. She feels she is allowed a degree by virtue of the fact that she's paying for college and she feels she is owed a job by virtue of the fact that she completed 4 years. The sooner this dopey broad realizes that no one owes you anything, the sooner she will stop expecting things she did not truly earn. Here's the key indicator: 2.7 GPA? That's not terrible but it doesn't scream super employable go-getter. Sounds like a person who, at 27, felt under the gun to get a degree so they could stop working at the Arthur Teacher’s Fish & Chips and make more money - but they didn't necessarily have the drive or ambition to think up then pursue a real goal. Sounds like a person who heard somewhere that having a degree improves your chances of getting a higher paying job and over time mangled that statement into the following: "If I get a degree, I'll make a lot more money than I am making now."

She's a fool. A buffoon. A spoiled brat in the sense that she wants all the benefits of hard work and perseverance without actually doing all the hard work and persevering. She disgusts me and you, Daniel, ought to think more critically about what this dummy is all about.

This woman has a case. Monroe College doesn't have much credibilty with employers because they are starting to realize that this is not a real College. They are willing to accept anyone. They need to investigate this school or just shut it down.

My first thought upon reading this is "The Military Needs IT People". Daniel, I applaud your decision to join the Air Force, which offers great benefits for tuition assistance.

Maybe instead of putting all of her faith in her college, Miss Trina could considering working for the military. It might teach her some discipline and responsibility for her own actions, as well.

This lawsuit is crazy. However, I agree wit her as Monroe College Career Office is a full of lies and ridiculous staff members. I know this because I went to class there and it is so pathetic where as the dean of the career office tries to force students with pizza to come to her office just so she can look good to the college community and offer nothing to the student body.

I agree with Trina. When I went to ITT-Tech, I was told that I would have no trouble getting a job because they would have no trouble placing me because I was considered a "double minority". I was a woman and a minority. Well that was a lie. Everytime I went for an interview, I lost out to a male. I didn't have the skills required. ITT-Tech does not offer internships like other schools do. I think Trina is right, it is time for schools to be held accountable.

I was thinking of sending my son to Monroe, but these comments have eliminated any chance of that happening. Monroe sounds like one of those institutions that isn't really a college and isn't purely a vocational school either. Whether they graduate from Monroe "College" or any other school, I feel sorry for any young person trying to land a job in this economy. Does this woman think their might be a reason why grads with indexes at or near 4.0 seem to land decent jobs ?

Well, if she was not unemployable before, she certainly will be now. Most employers will put the names of potential candidates into Google.

Any job hunt is hard and a graduate jobs hunt is no exception. This is not a new thing but I do accept that it is very easy to become depressed about the issue. But suing the college is not the answer. Hard graft is the answer.

When will everyone realize that college is just a business and just like all they are driven by money. All the professors treat you as you should feel privileged to attend when they will accept almost anyone who applies. They talk down to you as if they are superior when in fact you paid a grossly large sum to be there, and you will spend a great deal of your life repaying. Not to mention they fail to fully disclose all requirements need to get into the field you are pursuing, i.e. paid internships that are few and far between. They obviously fail to tell you this because if they had then far less people would enter the program thus leading to it being elliminated. Not to mention there is nothing that I cannot learn from google or wikipedia so anymore college seems obsolete.