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SLF – The WAC Changes the Realignment Game

by Brandon Patterson on Nov 30, 2012

While not as flashy as the Big 10/ACC/Big East moves, the WAC has made a splash of a different sort with their newest member:  http://www.secondlevelfootball.com/2012/11/29/the-wac-changes-the-realignment-game/

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  1. Brandon Patterson
    December 3, 2012 • 10:02 am

    I appreciate everyone keeping things civil, and ask that if you’re feeling political stirrings or rising tempers to please voice them on UWS or a more appropriate venue.

  2. HokieRob
    December 1, 2012 • 9:35 am

    Pardon me for stepping on toes here. First, the Federal Government realizes that the current college system is its best instrument for brainwashing, and indoctrinating young minds to the political left. It clearly has it out for for-profit colleges which aren’t playing by its rules. Second, the graduation rate will always be lower when people are paying to go to school, because they don’t have the government loan gravy train the same way traditional colleges do. That’s a good thing, because they don’t graduate with a useless degree and a crushing burden of debt. The “bubble” you mentioned is in non-profit colleges, not for-profit ones. I think it’s refreshing that this school is breaking the mold, but they’ll be under a microscope, so they’d better do everything just right, or else.

    • ShockWaveVT
      December 1, 2012 • 12:17 pm

      How do I report comments on articles?

    • The_Phew
      December 1, 2012 • 12:44 pm

      HokieRob, you need to do some more research before you go singing the praises of for-profit universities. For-profit universities rely on federal student loans even more than non-profits do, so much so that some for-profits receive 90% of their revenue from taxpayer money. They just have no accountability attached to that money, unlike public universities. Many for-profits spend more money on marketing than instruction; and deceive their students about this fact.

      While I support the idea of more vocation-focused instruction, if left unregulated, these for-profits could continue to fleece students and taxpayers for billions.

      http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/406107/wayne-ezell/2012-08-01/how-profit-colleges-are-ripping-students-and-taxpayers

      • hokietribe1
        December 2, 2012 • 2:31 pm

        The_Phew has this right. Students at for-profit institutions have higher levels of borrowing than public or private non-profit institutions, with typically lower completion rates and higher rates of default. They exist primarily to make as much profit as possible by charging high tuition rates and spending as little as possible on intruction or student support services. The whole scam has been subsidized by federal student loans. That’s why the federal government is cracking down on for-profit institutions. It has nothing to do with ideology. It’s about making sure that tax dollars invested in higher education have as high a return on that investment as possible.

        • Telionis
          December 3, 2012 • 12:23 am

          WOW. I never thought I’d see an educated person in support of for-profit colleges. I thought they were universally regarded as scams meant to prey upon high-school drop-outs who would do anything for a degree.

    • DarylS
      December 2, 2012 • 12:44 am

      I live in Phoenix, CCU is a POS college that has already gone bankrupt once. But, obviously your post was in jest, or either your name is.

    • KnoxHokie
      December 3, 2012 • 4:43 pm

      Many For-Profit colleges are fleecing students right and left, and they do it by using the student loan programs. I know that from experience with at least one grandchild that got sucked in and up to his ears in debt- against my advice. All colleges must be regulated to operate in the U.S., clearly any that rely on government loan guarantees and grants. Regulation has to be the primary and responsible defense. As far as left-wing indoctrination, apparently the colleges are not doing a very good job of this, as the country has been moving right for about 50 years. Do some research, man!

  3. Broken Hawk
    November 30, 2012 • 5:22 pm

    Good grief.

  4. anotherdamnyankeehokie
    November 30, 2012 • 5:22 pm

    Interesting but a point worth noting. Many athletic department’s including our own are for profit. sure, they operate under the non-profilt status of the university. but for all intent and purposes donations, ticket sale revenue, TV money etc are what pays the tuition, salaries, debt service on it’s facilities. I really don’t see much difference

  5. Hokie Bird
    November 30, 2012 • 1:49 pm

    Wouldn’t any school – for profit or not (including GCU) have to abide by the NCAA academic requirements? How can they possibly get around minimum GPA/SAT for incoming athletes, minimum athlete graduation rates, etc? Or maybe they’re expecting to meet those. In which case they should go ask UConn how easy it is.