http://www.stripes.com/military-students-thrive-in-enhance-the-classroom-1.160468
Although some of the initial calculations may have been off when the story first broke, the fact remains that for-profit universities are absorbing huge amounts of US tax-payers’ money from the GI Bill; generally, they are not giving our active duty members and veterans very good educations.
No serious employer in a serious profession takes the University of Phoenix, DeVry University, or any of the others of their ilk, seriously. End of story. And that’s bad news for our veterans who are trying, and failing, to find work after finishing service in the military (also a frequent topic in recent news).
While Ms. Mattson is ostensibly sincere in her praise for the active duty and former military members she teaches, I still find her essay to be little more than a glorified promotion for for-profit “higher” education. I find it disturbing and a disservice to military members that your newspaper continues to publish such pandering opinion pieces (of garbage) from people associated with these education corporations (particularly the piece by a former general officer who is employed by them). Not to be outdone, allow me to quote St. Matthew as it relates to the topic: “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”
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