Don't insult my intelligence. I really, really, really hate that. From an instructor perspective, 'attrition rates' aren't exactly our fault.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THQRyGH9W94
GIGO is about it in a nutshell. Have any of you actually seen our ads? Maybe not, since you have jobs and don't watch Jerry Springer on your days off. They are absolutely, horrifyingly embarrassing! They have them on YouTube, along with a whole bunch of imitators who obviously find them totally hilarious! Watch one of the real ads. It will tell you all you need to know about why your classroom experience has been so awful.
Yeah, CCi schools are really just glorified degree mills. It's not news to employers (at least not in Tampa Bay). After a few CCi grads interviewing and demonstrating their illiteracy/poor attitudes, most employers avoid them like the plague. University of Phoenix is considered Ivy League compared to us. GIGO.
Hey Jenkins: I got a new instructing job at a real college. Suck that and your attrition rate, too!!!
Who us valued less than students at CCI? Instructors. Who are supposed to be your most valued people at a college or university?
Instructors with students who do not care about their educations is beyond depressing. I've taught at many schools, both for and non. The quality of student at Everest is like nothing I've ever seen. I think more students failed my first term than I've ever seen fail in 5 years of teaching prior to that. I know it's not me. At all my other schools, students have been invested. Not here. Call me a bad instructor all you want, it does not bother me. I know from the retention rates at my other schos that it is NOT me. Most if us have taught at other institutions, so we know what's really going on.
Oh yes. It would be interesting to see the public's reaction to the shady plagiarism "policy," the complete lack of respect of many (although not all) students when communicating with instructors, and the lack of personal accountability of students. Yep, it's the instructor's fault.
I've never heard of a good mechanic blaming his tools.
Agreed, 601. Every time I hear an instructor complain about the students I wonder why they're not teaching at an Ivy League institution.
A bad instructor blames the students.