NY jobless graduate sues her college for not providing leads and career advise it had promised

demoleft

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Mon Aug-03-09 04:06 PM
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NY jobless graduate sues her college for not providing leads and career advise it had promised

Edited on Mon Aug-03-09 04:08 PM by demoleft

A New York woman who says she cannot find a job is suing the college where she obtained a bachelor's degree, the New York Post reports.

Trina Thompson, 27, filed a lawsuit last week against Monroe College in Bronx Supreme Court.

She is seeking to recover $70,000 (�42,000) she spent on tuition to get her information technology degree.

Monroe College spokesman Gary Axelbank said Ms Thompson's lawsuit was "completely without merit".

BBC story, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8180806.stm

(if it happened in italy, we'd have an army of former students taking action. young lawyers apart - they would surely be the last category of students to complain.)

the College states they help their students find a job and provide all the support that's necessary to the purpose.

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librechik

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Mon Aug-03-09 04:11 PM
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1. when I got my journalism/english degree, my college gave me a list of publishers

in Colorado, where I live. 80% of them were out of business, the others did things like neighborhood flyers.

Never got a single good job tip out of them. Can I sue? It's been too long now, I'm sure.

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demoleft

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Mon Aug-03-09 04:14 PM
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2. oh my! sorry to hear that.

Edited on Mon Aug-03-09 04:16 PM by demoleft

when i graduated in rome my professor told me roundly there was no chance for me to compete for a place as a researcher.
too many in a row already.
good luck, she said.

infact, i worked in the tourist field. and i'm a graduate in humanistics.
but here universities are not like your colleges. though we pay high taxes, there's no help nor promise whatever to help find a job.

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Vincardog

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Mon Aug-03-09 04:17 PM
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3. Good for them. How can they keep selling IT degrees when there are no IT JOBS?

Edited on Mon Aug-03-09 04:19 PM by Vincardog

And before anyone pipes in with
"We have a lot of jobs here";
provide names and addresses of anyone hiring Main frame programmers.

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FarLeftRage

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Mon Aug-03-09 06:25 PM
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4. How is the employment situation in Italy now?

My cousin is begging to live there... since I am unemployed here.

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dembotoz

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Mon Aug-03-09 06:29 PM
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5. placement offices for universities are a fraud

wouldn't it be nice if some of them became frightened enough to earn there paychecks?????

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toadzilla

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Mon Aug-03-09 06:33 PM
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6. a friend of mine won a class action suit against his school

they advertised a 100% job placement rate.

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aikoaiko

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Mon Aug-03-09 06:37 PM
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7. Maybe she didn't get hired because she's the type of person who blames others for her problems.

That sort of trait is not desirable in new employees.

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Thothmes

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Mon Aug-03-09 06:43 PM
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8. Bet she could qualify for OCS, understand the services

are looking for junior officers.

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