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               This               is               the               story               of               a               system               failing,               but               it               is               also               the               story               of               a               man               failing               to               fulfill               his               moral               obligation,               a               man               who               let               the               system               chew               up               students               and               spit               them               out               $30,000               in               debt,               with               little               hope               of               decent               employment               or               having               transcripts               accepted               anywhere.

It               is               the               story               of               an               educational               empire               built               off               students               mortgaging               their               future.
               On               a               minor               scale,               this               is               my               story               and               how               I               acquiesced               to               a               system               and               failed               to               do               the               right               thing.
               On               a               broader               level,               looking               back,               I               can               understand               how               ENRONs               happen,               how               people               do               not               step               forward               when               they               should,               when               they               must.
               In               my               case,               very               little               was               at               stake,               a               few               hundred               a               week,               bad               health               insurance               and               a               whiff               of               respect.

What               would               I               have               done,               if               millions               of               dollars               were               at               stake,               if               I               were               the               CEO               of               a               major               corporation               ?
               If               I               had               little               to               lose,               the               students               had               everything               to               lose.

I               could               have               stepped               forward               to               stop               years               of               pain               and               financial               hardship               for               the               students.
               But               I               didn't.
               Perhaps               what               keeps               me               staring               at               the               wall               at               3               in               the               morning,               is               the               question               that               begs               for               an               answer               -               what               does               it               take               for               a               good               man               to               step               forward               and               do               the               right               thing?

In               today's               society,               is               it               too               easy               for               any               of               us               to               sell               out               for               a               hint               of               security               ?
               And               on               another               level,               what               I               am               about               to               relate,               makes               you               worry               about               the               proliferation               of               "for               profit"               educational               institutions.

It               makes               you               worry               about               colleges               that               exist               to               "make               a               buck."
               Because               when               you               exist               to               turn               a               profit,               does               the               student               become               just               a               customer,               does               education               become               just               a               commodity,               is               the               student               shoved               aside               for               profit               margins               and               the               bottom               line?

I               suspect               the               answer               is               yes.
               I               have               chatted               with               the               owners               of               "for               profit""               colleges               and               rarely               do               they               discuss               the               quality               of               education.

Rather               they               are               fixated               on               enrollment               numbers               and               profit               margins.
               And               education               does               suffer.

To               achieve               your               financial               goals,               you               reduce               salaries,               student               facilities               and               maximize               the               money               you               spend               on               marketing,               television               and               internet               ads,               all               designed               to               keep               students               coming               through               the               tills,               paying               tuition,               keeping               the               quarterly               returns               high               and               the               education               level               low.
               If               possible,               you               push               as               many               students               as               you               can               to               "on-line"               classes               and               get               rid               of               building               and               maintenance               and               lab               expenses.
               In               short,               low               overhead               is               designed               not               to               help               students,               but               economic               performance.
               "If               you               look               at               career               colleges,               they're               renting               space               in               a               strip               mail               and               running               bare-bones               operations,"               said               Gary               Meers,               professor               of               career               and               technical               education               at               the               University               of               Nebraska-Lincoln.
               But               enough               of               this               philosophical               dribble,               this               wallowing               in               "woe               is               me".

Let's               move               onto               the               main               fight               card.
               The               main               event               is               about               students               getting               ripped               off               for               $20,000               to               $30,000,               earning               credits               that               transfer               nowhere,               program               heads               that               lied               to               accreditation               committees,               students               warned               not               to               talk               to               accreditation               committees               and               instructors               (               I               admit               I               was               one)               who               were               totally               unaccredited               to               teach.

It               is               also               about               businessmen               financing               educational               empires               off               of               student               loans.
               I               am               highlighting               my               experience               at               the               Minnesota               School               of               Business,               a               "career               college",               but               I               suspects               the               sins               I               am               about               to               reveal,               exist               at               numerous               other               "for-profit"               institutions.
               First,               a               true               scenario.

And               it               happens               time               after               time               and               not               a               damn               thing               is               being               done               about               it.

A               student               attends               the               Minnesota               School               of               Business.

Receives               an               AA               in               Business               Administration.

Spends               $20,000               to               $30,000               earning               a               two               year               degree.

And               then               finds               out               that               he               cannot               transfer               anywhere.
               "I               applied               to               the               University               of               Minnesota,"               says               Ryan               Ihrke,               a               recent               graduate               of               MSB,               "and               they               told               me               my               degree               was               worthless.

Not               one               credit               transferred.
               "So,               I               am               in               debt               and               am               beginning               all               over               at               the               University               of               Minnesota."
               "I               gave               up               applying               to               colleges,               no               one               will               accept               my               transcripts,"               says               Jocelyn               Schnell,               another               former               student.

"               My               mother               is               so               mad               that               when               a               MSB               commercial               comes               on               television,               she               yells               at               the               television."
               Another               student               fumes,               "Credits               don't               transfer               at               all.

I               talked               to               one               girl               who               was               promised               a               computer               lab               that               was               critical               to               her               graduating.

They               never               got               it,               never               got               it.
               "So               she               quit.

She               tried               to               transfer               her               credits               to               Hennepin               Tech               where               they               had               the               lab               she               needed               and               she               was               told               that               none               of               her               credits               would               transfer.

She               had               to               decide               to               go               deeper               in               debt               at               MSB               or               start               over               and               go               into               debt               at               a               real               school               where               credits               transferred."
               "I               was               told               that               colleges               would               accept               my               AA               degree,               "               another               student               says.

"               "But               colleges               accept               an               Associate               of               Arts               degree,               not               an               Associates               of               Science               Degree.

The               admissions               rep               just               say               AA               degree,               AA               degree               and               never               tell               you               the               difference."
               "I               was               a               kid               just               out               of               high               school",               says               Ihrke,               "               and               my               parents               never               went               to               college.

They               sold               us               a               bill               of               goods               and               we               thought               a               college               was               a               college.

We               had               no               idea               that               college               credits               would               not               transfer."
               "Maybe               what               they               do               is               legal,               but               it               sure               isn't               ethical",               says               Ihrke.
               Not               ethical?
               Where               does               the               blame               lie?
               Not               with               the               University               of               Minnesota.
               "We               have               never               told               anyone               that               we               accept               credits               from               the               Minnesota               School               of               Business,               says               Paula               Brugge,               associate               director               of               admissions               at               the               university.

"               "Students               at               MSB               are               taking               courses               that               are               not               applicable               to               a               degree               at               any               University               of               Minnesota               campus."
               And               it               appears               that               the               University               of               Minnesota               is               not               alone               in               enforcing               this               policy.
               "I               wanted               to               stay               in               the               Twin               Cities,               "               says               another               student,               "               I               had               no               choice,               I               work               40               hours               a               week               at               Wal-Mart               and               I               called               the               U               of               M,               Corncordia,               Hamlin               and               Augsburg.

Not               one               college               accepted               my               credits."
               As               one               student               succinctly               put               it,               "               My               admission               officer               lied               to               me               worse               than               my               Navy               Recruiter".
               But               do               MSB               recruiters               lie?

Do               they               intentionally               sell               students               two               years               of               a               business               administration               degree               that               leads               nowhere               ?
               The               answer               appears               to               be               yes.

I               sent               a               recent               high               school               graduate               to               the               MSB               admission               office               who               bravely               listened               to               two               hours               of               the               song               and               dance               they               give               perspective               students.

Then               my               undercover               student               asked               the               key               question.
               He               said               "               I               want               to               go               to               Normandale               Commmunity               College               or               the               University               of               Minnesota               later.

Will               my               credits               transfer?

"               
               The               answer               he               received               was               confusing               at               best.

Instead               of               a               straight-               forward               honest               NO               -               he               heard,               "               They               don't               all               transfer               at               once,               but               then               they               transfer               in               bunches."
               After               the               student               reported               back               to               me,               I               called               the               Admission               officer               back               and               directly               asked               ,               "               Do               the               credits               transfer               to               Normandale               or               the               U               of               M."
               The               answer               was               "Absolutely'.
               This               had               to               be               a               mistake.

I               asked               again.
               Again               the               answer               was,               "Absolutely,               with               no               problem."
               Gee,               great               -               where               can               I               sign               up               and               give               you               $25,000               for               lying               to               me?
               This               small               breach               in               MSB's               ethics               collectively               costs               students               millions               of               dollars..

And               the               stories               continue               to               be               heart               breaking.
               A               single               mother               told               me,               "I               wanted               to               get               out               of               poverty,               wanted               to               be               something,               someone.

I               fell               for               their               TV               commercial               and               two               years               later               I               have               an               AA               degree               in               Business               Administration,               with               credits               that               won't               transfer               anywhere.
               "The               worse               part,               they               drove               me               deeper               into               poverty.

I               now               owe               $30,000               in               student               loans               and               am               applying               for               jobs               at               Walmart               and               Walgreens,               jobs               I               could               have               gotten               without               the               degree.
               "And               I               still               struggle               to               feed               my               kid."
               Yet,               the               owner               of               Minnesota               School               of               Business               has               no               trouble               feeding               his               kids.
               A               note               of               explanation               here,               for               this               article,               I               did               want               to               hear               MSB's               side               of               the               story.

I               called               them,               but               they               wouldn't               return               phone               calls.

I               emailed               them               a               specific               list               of               questions.

Again,               no               response.
               One               question               I               asked               -               "What               was               the               average               debt               a               student               had               after               two               years               of               attending               the               school?

"
               It               wasn't               hard               to               figure               out.

I               interviewed               over               20               students,               all               whose               transcripts               had               been               rejected               by               college               after               college.

And               each               student               was               $20,000               to               $25,000               in               debt.

And               every               one               of               them               had               to               start               all               over               at               a               new               college.
               As               one               student               put               it,               "Credits               are               $350               apiece               at               MSB.

The               same               credit               is               $65               at               Normandale               or               MCTD.

And               the               $65               credit               transfers.

I               figured               it               would               cost               me               an               additional               $60,000               if               I               wanted               to               finish               my               Bachelors               at               MSB.
               "This               sucks,               I               wish               I               had               never               started               at               MSB."
               But               student               debt               is               good               for               the               owner               of               the               Minnesota               School               of               Business,               Terry               Myhre.

He               realized               early               that               he               could               finance               an               educational               empire               off               the               back               of               students.

They               took               out               the               loans,               they               had               to               pay               them               back               and               this               gave               him               a               source               of               interest-free               loans.
               So               with               the               help               of               student               contributions,               i.e.

student               loans               that               he               was               not               responsible               for               paying               back,               Myhre               built               an               educational               empire               including               MSB,               Globe               College,               Duluth               Business               University,               Minnesota               School               of               Technology,               Utah               Career               College               and               several               other               educational               institutions.
               And               while               students               struggle               with               credits               that               do               not               transfer               and               paying               off               20               -30,000               in               loans,               according               to               the               magazine               Minnesota               Business               ,               Myhre's               empire               is               geared               to               rake               in               $140               million               by               2008.
               Of               course               some               of               Terry's               profits               go               back               into               marketing               his               schools.

They               help               to               print               MSB               glossy               brochures               that               proclaim               "               Students               learn               skills               that               are               in               high               demand               by               employers…"
               However,               student               after               student               spins               the               same               story.

They               took               a               career               development               class               at               the               end               of               their               stint               at               MSB.

And,               after               paying               $1,000               for               the               class,               they               were               advised               to               cold-call               WalMart               and               other               retail               stores.
               As               one               student               put               it,               "               It               doesn't               take               a               genius               to               figure               out               I               could               have               applied               for               these               jobs               without               spending               $23,000               at               MSB."
               And               I               feel               worse               for               the               Music               Business               majors               I               had               in               class.

I               should               have               stepped               forward               and               said               -               Hey,               This               is               Minneapolis.

You               want               to               be               in               music,               move               to               Nashville,               Los               Angeles,               New               York.
               But               I               didn't.

And               a               former               music               business               major               said               to               me               the               other               day,               "               Not               one,               not               one               person,               I               graduated               with,               even               got               a               job               in               music."
               I               could               have               predicted               that.

Yet               I               brought               into               the               conspiracy               of               silence               that               their               degree               would               help               their               lives,               help               them               fulfill               their               dreams.

But               hey,               it               wasn't               "my               job"               to               discourage               students.
               But               if               you               look               long               enough,               you               can               find               the               truth.

It               is               buried               on               the               MSB               website.
               A               prospective               student               must               go               to               the               MSB               homepage,               click               on               About               Us,               click               on               Accreditation               and               then               have               the               sense               to               click               on               Licenses,               something               few               students               would               have               the               time               or               patience               for.
               Click               on               licenses,               you               find               this               terse               paragraph,               vaguely               worded               about               credits               transferring               anywhere.
               "Minnesota               School               of               Business               and               Globe               College               are               licensed               as               private               career               schools               with               the               Minnesota               Office               of               Higher               Education.

Licensure               is               not               an               endorsement               of               the               institution.

Credits               earned               at               the               institution               may               not               transfer               to               all               other               institutions.

The               educational               programs               may               not               meet               the               needs               of               every               student               or               employer."
               May               not               transfer?

May               not               meet               the               needs               of               an               employer?
               MSB               knows               this               all               too               well               and               is               used               to               treading               on               shaky               legal               ground.

In               fact               many               students,               unwittingly,               signed               arbitration               agreements               with               MSB               when               initially               registering               as               students.

It               doesn't               quite               match               a               warm               handshake               and               a               hearty               "welcome               to               college"               as               a               greeting,               but               from               the               first               day               that               a               student               signs               up,               MSB               puts               in               legal               roadblocks               to               protect               itself,               when               upset               students               threaten               lawsuits.
               However               in               a               perverted               way,               it               is               good               for               MSB               that               courses               do               not               transfer.

In               fact,               it               is               an               example               of               marketing               brillance.


               You               invest               two               years               and               $25,000               in               courses               that               transfer               nowhere.

You               want               a               Bachelor's               Degree.

You               guessed               it,               you               can               stay               at               MSB,               go               further               in               debt               and               earn               a               Bachelor's               Degree               there.
               It               is               the               old               "keep               the               suckers               coming               back"               version               of               marketing.
               Now,               let's               say               you               earn               your               Bachelor's               Degree               at               MSB.

And               you               want               an               MBA.

Except               your               courses               do               not               transfer               and               you               cannot               enter               any               MBA               program.

But               if               you               turn               in               a               circle               three               times               and               click               your               heels               together,               magical               things               happen.

That's               right,               although               no               other               university               will               accept               your               credits,               you               can               earn               an               MBA               degree               online               from               MSB.
               Students,               not               as               well               versed               in               marketing               as               the               experts               at               MSB               ,               are               slowly               get               ripped               off.
               Sadly,               this               philosophy               of               "money               is               king"               permeated               the               entire               academic               structure               of               MSB.

I               often               had               students               in               my               class               that               quite               frankly,               if               they               were               in               high               school,               would               be               receiving               free               special               education               help.

But               at               MSB,               when               a               student               struggled               with               a               class,               no               such               help               was               forthcoming.

But               MSB               was               glad               to               line               struggling               students               up               with               a               tutor               for               $8               an               hour.
               And               it               was               this               "money               is               king"               attitude               that               made               me               feel               like               standing               in               front               of               a               class               and               screaming.

"Run,               run               now               as               fast               as               you               can,               from               this               classroom,               from               this               place               before               you               end               up               owing               $30,000."
               In               a               half-assed               way,               I               tried;               during               a               class,               I               would               ask               students               "               Do               you               know               if               your               credits               transfer               to               a               regular               college."               
               They               all               said               ,               "Yes".
               I               would               say,"               No,               they               don't".
               Then,               students               would               call               St.

Thomas,               or               the               University               of               Minnesota,               or               a               local               community               college.

Next               day,               they               would               drag               in,               and               say,               "               You're               right.

No               one               takes               these               credits."
               And               finally,               the               last               two               quarters               I               was               at               MSB,               I               asked               every               single               class               ,               every               single               student               if               they               knew               their               credits               did               not               transfer.

I               asked               over               800               students               and               not               one               suspected               their               courses               would               never               transfer.
               And               the               longer               I               did               nothing,               how               many               students               a               semester               were               getting               screwed.?

How               much               did               my               failure               of               conscience               cost               students?
               I               made               weak               attempts.

I               talked               with               the               Dean               of               Faculty,               with               the               Head               of               the               Business               Programs.

I               sat               in               their               offices,               said               I               was               "bothered"               that               we               were               offering               students               courses               that               transferred               nowhere.

We               merely               left               them               dangling               at               the               end               of               a               $30,000               thread               with               no               prospects               of               a               decent               job               to               pay               their               massive               student               loans.
               I               should               have               persisted.

Kept               digging,               kept               pestering.

But               every               conversation               with               anyone               in               any               position               of               authority               ended               with               "We               are               working               on               getting               courses               accredited               for               transfer."
               In               my               over               three               years               at               MSB,               that               became               the               standard               answer               and               I               accepted               it.

Yet,               while               they               "were               working               on               it",               they               had               no               problem               charging               students               over               $300               a               credit               hour               for               courses               that               would               not               transfer.
               All               it               takes               is               enough               good               men               to               do               nothing               ….
               But               I               digress.

Let's               look               again               at               why               students               are               stuck               with               courses               that               don't               transfer.
               Brugge,               with               the               University               of               Minnesota,               pinpointed               another               reason               why               MSB               credits               don't               transfer.

MSB               courses               are               being               taught               by               unaccredited               faculty
               I               was               one               of               those               faculty
               I               should               have               suspected               that               something               was               amiss,               when               Minnesota               School               of               Business               hired               me               to               teach               math,               but               I               have               no               college               math               credits               and               I               last               took               a               math               class               in               high               school               over               30               years               ago.

And,               barely               passed               it.


               Yet,               there               I               was,               teaching               class               after               class               of               Fundamental               Math,               at               not               one               campus,               but               several.
               It               got               worse.

I               taught               Interpersonal               Relations               .

This               was               frightening               as               I               only               took               one               psychology               course               in               college               and               earned               a               D               in               it.
               And               then               ,               all               of               a               sudden,               I               was               teaching               Business!

I               was               multi-talented.

Quarter               after               quarter,               I               taught               Marketing,               Small               Business               Management,               Introduction               to               Business,               Advertising,               Consumer               Behavior,               Strategic               Marketing               -               heck               I               was               a               second               Donald               Trump.

I               taught               a               vast               array               of               business               courses.
               You               guessed               it.

I               had               no               academic               training               in               business.

No               MBA.

I               took               two               basic               business               courses               in               college               and               bailed               out               as               soon               as               I               could.

It               was               amazing               that               I               could               teach               such               a               variety               of               courses               with               an               MFA               in               creative               writing.
               I               even               went               to               the               Dean               of               Faculty.

Gave               her               a               copy               of               one               of               my               books.

How               to               Write               a               Damn               Good               Speech.

I               said               "               Hey,               I               was               a               corporate               speechwriter.

I               have               written               books               on               business               communication.

I               can               teach               communications."
               But               that's               not               how               the               system               worked.

They               had               a               lawyer               teaching               business               math,               they               had               me               teaching               Math               and               Business,               they               had               women               with               degrees               in               poetry               teaching               Business               Communications.

It               got               worse,               students               checked               the               Biology's               instructor               credentials.

She               had               no               college               degree               and               certainly               no               graduate               degree               in               biology.
               Yet               programs               at               MSB               kept               getting               accredited.
               How?

An               ex-employee               confessed               to               me.

"It               was               blatant.

I               lied               my               head               off               to               the               accrediting               committee."
               And               apparently,               students               are               warned               away               from               talking               to               the               accreditation               committees.
               "The               accreditation               people               came               at               the               beginning               of               the               quarter",               a               student               remembers.

"Linda               F.

was               on               a               mission               the               week               before!!!

She               came               into               our               class               and               talked               to               us               like               we               were               a               bunch               of               retards.

She               tried               to               make               sure               that               if               we               had               any               issues               with               the               school               that               we               wouldn't               talk               to               the               accreditation               people.

She               fed               us               the               biggest               load               of               BS               I               have               ever               seen               at               that               school.

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               And               the               lies               apparently               were               told               to               students               and               the               accreditation               committees.
               Another               ex-employee               said,               "We               told               students               and               the               accreditation               committee               there               would               be               a               full-fledged               Vet               Tech               program               at               the               MSB               Richfield               Campus.

We               knew               there               never               would               be.
               "We               knew               that               was               a               lie.

In               fact,               Richfield               does               not               even               offer               a               Vet               Tech               program               anymore."
               Unaccredited               teachers,               credits               that               don't               transfer,               students               mired               in               debt,               accreditation               committees               and               students               lied               to,               prospective               students               lied               to.

And               meanwhile,               Terry               Myhre               merrily               builds               a               financial               empire               off               the               back               of               students               and               the               loans               they               get               stuck               with.
               What               was               I               thinking               ?

Why               would               I               participate               in               that?

Yet,               I               did.
               It               is               all               very               sad               when               you               consider               MSB's               slogan.

Bright               futures               start               here.

If               only               they               did.






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