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[–] fuck_communism 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Yes.

At my uni there is a whole 'urban affairs' department dedicated to providing jobs, benefits, pensions, and office services to political has beens, never was', and various hangers on. Each member gets full faculty benefits in spite of only teaching 0 to 1 classes a semester. This department occupies several floors of an $80 million cutting edge leed platinum 'green' building (could have been built for $25 million and still been 'green') built by the political establishment's favorite contractor.

At this same uni there are dozens of 6 figure BS administrative positions created to provide jobs for friends and family of the political class.

The largest public uni in my state has a publicly funded to the tune of $10 million a year 'think tank' devoted to training union officials and agitators.

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[–] poodog 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The chancellor and most of the admin staff at a college in my hometown were arrested 15 years or so ago for embezzling over 3 million dollars out of the state funded school.

That particular college was totally corrupt.

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[–] RedNowGrey 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Are you talking about nonprofit, or for-profit universities?

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[–] thesuperpapagai [S] ago 

Both, but is there really a difference?

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[–] RedNowGrey 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yes. Graduation rates of for-profit universities is abysmal. Non-profit higher educational institutions tend to admit only students who be able to accomplish the work necessary to graduate. For-profit institutions tend to admit only students who can pay, by cash, loan or GI bill.

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[–] Scruffy_Nerfherder 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

That's my secret; I think everything is corrupt.

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[–] Gardmeria 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

Why? Did you flunk your first semester?

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[–] pitenius ago  (edited ago)

You know how universities handle "rape" claims "in house"? Is there any way that could not be corrupt? I mean, we have a system to investigate drugs, rape, etc: the judicial branch of the government. You can imagine the scenario of these university investigators supports or undermines your own conspiracy theories, but we'll never know: the books are sealed. That's the picture of corruption.

Edit: wrong link. Shitty source, sure, but...