All schools, for profit or non, should have to disclose placement rate
I think it is terrific that for profit schools have to disclose placement rates. It keeps our eyes on the end results: launching students into the workforce. Ironically, non-profit schools are not held to this standard. It would be interesting to see how not for profit and for profit schools compare in placement rates.
That is a great point. Any student at any institution should carefully consider the placement rates within their field of study. It personally happened to me in my education. A school offered me an extremly generous scholarship but when I saw the placements of graduates, I went to another school that offered a scholarship for much less money, but there the placement rates were twice as high. It was the right choice.
I agree that all eyes should be focused on the end result, launching students into the workforce, therefore, whether it is a for profit or not, schools should be required to disclose their placement rates.
I work for a not for profit school and we are told to disclose our placement rating. We dont like to call it "placement" we like to call it assistance. Placement hints that it is guarunteed. We can not gauruntee employment for 3 reasons. Poor attendance (employers dont want no show employees) Not everyone is employable. (depending on students mentality level they cant andle the commitment to a full time job.) and 3rd of all drug use...shouldnt have to expalin that one, but employers all drug test. If you cant pass a drugtest, we cant gauruntee you a job.
I agree with your statemnt and I feel this is what keep for profit schools in the forefront. Many times for profit school get a bad rap due to some things that have hapened with in the sector. Thos graduation rates and placement rates show that we are more than just insttutions that take advantage of students we do everything in our power to make them succesful from the completion of the program to placement in their field.
I feel torn on this issue. Many non-profit schools have several levels of education. It is difficult to determine the placement rate because some students spend over a decade educating themselves and receiving their title when they are done is the goal. However, as someone who does hold a Masters, I was very dismayed by the movement from student to professional after I graduated. Because I was offered no assistance by my school, finding out how to find a job took a good amount of time. Then finding a job using those resources after I had discovered how to utilize them properly took even longer. My school educated me and then celebrated my education at my graduation and pushed me off a cliff into "the world of the professional." I hear so many of my friends go through the same experience. I know I am not alone. Career placement is not emphasized at most non-profit schools. The education itself is supposed to be reward enough.
Not for profit schools' do not have as their end goal specifically a specific career necessarily...an education for education sake is one of their end points and in this case - perhaps measuring job placement as an endpoint is not a correct measure of success necessarily.
I agree Nicole. It is very important for prospective students to know the placement rates for their school or interest. Now-a-days, finding a job is vital and an integral part of furthering ones education. To know what the current placement rate is prior to enrolling would be nice so that as a prospective student, they know the probability of finding a job once they have completed that particular program with that institution.
