[game_edu] Here goes the first shoe . . .

[Dan Carreker]

Interesting.  The main thing I took away from this was the placement rate. 
If the 97% claim shows up in any of their marketing materials and the 
numbers don't support it, seems to me they could be in trouble.  Scary, 
because I heard one of our recruiters at school use a similar number the 
other day.

I'd be interested to know how many if any of the students suing were in the 
game program.  So far this story has focused on the larger school itself, 
not any particular field of study.

Dan Carreker
www.NarrativeDesigns.com
"If I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood.
 I'd type a little faster."  - Asimov

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kevin at kogsspin.com>
To: <game_edu at igda.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:47 PM
Subject: [game_edu] Here goes the first shoe . . .



> Well, here's a topic we've all tried to step carefully around.  I know  a 

> lot of innocent people have been affected by this and some more will 

> probably be affected by the upcoming lawsuit.  It will be interesting  to 

> see what sort of traction the story gains and how the public and  the 

> industry react.  Nothing against Westwood . . . this was bound to  happen 

> to some program some time -- especially one of the for-profit  ones.

>

> http://www.videosift.com/video/Westwood-College-Sued-For-Fraud

>

> --Kevin

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