{"id":49490,"date":"2019-09-21T15:29:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T22:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.edu\/?p=49490"},"modified":"2019-09-21T15:29:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T22:29:33","slug":"the-deep-frauds-of-l-a-community-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/the-deep-frauds-of-l-a-community-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"The deep frauds of L.A. Community Colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Community colleges are the ripest of fields for fraud. One might think that the for-profit schools would be the best, but for-profits get scrutiny, particularly from our state and Federal governments. As government-run operations, CC\u2019s get a free pass from such scrutiny, and this allows endless breathtaking fraud.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve looked at LACC a few years ago; they spend about 25% of their resources on 6th grade level material<\/a>\u2026not a good sign that this is what folk would call a legit community college.<\/p>\n

So what have they been up to lately?<\/p>\n

L.A. Community College hit with whistleblower complaint over construction bond program<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Again, non-state schools absolutely engage in highly questionable real estate deals, an easy way to launder the student loan money. The only difference is the state schools get to do the same with tax dollars.<\/p>\n

In this case, we\u2019re looking at $3.3 billion dollar bond\u2026with that kind of money involved, it\u2019s no great shock that there\u2019s some corruption involved.<\/p>\n

The whistleblower was the chief facilities executive overseeing this, and encountered many \u201cissues\u201d once he started oversight of the project. He made his complaints to the higher-ups at the CC, and they responded much as I\u2019ve seen their like respond to faculty with integrity many times: they fired him.<\/p>\n

The CC officially says the complaints are unsubstantiated, while the whistleblower has filed a near $2 million lawsuit. Considering how many times in the past I\u2019ve seen a school say \u201cnothing to see here\u201d only to lose badly in the courts, I\u2019m inclined to believe the whistleblower has the right of it.<\/p>\n

One of his issues was how L.A. CC system, which has a stunning 200,000 students, really didn\u2019t need the new space because it wasn\u2019t using what it already had\u2014spending over $4 million a year just on maintenance for the unused facilities.<\/p>\n

Now, the case is still open, so perhaps I\u2019ll lets the courts pass judgement before I do. Let\u2019s take a look at another ongoing issue at L.A.\u2019s community college system:<\/p>\n

LA College Gets Flak Over Public Use of Taxpayer-Funded Track<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

So, this, massive, huge community college system has a track. I\u2019m not expert in such things, but it\u2019s top of the line:<\/p>\n

Community members say Los Angeles Valley College used taxpayer money to build a $4 million state-of-the-art stadium, but is limiting public use of the track to one morning per week\u2026jewel of the stadium is its 10-lane rubberized track. The school says is the first of its kind in California.<\/em><\/p>\n

Because these schools are taxpayer funded, the facilities are often available to citizens, not just students, although naturally the school gets top priority. I guess the CC\u2019s track team uses it often?<\/p>\n

LAVC doesn’t have a track team, so outside of some physical education courses, it seems like it is seldom used.<\/em><\/p>\n

Wow, all that money for a track, they don\u2019t have a team, and they don\u2019t want the public using it, either. Granted, I\u2019ve seen similar ridiculous wastes at a community college, and this is hardly different than building a 5 star restaurant on campus just for the Poo Bah<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Am I really the only who might suspect some of the gigantic sums of money going into these building projects are really just flowing into administrative pockets? It\u2019s a shame only a government would have the resources to do a full investigation of such a large building project, following all the money, because we know full well the government won\u2019t investigate itself.<\/p>\n

The CC here defends its action by saying it\u2019s a public safety issue, and they just don\u2019t got the money to hire someone to watch the track while the serfs use it (this is a system with more admin\/staff than faculty, by the way):<\/p>\n

In talking with athletic and facilities directors from several public colleges and schools, they say they never heard of an outdoor track requiring a paid employee to sit and watch people work out. They also said they haven’t seen a track surface vandalized.<\/em><\/p>\n

More lies, just part for the course.<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t have the money to hire a security guard, but they have money for payouts:<\/p>\n

LA Valley College worker awarded $2.9 million in employment lawsuit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

It really is amazing the stuff that goes on in these schools. We\u2019re told that these community colleges, and the grotesque sums of money spent on them, are justified because of the benefits they offer to the community.<\/p>\n

This leads to the true fraud: these schools certainly collect tax dollars, and it\u2019s clear they don\u2019t spend that money when it comes to real estate. They do even worse when it comes to education. The bulk of the resources at these schools are spent on remedial programs, even though it\u2019s well known that a high majority of remedial students fail<\/a>, get nothing out of college but wasted years and debt.<\/p>\n

Perhaps Los Angeles\u2019 community college system has used it\u2019s great experience with so many students to justify all the money the taxpayers \u201cgenerously\u201d \u201cgive\u201d to it. What kind of success does this system have? Well, one thing government does well is keep records (unless it involves our highest officials, of course\u2014hi Epstein!), and so it\u2019s easy enough to find out<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Fall 2011 Cohort
\nCompletion Rate: 21.12 %
\nTransfer Rate: 9.13 %
\nLAVC SRTK Trend Data<\/p>\n

last updated 4\/21\/2016<\/p>\n

To emphasize: the school knows the above statistics because they submit them. They know what they\u2019re doing wrong, know that they\u2019re wasting money on educational fraud, but keep on doing it.<\/p>\n

That completion rate is over a 3 year timeline, a bit of a problem when you consider we\u2019re looking at a system which claims to have 2 year degrees. If we went to a 2 year completion rate, it\u2019d likely be closer to 2% (a widely varying national average, with sub-1% rates quite common<\/a>).<\/p>\n

We really should ask some questions here about why schools where around 80% of students don\u2019t get their 2 year degrees in 3 years still get to call themselves 2 year schools\u2026<\/p>\n

Ultimately, this is the real fraud of LACC and, frankly, most community colleges: they\u2019re not colleges, and they don\u2019t educated. But they do build nice palaces for their leaders, so there\u2019s that.<\/p>\n

www.professorconfess.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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