Marathon Pundit has a story that has this Marine torqued off. It seems that the Executive MBA program at the University of Illinois doesn't cotton to veterans. Good enough to take a bullet for you, but not a class from you, eh? Or good enough to use for advertising, but not diverse enough to mix in.
Broken promises: How "jarheads" got shunted aside at the University of Illinois: A Marathon Pundit series
"So the idea was a go and a press release announcing the program was sent out on March 3 [2006]. In it, the 110 military scholarships was the big news. No other University in the country had ever done something on this scale for veterans. "
The announcement was made. A free MBA program, targeted at 110 Illinois veterans. It was big news, getting national attention. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld mentioned it. Soldiers overseas were signing up and being told they were accepted.
But something happened.
Apparently fearing that there would not be enough funds for the program, University official decided to un-accept them, telling them the program was closed ... except that they continued to recruit civilians for the program. It seems the point was to recruit from the Middle East, all right, but not Americans serving there. Teaching Americans involves too much paperwork -- the foreigners pay hard currency.
As an alumnus of the University, I am ashamed, and deeply offended.
[h/t: Moe Lane at Redstate]
wow...not really sure what to say...
At least IVG is still intact.
Hey, the story just made the DI today: media.www.dailyillini.com/media/storage/paper736/news/2007/03/06/News/Investigative.Report.Mba.Admissions.Process.Questioned-2759535.shtml
I was told by someone who worked at the MBA office in Champaign that the College was reporting GMAT scores of applicants, not just those enrolled in the program, to the rating agencies, Business Week and others in an effort to increase the perceived "quality" of their program.