LOL Maryland - College Park (LINK)
- Thread starter Richard the LIONhearted
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Thanks.
I had read about this when it hit the news, but then nothing else has been reported that I could find. They just opened a new HQ on the site of the old Arby's on the corner of Atherton and College, where the new high-rise is with apts and condos (and maybe some shopping?) KCF is in the news for positive stuff all the time, too. I've heard good and bad about them as an employer.
Hopefully Norm will enlighten us on more details.
Hope Nick Cross is feeling good about that compromise he struck with his parents.
I think KFC is grossly over-rated. Much better fried chicken at Popeye's or Church's.
KFC is great until about 5 minutes after you finish eating.
If it's gotta be fast food, you go with the world leader and that's Micky D's all the way. Wendys a close second.
This is more or less a normal, business-as-usual response by accreditation groups to high-profile scandals. PSU (Sandusky-related), UNC (fake classes), Maryland. The groups have decided that they can’t just sit back and say nothing, so they don’t.
So, basically, a bunch of administrators and their cronies are protecting their turf by using the threat of de-accredation (which will never happen) to put a school’s governing board in its place. Not surprising. Professional academia is a cesspool.
Factually... do you think this accredation matters for UMD?
At some point these schools will say... go for it.
LdN
In order to put someone in his place, the putter need to know where that place is. In the aftermath of McNair's case, it's abundantly clear that neither the Maryland administration or its Board of Regents has a clue where that might be.
If you lose your accreditation then you lose federal student-aid funds. Also, it really hurts students who want to go on to graduate school as generally it’s expected that your Bachelor’s be from an accredited school. Enrollment would plummet. Vicious cycle, you get the idea.
Yes I understand how it currently works. I am saying that these massive state universities really do not need this accreditation and at one point will say so.
They are regulated by three groups already.
LdN
Which means the people who get hurt by this are innocent college students, which sucks, and also makes me wonder why some think this is funny, because it is NOT.
There is zero chance this accreditation is pulled. Do you realize how powerful UMD is vs this stupid group?
DC pols would be up in arms and the entire system would change.
LdN
Yes, zero chance of this happening. At the same time, Maryland has taken steps to attempt to ensure that the “problems” are “fixed.” They haven’t been sitting on their hands. I’m not aware of any school with issues just sitting there and daring the group to pull their accreditation. It’s not that hard to remain accredited, and it forces the school to take a fresh look at its issues, which is usually a good thing. The upside of playing along is worth it, especially in comparison with the downside of losing accreditation.
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