Friday, September 3, 2010

Reward yourself—with debt!


Cuomo Probes Credit Card Marketing to Students (Inside Higher Ed)
     Andrew Cuomo, New York State's attorney general (and the Democratic candidate for governor), announced Thursday that his office has started an investigation into "deceptive credit card marketing practices" that focus on college students. He said that his office has sent letters to every college and university in New York State, asking for information on agreements and marketing deals so he can look for "problematic" practices. Cuomo's statement said he was concerned about reports of colleges giving credit card companies students' personal contact information without the students' permission and of cases in which the credit card companies "have bombarded students with solicitations at student centers, athletic events, orientations, classroom buildings, and other campus locations."
     Back in the spring, we noted the many ads for for-profits on the Lariat’s website. Those seem to have largely disappeared.

     But the credit card ads remain. I just checked (here).

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When you click on the Lariat ad, you get this

     No such ads seem to appear in the online editions of the OCC “Coast Report,” but I found the same ad in the Fullerton “Weekly Hornet” (plus a DeVry ad) and the Santa Ana College “El Don.”

Dr. Rajen Vurdien set to take role as new president (Fullerton "Weekly Hornet")
The former VP of Instruction at Saddleback College brings with him a wealth of experience.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Do you know if the Lariat decided no longer to run ads of for-profits? Is it possible to shame them into abandoning these credit card ads?

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