http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/04/06/university-of-florida-admits-3000-students-then-tells-them-it-is-only-for-online-program/?tid=sm_fb
UF accepted over 15,000 applicants this year, but over 3,100 of them are only accepted to an online-only program. This was set in motion by legislation passed in 2013 (remember the whole "high-research activity university" designation for only UF and FSU), which allows UF and FSU to set up online-only bachelor's degree programs and charge 75% of regular tuition for them.
"They were told that the acceptance was contingent on their agreement to spend their first year taking classes online as part of a new program designed to attract more freshmen to the flagship public university.
The 3,118 applicants accepted this way to the university — above and beyond the approximately 12,000 students offered traditional freshman slots — did not apply to the online program. Nor were they told that there was a chance that they would be accepted with the online caveat."
It's one thing to accept students who apply for an online-only program; it's a sham to accept students who did not apply to be online-only as accepted into an online-only program. I wonder how many of those 3,100 will take the offer?
This post was edited on 4/6 2:42 PM by CommuterBob
UF accepted over 15,000 applicants this year, but over 3,100 of them are only accepted to an online-only program. This was set in motion by legislation passed in 2013 (remember the whole "high-research activity university" designation for only UF and FSU), which allows UF and FSU to set up online-only bachelor's degree programs and charge 75% of regular tuition for them.
"They were told that the acceptance was contingent on their agreement to spend their first year taking classes online as part of a new program designed to attract more freshmen to the flagship public university.
The 3,118 applicants accepted this way to the university — above and beyond the approximately 12,000 students offered traditional freshman slots — did not apply to the online program. Nor were they told that there was a chance that they would be accepted with the online caveat."
It's one thing to accept students who apply for an online-only program; it's a sham to accept students who did not apply to be online-only as accepted into an online-only program. I wonder how many of those 3,100 will take the offer?
This post was edited on 4/6 2:42 PM by CommuterBob
