A second lawsuit charges Rutgers Business School fraudulently sought to improve its U.S. News & World Report rankings by creating bogus jobs for graduates.A Rutgers MBA student filed a federal class action suit against the university Tuesday, charging that its business school violated the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act by allegedly creating fake jobs for graduates simply to boost its U.S. News & World Report program rankings.
The lawsuit claimed that as a result of Rutgers’ fraudulent and deceptive business practices, its students paid a premium tuition, but received an education less than what they expected given the flawed rankings. “We will say without equivocation, however, that we take seriously our obligation to accurately report data and other information to ranking and reporting agencies. We are confident in our process and procedures to accurately report to rankings publications,” the university said.
In a separate lawsuit on Friday filed by the same law firm, Deidre White, the business school’s human resources manager, alleged the program had used an outside temp agency to hire MBA students who were having trouble finding jobs. It charged that Rutgers placed them into sham positions at the university itself — for no other reason than to make it appear like a greater number of graduates were getting full-time jobs after getting their diplomas.
In his lawsuit, Budet — who attorneys say is enrolled as a graduate student at Rutgers in its Supply Chain Management MBA program — claimed that by bolstering its employment data, Rutgers Business School “created an impression that post-graduation employment was virtually guaranteed.”
If he thought that any degree might constitute a guarantee of employment then he shouldn't have been admitted to the program in the first place.
The exorbitant amount of money spent on fraud lawsuits by Rutgers could easily have went to fair raises to staff and faculty at a university that treats their workforce like they hate them.
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