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Rick Edmonds replied to the topic Feedback on urgent meeting for Private FET Colleges by the DHET in the forum Diversity, Culture, Ethics, Values, Morals, Equality, Race, Ethnicity 8 years, 3 months ago
My concern is whether or not such an ‘administrative agreement’ would hold up if challenged in a court of law. And if it does, that would be setting a problematic precedent that would be hard to argue against. Each party (providers and the state) could argue either way and there could be expensive, ugly and protracted litigation where eve…[Read more]
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Rick Edmonds replied to the topic Client Payment Ethics in the forum General – topics not covered by categories 8 years, 3 months ago
Our college very rarely does work for the state (so I can’t comment on their efficiency), but it looks like many businesses in the private sector are no better than some state departments; I wonder if they have the cheek to complain about government bureaucracy
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Rick Edmonds replied to the topic Feedback on urgent meeting for Private FET Colleges by the DHET in the forum Diversity, Culture, Ethics, Values, Morals, Equality, Race, Ethnicity 8 years, 3 months ago
APPETD has had similar positive experiences in discussions with Dr. Buthelezi. Our CEO, Cynthia Reynders, says that another meeting with private FET providers is scheduled for mid-January 2013. Rick Edmonds, Chair, HE Chamber
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Rick Edmonds replied to the topic Client Payment Ethics in the forum General – topics not covered by categories 8 years, 4 months ago
At the APPETD AGM a few weeks back, I suggested that we consider establishing a students/delegates ‘black-list’ for providers. There is nothing more annoying than discovering that a student who cancelled a course halfway through, citing the Consumer Protection Act when demanding a refund of the 20% that he paid, had just done the same thing to…[Read more]
