In general terms, the totality of the disclosures mentioned in Module 3 are reflective of the general bureaucratic nature of government and public institutions. In all candor, the tedium involved in publishing and compelling the dissemination of these "required" disclosures appear inefficient and obtrusive. I am a proponent of the institution catalog, financial aid information, and cost analysis for program participation; however, many of the remaining disclosures should/could be an available upon request element, requiring prospective students and other interested policies to exercise some personal initiative to obtain information valuable to them personally. Per institution location, a customer service representative… >>>

The ethical nature of higher education is once again being spotlighted in this module. The very premise of "misrepresentation" is to be willfully false, and that is a moral deficiency that those involved in education cannot afford. While academic institutions must follow standard business practices, recruit students, and charge for services rendered, there is, once again, the inherent virtuosity that places the academic world a cut above the sometimes cutthroat and unscrupulous business practices of the general economy. If deception is the only way to maintain an institution's solvency, then that institution is no longer worthy or capable of serving… >>>