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Related: About this forumHere's a sampling of media coverage of the Burlington College story.
This mornings clips are brutal for the Sanders campaign, especially on the day of two must-win primaries:
The Burlington Free Press: In response to reporters' questions about a possible law enforcement probe into the college's finances, declined to comment.
Politico: The college was also on the Education Departments list of colleges that are subject to extra scrutiny known as heightened cash monitoring as recently as March 1, for issues relating to financial responsibility.
Vanity Fair: The financial failure of Burlington College presents a jarring contrast with the upbeat, optimistic message of the Sanders campaign While Sanders has inspired millions of young supporters with his promise to eliminate college debt, his wifes decision to hike tuition in order to pay for a costly campus expansiona big factor in the rise of college tuition throughout the countrycasts Bernies hopeful policy proposals in a more complicated light.
The Atlantic: Jane Sanders holds a doctorate in Leadership and Policy Studies from the Union Institute, a nontraditional school that critics sometimes call a diploma mill. Union made national headlines during the 2012 campaign because Marcus Bachmann, husband of then-Representative Michele Bachmann, also received his doctorate there."
CNN: A loan application that Jane signed apparently overstated the amount of pledged donations Burlington College had when acquiring the land. The school took a $6.7 million loan. The Vermont Journalism Trust first reported last year that she told Peoples United Bank that the college had $2.6 million in pledged donations to support the purchase: The college, however, received only $676,000 in actual donations from 2010 through 2014 Burlington College also cited a $1 million bequest as a pledged donation that would be paid out over six years, even though the money would only be available after the donors death.
The Washington Free Beacon reported in January that, when Jane was president, the college also enrolled students at a woodworking school run by her daughter and spent more than half a million dollars on the endeavor, which ended not long after she left.
Jane has also profited off Bernies campaigns: She received $91,020 between 2002 and 2004 for "consultation" and to negotiate the purchase of television and radio time-slots for Sanders' advertisements, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported in 2006.
Politico: The college was also on the Education Departments list of colleges that are subject to extra scrutiny known as heightened cash monitoring as recently as March 1, for issues relating to financial responsibility.
Vanity Fair: The financial failure of Burlington College presents a jarring contrast with the upbeat, optimistic message of the Sanders campaign While Sanders has inspired millions of young supporters with his promise to eliminate college debt, his wifes decision to hike tuition in order to pay for a costly campus expansiona big factor in the rise of college tuition throughout the countrycasts Bernies hopeful policy proposals in a more complicated light.
The Atlantic: Jane Sanders holds a doctorate in Leadership and Policy Studies from the Union Institute, a nontraditional school that critics sometimes call a diploma mill. Union made national headlines during the 2012 campaign because Marcus Bachmann, husband of then-Representative Michele Bachmann, also received his doctorate there."
CNN: A loan application that Jane signed apparently overstated the amount of pledged donations Burlington College had when acquiring the land. The school took a $6.7 million loan. The Vermont Journalism Trust first reported last year that she told Peoples United Bank that the college had $2.6 million in pledged donations to support the purchase: The college, however, received only $676,000 in actual donations from 2010 through 2014 Burlington College also cited a $1 million bequest as a pledged donation that would be paid out over six years, even though the money would only be available after the donors death.
The Washington Free Beacon reported in January that, when Jane was president, the college also enrolled students at a woodworking school run by her daughter and spent more than half a million dollars on the endeavor, which ended not long after she left.
Jane has also profited off Bernies campaigns: She received $91,020 between 2002 and 2004 for "consultation" and to negotiate the purchase of television and radio time-slots for Sanders' advertisements, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported in 2006.
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Here's a sampling of media coverage of the Burlington College story. (Original Post)
kstewart33
May 2016
OP
revmclaren
(2,523 posts)1. Add MSNBC to the list.
The just had a story on it.
livetohike
(22,144 posts)2. Finally. Vetting Sanders the way they should have done
months ago. Union Institute=diploma mill. That explains some things.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)3. Anyone else surprised
that the story is being covered at all after all these months of the media giving him minimal scrutiny?
SunSeeker
(51,559 posts)4. LOL The Atlantic reported Jane got a degree from the same diploma mill as Marcus Bachmann.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)5. Wow. That's a lot of huge, blatant lies. That's a lot of grift!
Koinos
(2,792 posts)6. K & R
otohara
(24,135 posts)7. Excuse Me Vanity Fair - WTF Are You Talking About?
The financial failure of Burlington College presents a jarring contrast with the "upbeat, optimistic" message of the Sanders campaign
His message day after day after day is one of anger, division and blame. Otherwise his fans wouldn't be harassing, intimidating and threatening others.
Optimist and upbeat - far from it.
obamanut2012
(26,076 posts)8. How did I not know her "degree" was from the Union Institute?!
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)9. Woah! Finally getting coverage!
Took the poor college's implosion! Wondering if the Sanders even care!
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)10. No Jane Sanders Today!!
Cha
(297,240 posts)11. KICK! Thank you, stewart~