Q: Is it legal for a graduate program to promote their program using false information about previous graduates?
I finished graduate school and upon entering the program the site mentioned how they had graduates who had these certain jobs in the field and how some went on with further education to get more advanced positions. After the first semester we found out we were the 2nd class for this program and they were using information from when they were part of another school with a completely different program/focus (their words). We brought this to the attention of the people in charge of the program, the Dean and Provost but they just said they would look into it but nothing changed on the site, and two more classes of students were accepted in the program based on the information also. At that time the Dean informed us that this wasn't the hands-on and practical program the site misled the students to believe but theory and humanity focused program, which apparently the first group of students complained about as well the prior year. Is this legal/allowed to be done and should I report to NYS?
A: You can report it to the New York State Department of Education.
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