Unless a school says they guarantee a job withiin x amount of month, there is no case.
A school is only meant to educate you, not to land you a job.

I agree with Zivanoid.

From CNN:
"As Thompson sees it, any reasonable employer would pounce on an applicant with her academic credentials, which include a 2.7 grade-point average and a solid attendance record."

Maybe she should start looking for work in Lala Land, since that's clearly where she lives!

Colleges keep attendance records? Since when?

Anyway, this is ridiculous. I guess it's easier to find someone to blame than to really get out and pound the pavement (or, heaven forbid, to take a retail or food service job until something more ideal comes along).

If every underemployed/unemployed college grad sued their alma mater, every school in the nation would be flat broke. I know SO many people who graduated with bachelor's degrees and now work in fast food or retail because that's the only job they could find.

She has no case. I know so many people in this situation, myself included. Unfortunately, they promise you an education not a job.

Spectra - there's one right here. I work serving despite my BA.

Unless there was a contract guaranteeing employment as a result of her degree, I don't think she can realistically expect to win this. I'm shocked a lawyer took this. (S)He must expect the school to decide it's not worth fighting and settle out of court.

I saw this first this morning. Still: Seriously? And a 2.7 is not impressive. That is barely above a 'C' average and therefore barely above average.

Career advisement centers do not come with job guarantees.

"Life is what happens when we are busy making other plans."

What a whiner. 2.7? Seriously?

2.7. LOL

Riiiight, and it's the SCHOOL's fault that she can't find a job.

If she just put that energy into finding a job, she might not need to sue anymore.

So does this mean my husband should sue his college because they told him his chosen field would be year-round and he hasn't had work for 4 days because they're slow?

I LOL'ed at "any potential employer would pounce on someone with a 2.7 GPA". She reminds me of the lady who was trying to sue Sally Hansen because SHE microwaved hot wax til it was literally boiling over in the jar and still applied it. DUMBASS. Next moron please!

Wow. 2.7 and she thinks she's all that? Wow. When I was looking for my first job after college (which I got after tons of pavement pounding!) every website, guidance counselor, library assistant, etc, said that unless GPA was OVER 3.8 don't even mention it! What a fat, lazy, selfish, self-centered, entitled country this has become!

haha i wouldn't advertise a 2.7 GPA

I agree with everyone else who posted, she has entitlement issues here. School is for education not job placement.

Sheesh, whatever happened to PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY?? I can only imagine how she comes off in an interview.

2.7 at a not well-known school? wow. i hope she loses and never finds a job. i wouldn't hire her after hearing she tried to sue her school!

Thanks for posting this story, Savvy, I needed a laugh this morning What a friggin joke this woman is...

My morning radio show discussed this a few days ago and it's just sooo ridiculous!! The college career center does not promise to get you a job. And that's not their responsibility, they are there to help you search and apply for jobs, not to do all the work! Besides, she could probably get A job, maybe not the job she wants, but some job.

I can't even imagine this case will make it to court, and if it does I'd be one pissed off juror wasting my time with this.

I hadn't heard about the 2.7 gpa, but that is not impressive at all. Don't most majors require a minimum 3.0 gpa? And imo, this isn't going to help with her job search. Who wants to hire someone who is lawsuit happy?

Rather than spending time and money on the law suit, won't it be better if she focuses her efforts on job searching? Anyone can find a job if she so want it. Just need to be positive instead on blaming everyone else including her school.

What a crock of BS.
Yep. I agree with everyone. 2.7 GPA is NOT impressive. She should use this time she used spent on lawyer and lawsuit for finding a job.

Her specific situation is ridiculous.

I do remember back in my senior year of high school "college" recruiters would come out and talk about how their vocational schools were shorter, better, faster, and graduates earn more. They didn't specifically guarantee a high paying job, but did offer a number of real examples.

It was analogous to how real estate agents "guaranteed" the housing market will always go up.

Our parents guaranteed us, for 18 years, good paying jobs as long as we got a degree. Then we left the nest, they remodeled the house, and some of us moved back in to live in the remodeled rooms.

The thing that makes me laugh is the bumper sticker "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."

We've been fed a lot of nonsense.

As if attending college (or any education above the 3 R's) guarantees anything at all other than debt, a few bad habits, and perhaps an STD.

My advice to young people: First, educate yourself in handling your finances, and then consider whether college makes any sense for you. In many cases, you'd end up much better off in any economy as a mester plumber. Sock away 100K in the four years that you gain.

I disagree with the lawsuit, but it is food for thought. These colleges need to be put on notice that they cannot continue raising tuition to far outpace inflation. We need more value. Much of the "value" is in our minds.

I am shocked at the number of kids from New York who attend uncompetitive out-of-state colleges (in e.g. Virginia). Not everyone needs a B.A.

I think not! Employment after college is certainly not solely based on the college helping you. If it were, then she might have a case.