Anyone visit High Point University?

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<p>A student was bullied, 135 students grades were given in a handout (for SPSS graphing assignment) and the student was accused of plagiarism which they handled “in house,” yet the student received official sanctioning but not allowed an appeal as per University Student Handbook and Faculty Handbook, and she has bent over backwards trying to get Dr. Carroll, Dr. Qubein and a few other “sterling” faculty members to rectify the malfeasance, but each and every one who gets involved passes the buck and side-steps the issue completely.</p>

<p>Now, for anyone who wished to put aside speculation and see some EVIDENCE sent from and signed by the aforementioned crooks then please, I encourage you to provide me your email address and I’ll show you my hand.</p>

<p>My colleague has nothing to lose and all she can do is try to get the word out. I’m not saying every student gets shafted, or in this case stabbed in the back and broken off in it, but if anyone wants to even consider the notion that behind the glitz and creepy slogans and sales pitch their self-righteous little greek (or whatever) president delivers is a corrupt self-serving network of goons, then I encourage you to read the documents I have. You’ll recognize the names and signatures but the nature of their behavior you will find appalling.</p>

<p>That’s what I mean folks. Stop listening to my speculation or bitterness of whatever and read the proof; their actions speak volumes for their character-more than the hokey signs and commercials, that’s for sure. “At High Point University every student receives an extraordinary education in an inspiring environment with caring people.”</p>

<p>Right? I mean any student would tell you their experience has not fallen short of just that, extraordinary.</p>

<p>Well hear this students story and then come on this website and post what you think, maybe you’ll even email dear Dr. Qubein…</p>

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<p>All I know is that my experience here has been absolutely great. Better than I expected and I expected a lot. It would be a shame for people to see any comments that speak to this school not being all it’s cracked up to be when I’m willing to wager that the vast majority of students and their parents are completely impressed with what HPU has to offer. The fact that retention is so high - I think I heard over 90% - speaks to the fact that students are happy to stay here. I guess if you’re one of the ones who doesn’t, you can transfer but with all the comment boxes set up across campus and the open door policy with administration, I can’t imagine there being a time where HPU didn’t bend over backwards for its students. I see it all day long.</p>

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<p>And people deserve to know your experience and how wonderful it was; similarly, the student whose complaints Dr. Qubein ignores and passes back to the same person, Dr. Carroll, who side-stepped them originally, causing the student to have to communicate with Dr. Qubein in the first place, her experience should be heard too.</p>

<p>And it’s up for the individual’s own interpretations because the facts speak volumes about the men and women behind all the glitz. User HPUSTUDENT, I too am an HPU student. </p>

<p>You bring up the open door policy with administration and comment boxes. If you value these things then surely you could appreciate a student whose complaints were delivered via certified mail to Dr. Qubein and Dr. Carroll who stick their heads in the sand and ignore her complaints completely.</p>

<p>These complaints do not involve disappointment from the HPU ice cream truck having only a limited selection on the sunny spring days every student enjoys while receiving their extraordinary education or from instances involving a student’s disappointment with one of the 14 “First Lady Qubein” arboretums not containing their great grandmother’s favorite Middlemist’s Red, but of policy violation; clear and deliberate indifference are what this student has been forced to deal with.</p>

<p>You are blindly defending Nido’s fun show and perhaps you should PM me and I’ll email you or drop this documentation off at your dorm-this is a moral issue and one that you, as an honor bound HPU student, should be inclined to look into.</p>

<p>One of our fellow students has been wronged and no one will do anything about it.</p>

<p>If anything, you should love HPU so much that you’re willing to look into the facts of another student being crapped on by HPU’s finest and make a judgment for yourself. HPU is great, I’ve said that. But if that’s true then you and I both should be genuinely concerned when we hear a fellow student’s cry for help. Because she has tried to transfer but only 6 hours will transfer-6 of 30-that’s 1/5 of her hours after having earned a 3.6 GPA.</p>

<p>Would you go to your senior year, be halted by big business corruption dressed up as a college campus and then transfer to another school to start over? Imagine no one even cared what you had to say because of the institution’s prestige; then what?</p>

<p>You know how much our educations have cost us financially-should she transfer and start over, or are you willing to examine the facts?</p>

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<p>I Just visited HPU the Campus is amazing. Even more impressive is the attention that was given to completely revise the curriculum and the learning experience. Not many colleges are nimble enough to make such bold changes and improvements. As a college educator I was impressed by the focus on modernizing the curriculum, including experiential learning components, and recognition that preparation for operating in the current global and ever changing world is valuable. Other colleges and universities should use HPU as an example of what can and should be done. The measure of a college’s success is not in the scores of its applicants but rather in the accomplishments of its graduates, on this count HPU is on very firm ground.</p>

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<p>The sad thing is that there are plenty of students at HPU who love it here and who are here to get an education. But we have to rub elbows and put up with the narcissistic ones with the sense of entitlement who drug the girls to get laid (you guys KNOW this is true…everybody does!) They beat up pledges to make themselves feel more like men and pass out drugs like lollipops. I think the school covers it up because they need the money from these brats and that sucks for the rest of us.</p>

<p>There have been three deaths in less than a year on this campus. Who is going to report on that? May 3, 2011, May 15, 2011 and March 26, 2012. All of them were preventable if the university would crack down and start genuinely caring about the health of the student and not the size of their pocketbooks!</p>

<p>Please do something before it’s too late!</p>

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<p>In response to nidonewdean, I must say that High Point University does genuinely care about the health and well-being of the students both on and off campus. Keep in mind, that High Point University is, in fact, A COLLEGE, and unfortunately, things happen from time to time that are both tragic and upsetting… but the university itself is not to blame.The University does everything in its power to help the students, family, and faculty get as comfortable as possible, going above and beyond to ensure optimal happiness. Perhaps the size of High Point University plays a role in how one may perceive how High Point University reacts and responds, in relation to nidonewdean’s comment. One can only expect a university to do so much to ensure the well-being of the student body before that university approaches that fine line between protection and invading privacy. We all know that the students would moan all day long if they felt as if they had no privacy. I find it rather troubling that an individual, such as nidonewdean, would highlight High Point University’s so-called narcissistic students as individuals who participate in steady drug related activity, in addition to supposedly "abusing"pledges… referring to Greek Life on campus. First off, I have heard HORROR STORIES from thousands of OTHER colleges all over the country, relating to heavy drug and alcohol use and abuse, in addition to so-called “hazing” pledges on campus. My question to you nidonewdean is on a campus as small as High Point University, with literally the most well-regarded campus security in the nation, how does such heavy drug usage and pledge abuse get past everyone? Drugs and physical abuse both result in visual evidence, which is certain to raise some eyebrows. If people were passing out drugs as if they were lollipops, I find it hard to believe that nobody would stop and investigate. If there were ever any issues that deserved immediate and serious attention from law enforcement and/or any department on campus, it would be delivered ASAP. The fact of the matter is, High Point University is a COLLEGE, where there are parties… just like every other school in the country. High Point University is a college, not a Utopia. Your sour attitude is stereotyping and generalizing what YOU believe (apparently) is an issue on campus. The University does not cover up anything to make ‘another dollar’… and that is absolutely disgusting that you would even go as far as to make such a claim.</p>

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<p>I am extremely confused by the nidonewdean post… I’m not sure if this person has associated with the wrong crowd or what… All I can say, in addition to PantherPalooza, is my experience at HPU has not revealed anything like what nidonewdean has touched on. Again, I’m not sure if this is a case of hanging around the wrong crowd (which can’t be blamed on the whole school…).</p>

<p>I will address the claim about fraternities and hazing though… the claim this poster is most likely referring to happened about a year ago and was handled quickly by the school and the Greek life system on campus. Long story short… that fraternity no longer exists on our campus and the entire Greek system is better because of that. There is a STRICT no hazing policy on campus and every greek organization knows the consequences if they break the rules. Greek life takes this VERY seriously on campus. VERY seriously. </p>

<p>As mentioned above, I am disgusted that a poster would blame the school for the death of 3 students. One of which happened during the summer in the student’s hometown, another off campus, and one before the student even arrived on campus as a freshman (The school notified the student body to pay respects even though few knew him). It’s sad to me that the loss of three young lives is now ammo for making an argument on a forum. I understand being objective and bringing up viable points… but wow…</p>

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<p>Good point guys, because HPU is a smaller school, these situations are brought to the forefront quicker than at a large school. I am a graduate of Indiana University in the 80’s and was a very active Greek member. Drugs and alcohol were just as prevalent than as they are now whether you live in the dorms or the fraternity house. Just google fraternity hazing and you will find numerous cases all over the country from the past 60 years.</p>

<p>It is your responsibility to make the right choices, go to class, graduate and become a productive member of society. Did I make some bad decisions? Sure but who hasn’t in their lifetime? I learned from it, graduated and have tried to instill in my teenagers the right and wrong way to live your life. Many of my friends have admitted to doing some dumb things in their undergrad years whether it was at Depauw University, Ohio State, University of Florida, Vanderbilt, Elon or Davidson. I can say now with conviction that all the national fraternities are under much more scrutiny by their national headquarters than they were in the 80’s and we have to carry very large liabililty policies. Also the traditonal pledgeship periods of abuse are very minimal today. The days of the “animal house” mentality are few and far between and our fraternity headquarters will pull no punches in suspending a charter and closing a troublesome house on any campus if we hear about such activities. Every single year the GPA of the greek community in Bloomington has been higher than the nongreeks and usually is on most campuses.</p>

<p>HPU is not exempt from occasional problems just as any other school in the country and to take a stab at the administration because of some bad choices by students is not fair. My son has HPU at the top of his list after we visited this spring. I hope that helps parents of potential freshman at any school that the sky is not falling!</p>

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<p>I cannot wait to visit this fall!</p>