The Plain Dealer reported over the weekend
that Myers University, Cleveland’s oldest business school, is on the verge of being sold. But considering the source, it may pay to remain a little skeptical.
As Scene reported in February, Myers has been destined for oblivion since at least 2001, when it hired a brash and apparently brainless new president, Paul Feingold. Feingold proceed to run the school in the ground, buying, among other things, a catering business the school couldn’t afford. In the summer of ’02, the new president, we wrote:
… announced that Myers had bought the University Club, a ritzy joint operated out of a Euclid Avenue mansion. The club was in the heart of Millionaire’s Row, a stretch of city long forgotten as an entertainment destination. But Feingold had big plans.
This article appears in Nov 14-20, 2007.
Another misleading article founded in inaccuracies and lack of full information, surprise, suprise.
Do you “journalists” (and I use the term lightly because of the lack of factual information) ever think of the employees and students you are hurting before you print these stories? Do you ever consider that maybe your source is lying or not giving you full disclosure? Do you ever consider the fact that you are helping to enduce panic that could create a self-fulfilling prophecy? Do you ever think of the harm you are doing?
I don’t think so.
To anyone who reads this article please be warned that is not “the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” It is in accurate at best in an attempt at making a story seem far bigger than it is.
Myers is a great university with much to offer its students. The staff is behind the university 100% and are happy to assist anyone who is looking to get a Certificate, Associates, Bachelors, or Masters degree. Go to http://www.myers.edu to apply online for free. Don’t believe the bad press, Myers isn’t going anywhere after almost 160 years in education. Winter Semester starts Jan. 7th and we will be excited to welcome our new students and current students for a great 2008!
Well, today’s news is interesting, I’m told.
In the words of Malcolm X. “The chickens have come home to roost!”
To Myers Employee:
Appreciate your allegiance, but you are also so very naive. After your comments, I hope you realize this as of today 12/11/07 and all the press releases today. These reporters were telling the truth and it is the management of Myers that has been lying to you all along. I hope you finally realize this.
I am just wondering why would a college choose to close, stranding its students and faculty, instead of selling? Could Myers Exec management be trying to hide something that they don’t want anyone to know, something that could be uncovered during the financial audits involved in a buyout/merger. I don’t know, but I do have to question, why would they put their administration and board’s well-being ahead of their students and faculty.