Jo Hans

Review of Slippery rock university

Poor employment resources, slow staff, and not mil...

Poor employment resources, slow staff, and not military friendly. (Prior student at CCAC & PITT)

Employment resources: There are a few (VERY) limited resources to aid students in employment and internships. The connections that Slippery Rock has is very poor. The internships are of poor quality in areas I have seen: IT, computer science, and business related. Many of the finance internships, for example, are in sales or very low level accounting. I experienced more connections, having better quality, at a community college. It is evident that the college has a poor business connection level.

Slow staff: I have worked & attended previous colleges; this is the slowest college by far. I submitted documents for FAFSA later in the semester, for that semester, due to a hardship. They focused on other students FAFSA for NEXT semester instead of aiding a nontraditional student in need of aid NOW. They requested one document at a time. Knowing they would take a long time, I called every 2-3 days. Each time, they never got the document I sent through email, until I called. They requested a final document and specifically told me to wait a week after calling about it a few days later. I called a week later and they didn't even look at it until then!! I have a far commute and I will not be able to drive to campus soon due to the lack of funding. This seemed to be counter intuitive to the mission of the financial aid office. I've been working with them for 5 weeks so far and am told I will need to wait 2 more weeks.

Not military friendly: The military/veterans office staff are very kind and mostly helpful. I presented my issue with FAFSA to the director of the office. He called me the next day telling me the same thing that the financial aid office told me; wait until they get the documents. The directors role when representing military/veteran students is to serve as a liaison and to aid these students experiencing real issues. This is not just an ADMINISTRATIVE role! I worked with the directors of other colleges military office personally. In this situation, we would have (and have) called the office and requested them to put focus on this student since they are working on next semester items that do not 'need' to be completed at the moment.

This college has the potential to become great and the campus is beautiful. There are inefficiencies in its staff and priorities that hinder the progress and quality for its students. The website, for example, is a great reflection of the quality and current status of its resources. Hopefully they can get it together.