University sues over early graduation

[unokitty]

German university is suing a student for lost income because he finished his bachelors and masters degrees in only 20 months.

Its a private university. Here is its Home Page.



Does this make sense to anyone?

I'm about to file it under "You just can't make this stuff up."

Uno

 

[waggy]

lol are you kidding? if he passed his class's then fuck them.

 

[vshah]

lol, this isn't going to go well for them.

 

[reallyscrued]

Do they not pay per credit hour over in Germany?

 

[Fayd]

wow...kinda puts me to shame for stressing over 15 units of graduate classes one semester.

 

[swanysto]

Isn't the University considered liable cause they allowed him to take those classes in that time period? I don't know how they charge, but the University I went to charged me per class. So if I took 10 classes, I paid for 10. The only money they would be losing are all the fees such as parking and the fees they charge to use the gym and stuff. That would be there fault I would think.

 

[sactoking]

It sounds like they had a group going so that Person 1 would enroll in Classes A, B, and C, Person 2 would enroll in Classes D, E, and F, and Person 3 would enroll in Classes G, H, and I. Person1 would share the class notes for A, B, and C with Person 2 and 3 who then used them to test out of the class, and so on. It's the school's fault for letting them test out.

 

[Imp]

Did they have a "balance of degree" fee thing? Is that why they're sueing, because he saved a lot of money?

If not, university's f*cking retarded. Both universities I have/will attend have a "minimum length" meaning you can finish as soon as you want, but you still owe them the tuition for the time you didn't spend there.

FML, I had to pay $3500 over the past few months after graduating from my master's.

 

[SMOGZINN]

Wow, just wow. The University should be happy that one of their students is doing well, instead of suing them for money. A university's primary job should be education not making a profit.

 

[Destiny]

This reminded me of my community college years... their counselars were telling me I need to take this class and that class to go to this universitry, blah blah blah... by the time I transfered to a 4 year university I had 3 associate of arts degrees from the community college ... So I packed massive units per quarter to finish 2 years worth of upper division classes to get my B.S. degree in 12 months...

 

[Lonyo]

Wow, just wow. The University should be happy that one of their students is doing well, instead of suing them for money. A university's primary job should be education not making a profit.

It's a private university, so not so much.

 

[Exterous]

Do they not pay per credit hour over in Germany?

I believe there are a host of additional fees associated with University in Germany.

pay an extra $3,772

Really - all this for $3772?

 

[Red Squirrel]

It's pretty sad the stuff you can sue for these days. The lawsuit system needs a huge revamp.