Fact Sixty-six (November 1, 2007) – Capella University’s Moronic CEO Drivels About “Transparency by Design”

Once against Steve Tonka Shanks, Capella’s moronic CEO has driveled all over the Internet regarding Capella’s profits and Michael Oaf Offerman’s “Transparency by Design” initiative. Capella University’s lying shysters (Hypocrite Hank Christian L’Orange and Capella Stella Fey Epling, from the “law firm” of Drinker Biddle & Reath) favorite mantras in their frivolous and pernicious countersuit concerning how much “damage” those who exercise their First Amendment Rights have caused Capella's to the seemingly endless and ever-increasing flow of money into Capella’s coffers, not to mention all of the LEARNERS (Capella-speak for “student”) who are continuing to spend big bucks at Capella, shows what a bunch of morons these shysters are – Capella’s bottom-line remains astronomical. According the Tonka Shank’s own PR spittle, just released today, Capella’s

“Revenues for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2007, increased by 26.5 percent to $55.5 million, compared to $43.9 million in the third quarter of 2006.” and

“Total active enrollment reached 20,268, an increase of 23.8 percent over the same period in 2006.”

The old adage that “There's a sucker born every minute” certainly applies here – if prospective “LEARNERS” are willing to spend big bucks at Capella University – it’s their loss. Just the same, for Sir Chrisy the Sissy Hank L’Orange and Horse’s Ass Capella Stella Fey Epling to whine about how much “damage” those who speak out about Capella’s unethical and illegal actions cause, is simply ludicrous.

Let’s move on to some of Steve Tonka Shank’s most absurd oral excrement that has just been spewed at the media:

“We are also pleased with the progress that has been made nationally on important higher education issues such as accountability in learning outcomes transparency,” said Shank. “As part of the Transparency by Design Initiative, Capella and a group of other higher education institutions will publicly share information that will provide prospective students with quantitative data to help choose where they want to pursue their post-secondary education. Our work in this area reflects our vision to lead the definition of high-quality adult online education,” concluded Shank."

Oh really Mr. Tonka? Perhaps you should stop following the lead of your unethical and lying administrators and shysters and start telling the truth! For starters:

1. Why not tell all about the fact that your degrees-for-dollars “school” has been, and continues to, violate Federal law! That’s right, Michael Oaf Offerman and chief shyster Greg Thom have been PERSONALLY involved in Capella’s refusal to abide by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act for MORE THAN THREE YEARS. When are you going to disclose the TRUTH and provide “provide prospective students with quantitative data” that Capella University continues to violate the law?

2. How about disclosing a list of ALL schools that Capella University pays kickbacks to (the story of which was recently exposed by the national news media) as well as disclose the amount of cash flowing into Capella’s coffers from those schools? As you know, Michael Oaf Offerman and his equally unethical buddy at the University of California, Irvine, Gary Moneybags Matkin, intentionally tried to HIDE their kickback scam (until the media exposed it). Why won’t the so-called “leader” of “Transparency by Design” – again, Oaf Offerman, tell reporters how many schools Capella has kickback agreements with? Yes, it is a FACT that Offerman has been REFUSING to answer that and related questions. Guess that makes Steve Tonka Shanks an unethical hypocritical liar just like the other Capella goons.

3. Capella has been forced to disclose the FACT that yet another law enforcement agency, the United States Department of Education, Office of the Inspector General, has been auditing Capella’s books for the past year and a half for stealing “less than a million dollars” but refuses won’t provide all of the details. Why not?

It’s a good thing that Shank’s “vision to lead the definition of high-quality adult online education” is based upon ongoing violations of Federal law and unethical conduct.