As someone who continually hears negative stories from employees and students of this organization, I can't help but wonder why this is still considered a nonprofit. All information would indicate that this organization is run all for profit and hardly contributes to better the Erie community.
Former students and current students complain about the lack of resources and advising provided by the organization. Students are treated as first graders and not as professionals as you would expect from any other higher education institution. A perfect example of their lack of investment in their students is the nonexistence of class reunions or scholarships.
The family that runs the organization are all under qualified in that they are simply doctors with little to no knowledge of business principles or policy. The hospital is absolutely abominable! Nurses do not understand what they are doing and the highest degree requirement is LPN whereas across America, nurses are required to hold RN degrees. I simply cannot understand why anyone would want to donate to this organization that pockets all of the proceeds. Who actually benefits from this nonprofit if not only the family that runs it?
I was quite surprised to read the prior the negative review, especially with respect to tuition. As a graduate of LECOM (in the early 2000s) I have watched this school grow, without increasing tuition costs of its DO program.
The mafia reference seems to be a thinly-veiled ethnic slur, directed at the Italian-American heritage of the family who founded this very successful college. The only thing to be learned from the aforementioned review is that sadly, some types of racism are still tolerated in this country.
I was a student here and can only describe LECOM as the absolute worst school in the United States. The school is ran like the mafia, with nepotism and intimidation the rule. The main executives are all part of the same family and continually increase their pay by outrageous percentages each year while increasing tuition and decreasing entrance requirements and student aid. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE CAN BE LEARNED AT HTTP://WEHATELECOM.COM
Review from Guidestar