We built this university on cheats and lies

As the title suggests many things at the Degree Farm are not as they first appear. We actually believe that the place has more in common with communist dictatorships of the twentieth century than an academic institution in a developed and democratic country.  Let's look at some examples of manipulation and "massaging' the numbers.
Most, if not all,  universities ask students to evaluate the quality of teaching.  Normally the purpose of such an exercise is for lecturers to receive feedback on what they do well and what could be improved.  How does it work at the Degree Farm?  Lectures are being constantly reminded by the managers to have a talk with students before they let them fill in the forms. This talk should make students aware of "how important it is for their future and value of their degree to give us only positive evaluations". No pressure at all... But this year the practice went even further.  The person who came with the evaluation forms to one of our  colleague's lectures informed students that they are not allowed to select negative answers! Students were kindly informed that they should select only the "strongly agree" and "agree" boxes,  and if they didn't like certain aspects of the course they ought to tick "not applicable". The person then went on to explain that choosing "disagree" or "strongly disagree" is not allowed because it will "skew the results and mess up their research". I really wonder who trained them to say that,  I don't believe they could come with such a justification on her own.  This example shows how unreliable are statistics produced by the Degree Farm.  The sad thing is that the university uses those statistics to seduce new applicants.  In this case, instead of making an informed decision about their degree the applicants are allured by a set of questionable metrics.  It stinks... It's misselling....
We have plenty more of similar stories and you will probably read them one day.  Especially when the NSS comes near. That's a massive dose of manipulation, including manipulating students to fill in NSS forms and telling them that the degree they are getting in several years will be worth nothing if they don't give only very positive feedback in the NSS survey. Come on,  those  90-100% student satisfaction rates don't come by chance (or hard work).
It's sad how higher education has become a deception game for the pursuit of money.  After all,  universities play with the future of young people.  Yet it doesn't seem to bother the people in charge as long as their bonuses are safe. Young people, you are not alone - your lecturers are lied to even more than you are!