Coca-Cola and scholarships: yet another clickbait fake partnership

[question]

In recent times, the University of the People has been bombarding all social networks with advertisements about a new alleged partnership with Coca-Cola, which would supposedly involve distributing scholarships left and right "so that the University of the People can help the progress of humanity yadda yadda yadda". And then come the usual self-congratulatory fanfares about UoPeople's international achievements etc. The funny thing is no one knows whether this "partnership" actually exists: in fact, there is no trace of the University of the People in Coca-Cola's documents or official statements. However, in the meantime, UoPeople is raking in tons of clicks thanks to people searching for Coca-Cola on social media. Regardless of whether the partnership or the scholarships exist, this stunt is therefore a way to attract clicks. Mind you, there's nothing surprising about this, because in the past UoPeople had already used tricks of this kind: from a partnership with "Harvard Business School" to "our famous student Simone Biles", the University of the People never misses a chance to make itself look ridiculous.

[Hotdogman1]

ok........

[Tomas]

One of million mentions of Coca Cola on a particular day, moreso totally unrelated to actual product, will not rake in tons of clicks...
It would not involve distributing scholarships left and right. It is a grant with specific timing and allocation.

[question]

"It is a grant with specific timing and allocation."

Can you show an official statement from Coca-Cola that confirms what you're saying?
Or are you just repeating the misleading advertising of the accredited diploma mill?
And besides, even assuming this partnership did exist, wouldn't it make more sense to actually distribute the scholarship funds instead of aggressively advertising this hypothetical initiative?

All of this is very reminiscent of when Shai Reshef claimed to have formed a partnership in Israel with Pope Francis. Too bad the Pope had never even heard of the University of the People  In the end, the clicks from the followers of the Pope came in handy too, nothing goes to waste.

[bluebooger]

don't you think Coca Cola would file a cease and desist if this weren't true ?

I also see Coca Cola is offering financial assistance to students of  historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), historically Black community colleges (HBCCs), predominantly Black institutions (PBIs), medical and law schools. 

https://tmcf.org/open-scholarships/2026-...2026-2030/

and also to Yale             
https://yale.communityforce.com/Funds/Fu...583771413D

I don't see that mentioned anywhere on Coca Cola's site -- maybe its there and I just missed it -- or do you think those places are also lying ?

but again, don't you think Coca Cola would file a cease and desist if this weren't true ?

[wow]

There is no reasoning with "question." The only thing they ever post are speculative, unsourced and poorly sourced claims calling UoPeople's legitimacy into question. I think it's high time for mods to start locking down their threads or taking some other action to curb this behavior.

If someone hates any of the schools we talk about on here so much that's all they ever post about, they should start their own blog and leave this board alone.