A jobless graduate has sued her former college for the more than £40,000 she paid in tuition fees after she failed to find work.

Trina Thompson, 27, claims Monroe College in New York did not do enough to help her find employment.

She is seeking to recover the £42,000 she spent on getting her degree from the college in the Bronx.

Court papers showed that Miss Thompson claimed the college's career centre did not provide her with the right advice or tips on available jobs.

"They have not tried hard enough to help me," she wrote about the college in her lawsuit¹ filed at the Bronx Supreme² Court.

Her mother, Carol, said her daughter was "very angry at her situation" having "put all her faith" in her college.

Miss Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in information technology in April but has been unable to find work.

She claims she was sent three emails from the college with little job advice.

"I need a full-time³ job placement and that's what they said they were going to help me with and they didn't," said Miss Thompson.

"The IT career counsellor sent me about three emails saying 'oh I have this job you should apply.' That's it."

A spokesman for the university rejected the claim.

Gary Axelbank, a spokesman for Monroe College, said the lawsuit was completely without merit because the college does assist its graduates in finding employment.

日前，美国一位失业的大学毕业生状告大学母校，要求退还四万多英镑学费。

现年27岁的特瑞娜•汤普森称，纽约门罗大学在帮助她就业方面所做的远远不够。

她要索回自己在（门罗大学）布朗克斯分校攻读学位期间，花费的四万二千英镑学费。

法院案卷表明，汤普森小姐称门罗大学的就业中心没有为她找工作提供正确的建议和指导。

她在向布朗克斯区高级法院递交的诉状中这样写到：“他们没有尽力帮我。”

她的母亲卡罗尔称，女儿“对自己的境况非常恼怒”，原本她对自己的学校“十分信赖”。

汤普森小姐今年4月毕业，并获得信息技术学士学位，但一直没能找到工作。

她称曾接到过校方的三封邮件，但基本没有就业指导。

汤普森小姐说：“我需要一份全职工作，他们承诺过要帮助我，但他们并没有做到。”

“信息技术专业的就业辅导员给我发过三封邮件，里面写着‘噢，我觉得你应该投投这个职位’，就没其它的了。”

校方的一位发言人反驳了这些指控。

门罗大学发言人加里•艾克瑟班克称，这桩控诉完全是无理取闹，因为学校确实在帮助毕业生实现就业。