It is because of government regs that they are doing this. School have to keep track of the student load default rate. if a school has one that goes to high then students there can no longer get title IV funding. This includes loans and most grants. without the loan money coming in the schools go bankrupt. this is a case of the school bing backed into a corner by auditors and rule makers from the government

the lunch was months from when the decision was made, and lunch makes a good interview tool and makes a person more at ease/trusting but so does sending a pretty young woman to answer questions. Sure it makes thing run smoothly during the interview but 8 months of thinking, investigating and paper work will far out weigh an hour and a half of lunch