Good guess. I'd be surprised if it was the actual school's main website. Using student pages that ends in .edu is one way a few link builders get that coveted .edu linkback. Another is to focus on 'low end' barely accredited schools that have .edu
frankly, i really hate it when those students use the term .edu link when in reality it is just a subpage and NOT even link from the main page to their page. It just plain tricky.
It says it is a lifetime link and then says it will be up a minimum of 5 years. I am guessing this is from a freshman and based upon their spelling skills they already made the assumption they will never graduate in 4 years. Heck this might have excellent PR by the time this one graduates ;-)
I guess they are working thier way to 8 years of uni. The more these students catch on that .edu is a benefit to marketers, we're going to see a lot more of this. Hey, even the caretaker can get a little on the side -all4one
However, it is more than likely against their TOS (I know it is at my school) to sell text links or use the University website / hosting for profit.
Agreed. But they never go and check their thousands of students hompages. People are taking advantage of that..