Community and nonprofit colleges across the country are recruiting former ITT Tech students who face a tough decision: roll the dice on transferring credits, or lose them all for debt relief.
The embattled accrediting organization that is under scrutiny for its approval of many controversial for-profit colleges is now taking action against one of the nation’s largest for-profit college chains. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools has ordered ITT Technical Institutes to prove why it shouldn’t lose its accreditation or otherwise be sanctioned, the company told investors on Thursday. The accreditor informed ITT Tech this week that allegations from various state and federal agencies “call into question” t ...
3-Minute Listen ; The fall semester has just begun on most college campuses, but tens of thousands of students in 38 states were told Tuesday that, instead, their college is closing its doors. In a press release, ITT Educational Services announced it would close all campuses of its ITT Technical Institutes. The for-profit college system has become a household name over the past half-century. The company blamed the shutdown on the U.S. Department of Education, which had stepped up oversight of the school and recently imposed tough financial sanc ...
1 billion in relief to an additional 115,000 former ITT Tech students.[9] Contents 1 History... [16] It acquired the financially struggling Daniel Webster College (DWC) in Nashua, New...
The government and an independent accrediting agency had shown concern for years about ITT Tech's marketing practices and its graduation and job placement rates. Over the past two years, ITT had been sued by two federal agencies and both the New Mexico and Massachusetts attorneys general. It also had received subpoenas and/or requests for documents from 17 other states and the District of Columbia, a recent financial filing indicates. At the heart of many of the lawsuits and investigations is the question of whether this for-profit school was a ...
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It accredited ITT Tech, Corinthian Colleges and Brightwood College, massive for-profit universities whose sudden closures... in an email last week. “The Council is obligated to not only...
The college accreditor behind collapsed institutions, Corinthian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute, lost a federal appeal to stay in business.
The CFPB is seeking restitution for victims, a civil fine, and an injunction against the company. ...
When he first moved to Miami, Waltter Teruel says, working as a recruiter for ITT Technical Institute was a welcome change from his life in New York where he had been selling antiques and life insurance. As a recruiter, Teruel says, ITT Tech took care of the pitch to potential students for you. Recruiters used scripts set out in detailed PowerPoint presentations and got long lists of prospective students to call. But soon the welcome change faded. "Most of these students, they were looking for a...