Only some campus staff affected. Effective date 7/27. That two week period counts as “notice” which taps into your severance (even though you will still be physically on campus working). If you have been with the company 10 years, you would only now... — read more 

Anyone with any info on layoffs or what the future plan's are please comment below. All you haters no need for rude comments. Most of us do care about students and we care about our jobs. Just looking for info. Thank you

Is it true? Did they finally release the Mann who drove Ai into the ground?

Heard AT is coming back! He will be back in our building soon to save us all! Thank you...and in the words of AT, “Let me see dat poker face”.

As a point to consider for your students. Be aware that while campuses are closing, this is NOT a system closure (ITT, Corinthian). The DOE has NOT provided guidance on loan discharge for campus closures in a system that maintains open campuses. It... — read more 

Are you there, working, as if it is business as usual? What is stopping you from calling in sick and using up all of your PTO? Faculty, are you actually teaching classes? Why not just give your students passing grades and try to enjoy the rest of the... — read more 

If you want to know how things will work out, go read Zenith Education Lay off. That will help you understand what you're in for. ECMC was a company just like The Dream Center that bought a bunch of for-profit schools without any experience of... — read more 

Students that are enrolled when their school closes or within 120 days of the school closing are eligible to have all of their federal student loans canceled as long as they DO NOT sign anything and DO NOT accept a teach-out or transfer. I was laid... — read more 

Will someone please answer? I saw a post the other day and several people said that they are keeping the people who were let go last week on active payroll until early September. I heard only until July 13th. does anyone know where these rumors came... — read more 

When the only tool you have is a hammer, then every problem is seen as a nail. Because one online school they own worked, everything must follow that model. They write 10 emails a day saying the classic "we do this for the students" and "all we care... — read more 

Just get more students. Myself and a select few other people were informed that we'll be going to 4 week starts and required to start at least 4 students per start. Never mind that 90% of admissions isn't doing that as is. 52 students a year or... — read more 

I am adjunct faculty at a school that is closing. I heard this from a former student today who has looked into transferring to a nearby campus that is staying open. I have not verified the information but he is a very reliable student so I do trust... — read more 

Faculty are saying gen eds are only being offered online after summer quarter but we haven’t been notified of any such changes. Is this true? Does anyone have info on this?

Are we sure there will be no more surprise announcements in the following few weeks?

Last week, students of closing institutions were sent an email with for options including transferring to another Ai with 50% tuition. Everyone of our students who have tried to transfer we're told that most their credits won't transfer to the... — read more 

Here is a good business decision Severance packages for DCEH employees who stay throughout the summer without this they faculty and staff will walk out when a new job comes along

I heard from another employee who was let go that Admissions staff will be most likely being kept on payroll til early September now. Is that correct? Anyhow heard anything like this? I just can’t wait to receive my lovely letter. Ugh.

So, what did you all think of the new compensation plan that was released today???

If they had all this money, why didn't they just lower the tuition and provide a decent education at a decent price? Instead they had to gouge their customer and now it's finally biting them.

I am copying and pasting a post from earlier to make sure others see this. I am a student who transferred to this campus when Los Angeles closed. Please pay attention to this warning. Do not come to this school! I know it sounds tempting. Your school... — read more 

The reason why they are keeping us is for us to deal with all of the students and faculty. They are using us as a safe guard so they won’t have to. We weren’t even kept in the loop .. yet we have to meet with the students. We deserve a bonus... — read more 

Other than faculty, who will likely stay on at least through the end of the quarter, when is the last day for staff?

Please share whether students are showing up and let us know whether your class is at the beginning, middle or end of the degree sequence.

Taken from another thread because this is something every faculty member should read. A little light in dark days: I don’t think it is fair to say that teaching at Ai is morally wrong. I’m sorry for hijacking this post but I was researching what... — read more 

We made sure the news knows what’s up. Good morning!

Anyone other instructors have a hard time prepping for summer quarter? I feel like tomorrow is going to be hell. I’m teaching two new classes and prepping for them has been so hard. Mostly because I know I won’t teach them again and then also just... — read more 

Does everyone realize that NOT ONE THING MANAGEMENT HAS DONE since this date below has worked to increase retention and academic success? ZERO success rate for the students, 100% success rate in lining upper management pockets.

Has anyone from admissions or FA been able to contact new students and let them know to run the other way? To not sign anything with Ai or online division? I was locked out of the system before I could get any numbers.

Dear DCEH If you are serious about going all online- please get rid of the currently AIP-OD administrators especially the Dean of Online Programs. She has no understanding of what makes a successful online program. Instead of recognizing faculty who... — read more 

Please stop giving students that might be reading this bad information about Closed School Discharges. The likelihood of such plan in the way that DCEH is doing these closures is very slim to qualify for a discharge. If all the campuses had closed... — read more 

Will we be receiving raises soon?

Direct From Ai President FAQ Playbook ""Our transformation from a for-profit institution to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization opens up philanthropic giving to our institutions that will help enable us to deliver on our mission to provide affordable... — read more 

UPDATE 07-06-18 5:00 pm: Art Institutes president Claude Brown held a conference call on Friday with leaders of Ai campuses that are set to stop enrolling students. In advance of the call, Brown distributed an email and an “FAQ for Ai Campus... — read more 

Lack of organization from the top down No local marketing Higher education standardation does not work

I and many others have called and emailed the "pastor" at dream center "church" in LA. No dignity of a response or a call back.... maybe the "pastor" is too busy "changing lives through education" An investigation into this so called "church" needs... — read more 

I’m disgusted at how misinformed we were in admissions. At my campus, we were told that we were not for profit and regionally accredited. Now it seems like neither of those things were true. We were told that now that Ai had been acquired by the... — read more 

For all of you who got the axe, reanalyze yourself and shift your focus from weaknesses to strengths. When you’ve lost your job, a common tendency is to try to figure out what you did wrong, examining your possible shortcomings or any perceived... — read more 

It is amazing that the Dream Center Education Holdings bought EDMC and claim to feed so many homeless people in California but are putting so many hard working people and families in the same position. Why did they call themselves the "Dream Center"?... — read more 

What a joke....couldnt get the call organized.... static from a caller who DCEH believed was deliberately "disrupting" the call... had the AUDACITY to tell us that we need to help students reach their dreams because thats what the students came to us... — read more