I've seen this before. An entire team paraded 1 at a time in and out of the HR office all day then alas comes the AM who then hastily exits with his head down, gathers his things and leaves the building w/o saying a word. Yep, he's gone. Honestly... — read more
Why Is South University Online still open? Unbelievable waste of money. This place is a joke. Somebody put us out of our misery already.
Why Is South University Online still open? Unbelievable waste of money. This place is a joke. Somebody put us out of our misery already.
How much longer
How much longer do I have to work at this place? They need to just close the doors now so I can enjoy my summer off
The Art Institute Last Days of Survival and Accreditation Issues
The Dream Center will not keep all of the Art Institutes around if the deal goes through due to the struggling Sacks accreditation requirements. The rumor is that the program is in serious trouble in terms of compliance and overall leadership to... — read more
Why is Richardson starting another college?
According to the Phoenix business journal "Brent Richardson, who helped build Grand Canyon University to what it is today, has plans to build another non-profit school in the Valley for coding, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence." Has the DC... — read more
Update on sale
INSIDE THE DEAL TO CONVERT A LARGE FOR-PROFIT COLLEGE INTO A NONPROFIT: The Dream Center Foundation last month announced that it plans to purchase the majority of campuses owned by the struggling Education Management Corporation — a move that tees up... — read more
Moving Forward. Lets do This!!
I think we can have a Positive impact on students and alter each of their Lives. I like the people here who see the Positives going forward. We will get this plane into port and merge up with dreamworks. That is called Synthesis in the Business... — read more
Scam
How does the DOE continue to let these so called schools stay open and continue to rip people off? Is the Attorney general still investigating? All the schools are doing things they aren't supposed to.
Say goodbye to your job or your salary
All of you who think we will continue to make "great" money when this happens has to be dreaming. Why do you think most of the new hires are coming in with the minimum? This is where it's going. Hurry and pay off your debt and start looking for a new... — read more
Dead
After a week in conference (figure it out).... It does not look good for the future of the Art Institute and South.
Let's sell GED's
Explain how EDMC employees are all going to stay put with their salaries when the $60k degrees are gone? I know you can't charge that much to get a GED. Have fun or time to close up when DOE does not approve it.
Business as Usual is Weird
Isn't it strange that everyone just keeps rolling along like the old days? The college just got sold to a religious organization that works with the homeless. The value was less than an average house in some places. How in the world does the company... — read more
Dream Center needs to lower tuition
Dream Center needs to lower tuition too 12K if they want to bring back enrollments to a profitable level. Student enrollments are dropping fast at all colleges across the nation.
Sinking ship
I hope this company goes down fast with all the scumbags who are there. Enjoy your last few paychecks
Getting the ship back on coarse
It looks like all of the colleges have been visited by the college president and everything should be good. Has anyone got their teaching assignment for online yet at Argosy for April?
Sold to the lowest bidder.
Employees were sold down the river. Why keep the facts to yourselves? Speak up! What's left to lose? Quit the kool aid crap, wake up and become something more than a snivelling s----up of vague promises and people dumber than sh--. Say it. Be free... — read more
Deal is dead? When will we hear it?
Rumor is this Dream Center deal is dependent on making April start and student retention numbers. Speaking of Dream Center, I'd love to hear the numbers forecast they sold Dream Center on for the start numbers, we all know how abysmal the admissions... — read more
Updates on teach out campuses?
Any news on changes with teach out since they are not being bought? Where will the funds come from for EDMC to keep them open?
Layoffs
Who thinks layoffs are coming for online?
Interesting
I sit near LJ's office. He met with some interesting people today. What is going on?
Good-Bye EDMC- thank god- no pun intended!
With EDMC withering away into the darkness after the sale to Dream Center Foundation, an era of mismanagement, predatory and profit driven antics will come to an end. Let's hope Dream Center is half as impressive as their philanthropic activities... — read more
The New Posters
So, even though nothing is even close to being final with this pending EDMC/DCF sale, posters of the pending sale are on the walls of Ai campuses as well as another poster ensuring students that gainful employment longer affects them because of this... — read more
Meeting
Does anyone know what really is going to happen to online with this? All I got out of the meeting is the same BS. Closing? Pay cuts? Layoffs?
SUO Leadership
We have nothing to fear. SUO Leadership will take care of us. We represented at the town hall meeting today!!!
DC Strategy for The Art Institutes
The Agenda for The Dream Center is to run South and Argosy. The Art Institutes will be reduced to a fraction of sites that are most profitable. After this transition the ADA's will begin recruiting to a lesser degree so that Instead of closing these... — read more
The sale of EDMC to the Dream Center Foundation is rumored to be around $60 million dollars: Mere nickels and dimes to the $4 billion it was
once worth back in it's glory days.
Are the Art Institutes days numbered?
From INSIDE HIGHER ED "...Barton admits that the least aligned institution to the Dream Center’s mission would be the Art Institutes. But he said the foundation would consider offering more technology training degrees through the Art Institutes to... — read more
Picture This...
Just to show you why upper management like Campus Presidents, SDOA's, Academic Directors are happy and excited about the deal is because of a HUGE, I mean HUGE pay out bonus! That's right! They motivate us to stay focus and positive to benefit them... — read more
Cult Education Institute
https://forum.culteducation.com/read.php?12,26184,26780
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Will this new not-for-profit fall into the category for Public Service Loan Forgiveness for my student loans? I'm an instructor and wondering if this will be a thing we can do now that we will be working for a not-for-profit education institution.
How to get out if your not happy.
First stop complaining, It will never help you fix it. Second, stop blaming your boss, they are miserable too. Third, invest in yourself and pay a pro to compose your resume. Fourth, accept that you will have to step out of your comfort zone and take... — read more