It's easy and fun to spot the ITT GHOSTS...just pick a catalog at random, ( I've downloaded & saved all the catalogs) I picked Swartz Creek March 2016: https://www.itt-tech.edu/campus/campus-school.cfm?lloc_num=62&schoolof=dd Now just pick a chair or... — read more
Good podcast from the producers of Vice on HBO
https://www.wnyc.org/radio/#/ondemand/634214
ITT's accreditor (ACICS) likely closing down
From an email sent by ACICS to member schools: "June 24, 2016 Dear Member Institutions and Colleagues: The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) voted yesterday, Thursday, June 23, 2016 to send to the Senior... — read more
Students support ITT?
These letters were not spontaneous.. My chair went to every class and asked students to write letters of support over a month ago. http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/32289999/itt-technical-institute-students-submitted-testimonial-letters-of-support
ACICS getting pounded
Looks like they might need help in turning things around. Maybe the remaining chairs & directors & instructors can write some letters of support to thank them for all of their efforts. Maybe the chairs or directors are laid off, they can thank them... — read more
MORE reasons for ITT-Tech faculty to quit ...
Anyone following this board, please also read this new post at myittexperience.com, written by ITT-Tech faculty member who has had enough. http://myittexperience.com/Employees.html Here is an excerpt: "I have found that ITT's educational ideology is... — read more
Federal v Private Lenders??
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/college-accreditation-needs-real-reform/article/2594527
Scorecard for accreditors
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/06/21/education-department-release-data-reports-accreditors-based-measures-student
Senators chime in
https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-durbin-brown-warren-and-murray-for-profit-college-accreditor-should-lose-recognition
Defaults are soaring
Strip out all the good schools and the line would go vertical. Ripoff schools like ITT Tech are leading the pack. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-14/visualizing-over-education-bubble-student-loan-delinquencies-are-soaring
staying focused
why worry, just stay focused... If ACICS ultimately loses its ability to accredit schools, colleges that rely on it will have 18 months to find a new accreditor. Those that don't either must forgo federal student aid funds or face a likely shutdown... — read more
U.S. Recommends Shutting For-Profit Accreditor
Another great article about ACICS demise, published today in Inside Higher Ed, with timeline of possible shut-down. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/06/15/education-department-recommends-eliminating-national-accreditor-many-profit-colleges My... — read more
Department of Education moves to dump for-profit accreditor ACICS
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/10479534.html
What every employee is doing at ITT-Tech -- recruiting!
Lets face it, every employee at ITT-Tech is tasked formally, or informally, with recruitment and retention. On ITT-Tech's job search website, it is clear what is important to ITT-Tech. In the category of regular full-time employees there are 3 full... — read more
Some things chairs are responsible for--recruiting
For chairs, their performance review includes recruiting efforts (35% of everything they do). This percentage might change each year. However, reentries Say a chair is "required" to get 15 reentries per quarter (60 per evaluation year)...well, in... — read more
This $hithole is done within 45 days when the LOC is due. DOE ultimatum will force them into bk. They can't raise 44 million in that timeframe.
UOP is on the same path. They are next.
Good thing talk is cheap...
Students will have a clearer path to loan forgiveness if they are defrauded or misled by their colleges, according to rules issued Monday by the Obama administration, which also create a financial backstop to ensure that schools, not taxpayers, are... — read more
Most of the Nation's Graduates in Specific IT Programs Attended ITT Technical Institute
Here is a bit of "PR" CARMEL, Ind., June 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --According to federal data provided for the 2013-2014 academic year, 45.2 percent of graduates with IT-CNS or NSA associate degrees earned their degrees at ITT Tech. The next... — read more
What ACADEMIC chairs are tasked with doing--recruitment!
At ITT it is an unwritten (or maybe even written?) policy that a student visiting for the first time MUST complete a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). All students interested in financial aid for college will need to complete... — read more
ACICS active player in ITT-Tech fraud scheme
I don't understand how ITT can be operating still, even by ACICS standards. ACICS has to be participating actively in the fraud. Disgusting and frightening how long this has gone on. ITT-Tech reminds me of the sports doping scandals in the news... — read more
Where's all the chairs & directors...not to mention the instructors?
looks like Norwood, Mass has at least 3 chairs empty: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search?keywords=Itt+Technical+Institute+Chair&location=norwood&trk=jobs_jserp_search_button_execute&orig=JSERP&locationId= many more, at other locations (plus empty... — read more
EVP Ryan Roney Terminated
Kevin Modany's EVP was canned earlier this week. The news came out after the markets closed on Friday.......................................................... https://biz.yahoo.com/e/160610/esi8-k.html
Days Numbered for ACICS?
NACIQI will meet in DC June 23-24. ACICS is on the agenda. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/06/10/are-the-days-numbered-for-this-college-accreditor-elizabeth-warren-says-yes/
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
"God's Gonna Cut You Down" You can run on for a long time Run on for a long time Run on for a long time Sooner or later God'll cut you down Sooner or later God'll cut you down Go tell that long tongue liar Go and tell that midnight rider Tell the... — read more
ITT Tech Failure Makes NY Times (6-10-2016)
"The vise appears to be tightening at the for-profit education giant ITT Educational Services. Its profits are collapsing, its stock is below $2 and last Monday the company got bad news from the Education Department in Washington, a main... — read more
Beauty school in Corona, CA has twice the full time faculty as Corona ITT-Tech
Talk about cheap! Can't find any schools, using the College Navigator website, that hire fewer full time faculty than ITT-Tech. I guess the full time salespeople (plenty of those) are more important than instructors at ITT-Tech. For example, compare... — read more
ITT Tech the new Corinthian yet?
Remember when Everest College was failing, and you were glad it wasn't ITT-Tech? Did you ever tell yourself, back then, that working for ITT-Tech is sort of okay, because at least it isn't Everest? They had those awful ads, the made-up placement... — read more
Dear Kevin .....
Ever wanted to read Kevin's mail? Here is link to entire letter from Department of Ed, Federal Student Aid division, to Kevin M. Modany, CEO ITT Educational Services. Enjoy. https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/sites/default/files/itt-notification.pdf
Education Department Orders ITT Educational to Bolster Finances
ITT ordered to boost financial cushion to about $124 million from $80 million http://www.wsj.com/articles/education-department-orders-itt-educational-to-bolster-finances-1465246531
More good news for ITT Tech
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/06/new-study-for-profit-colleges-actually-hurt-studen.html
Getting Friendly Foxes out of the Henhouse: ITT Whistleblowers and Debt Collective oppose renewal of for-profit accreditors ACICS and ACCSC
Jennifer Cody recounts how an ITT executive told her not to worry about accrediting since its accrediting agency didn't want to lose the money it received from ITT every year by keeping campuses open. Rick Bueche describes ACICS employees... — read more
Memo to ITT Tech Recruiters: "Comments to Avoid"
I am not making this up. The following excerpt is from a document for recruiters, available for any ITT-Tech faculty to read. Language to Avoid: "Students will learn how…” Reason: We cannot and do not guarantee that students will learn anything. It... — read more
Scarborough out at UA
Can't imagine that trying to date ITT Tech helped him any: http://www.ohio.com/news/local/update-ua-president-scott-scarborough-out-1.686848
Senate Dems Call On ITT Tech To Restore Student Right To Sue
http://itk.thehill.com/regulation/letters-comments/281545-senate-dems-call-on-itt-tech-to-restore-students-right-to-sue
ITT-Tech is legitimate school "in its discretion"
Fake instructors? Don't stop there. Nearly everything in the catalog and ads is fake. Here's a fun game to play. First download an ITT-Tech catalog. Now use the FIND function to search for the phrases "in its discretion" and "in the school's... — read more
Even older ghosts (faked academic employees) used to recruit ITT students
This ghost program chair looks to be gone almost 4 years now, yet is currently (3/2016) inducing new students as a campus resource: https://www.itt-tech.edu/campus/campus-school.cfm?lloc_num=104&schoolof=dd... — read more
Encouraging ITT news from ACICS
http://www.acics.org/events/content.aspx?id=4127 How wonderful!!! Honor Roll Institutions The Council is pleased to recognize those institutions that have demonstrated an excellent understanding of the accreditation process: ITT Technical Institute... — read more
Department of Education to review accrediting complaint from state AGs
http://legalnewsline.com/stories/510718282-department-of-education-to-review-accrediting-complaint-from-state-ags
Huntington, VA stops enrolling
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/ITT-Tech-in-Huntington-stops-enrolling-new-students-378144131.html
ITT Ghosts (non-existent, purported student resources)
ITT apparently has Ghosts giving the education to students. Picking several current online catalogs at random from ITT site, with the following student pronouncement: Effective 3/31/2016-3/31/2017 unless revised prior to that date The information... — read more