Thread regarding Dream Center Education Holdings, LLC (DCEH) layoffs

Military wives? Really? Most women that marry low level military do not have the ambition to go to school or work. Wait, they are the perfect targets for admissions.

6gzb - At my school they had the most melt downs in class and most instances of violent behavior toward faculty and staff. They also expected to make 100K a year after graduation.... not going to happen in any field.

I never ever had issues from military students. They were / are the most organized, focused and dedicated students as a group.

I believe that the military no longer gives husband's benefits to wives while they are still active duty. Most of the wives that I saw taking classes were not serious about working. I saw them taking s-xy programs like fashion marketing but unwilling to work the entry level requirement of having retail experience. The veterans that should be taking vocational degree programs were taking BA/BS programs that would not provide the money they were seeking after graduation. The majority also had a few kids, so the reality of an entry level position after graduation was disheartening. The schools also do not provide the counseling services that many veterans need. The majority of class room conduct issues were from veterans

We’ve had a lot of military wives as majors who appreciate online since they move frequently. I get online for them, but am saddened at how meaningless the degree from Ai is for them. I wish Ai would quit fleecing military families and they went to reputable colleges.

I can’t believe the US government supports schools like Ai when they are basically stealing from military families.

That’s funny. Online is another way to hide 300 plus pounds which may be a hinderance for an interior design or fashion job. Unless you are on the cover of Cosmo UK

The first part of this is correct, “Yes, it's clear that only highly intelligent people should be allowed to enroll in higher education.”

Being “remotely intelligent” isn’t a requirement at AU or Ai, “naïveté and ability to secure loans” is the sought after student.

If you’re bright and have money, you attend a Ivy League or research university, if you’re bright but poor you attend a state university, if you’re relatively bright you attend a liberal arts college, if you’re job focused you attend a community or technical college, if you’re ministry focused you attend a faith based college (many Pentecostal schools are just like AU and Ai), if you’re naive and can get financial aid you attend a for or nonprofit school, if you’re naive, can get financial aid and lazy (or have severe social disorder) you attend an online for or nonprofit school.

Yes, it's clear that only highly intelligent people and/or wealthy individuals should be allowed to enroll in higher education.

Now now, children. Stop bickering. Jesus loves you.

Who are you to tell someone “no” The student made their choice. They knew the cost up front. They still borrowed and borrowed and borrowed.

Too many students were admitted who had no potential, no talent, no desire to achieve anything but a degree.

They were literally “sold” a bill of goods that they could get a degree and a job for free with Federal loans working only on their lunch hours to complete it.

Even if a student had no failed courses, they still pay over $90k in tuition alone for a BS in a major that at best starts career jobs at $30k a year.

Most degree programs at Ai you don’t even need a degree to land a job in those fields, you just need a decent portfolio and someone to give you a chance.

How many students showed up late, didn't turn in their homework and what they did turn in was incomplete and cr*ppy? How many attendance withdrew, then appealed back in, then attendance failed? How many students got C's consistently, never took their skills or aesthetics seriously, then were shocked—SHOCKED—that an architecture or Interior Design firm wouldn't hire them?

Plenty! That's how many!

I'm tired of hearing people complain about how unethical The Art Institutes are when a lot of times these students couldn't get jobs because they didn't do the work or failed classes over and over. Get a clue! This is not for you! And, no, it was not my job to tell them!

-myn is correct. This is a terrible hangover from the early 2000s, when unqualified credit card & mortgage consumers didn't have a care in the world. The financial woes that the country saw in the late 2000s was the fault of many - lenders AND consumers. But for some reason, student loans are still a problem. Schools like these DO have predatory admissions practices. But students have a CHOICE where to go, how much $ to take out, etc. And plenty of students do not take student loans seriously. They should, like it is rent or mortgage. This is the students' fault. And no, the day will NEVER come that all student loan debts will be forgiven.

I worked for AI for over a decade. I saw AA degrees that cost 90k because of failed grades. Students that had no where to go would work the system so their GPA wouldn’t dip too low for more than one quarter. Academic Directors were told by the Dean to keep students even though they should have been gone. When you have no restrictions on who you bring in, this is what you get. I hope all of the schools close soon. They are so unethical.

How many stipends did this person request? How many classes did they fail and keep borrowing? It’s all free money until they have to pay it back. The entire system is messed up.