As per usual, we learn from the media and NOT school officials.
https://www.post-gazette.com/business/career-workplace/2019/01/31/Art-Institute-of-Pittsburgh-to-close-in-March/stories/201901310093
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Still no notes to students from Cooper. In fact, at AiO students are still being added to classes. F--- them I guess right? If they’re foolish enough to register a week after classes begin they deserve what they get right? Nah.
So funny to read that the campus administrators didn’t know anything!! Haha
https://htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/files/artinstituteclosure-1548956532.pdf
AiP leadership denying being informed of closing. Not sure how they (Elden and Jen) can question the statement “DCEH ... submitted a closure notice this month to regulators. The Pennsylvania Department of Education received notice on Monday”
I’d (If I were Elden or Jen) be calling the DOE to see if it’s true.
I’m not sure DCEH has enough respect for them (Elden and Jen) to call them personally. Finding out they are about to be unemployed by a journalist is WARN enough for them.
Faculty should just inform all this to all students:
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Do not sign to transfer to any other school.
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File for Borrow defense of payment.
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Join “I Am Ai” those guys will help you on how to file with the Department of Education.
Have a little bit of soul and ethics and let the students know!
Get on antipsychotics immediately!!!
Please post the article on the AiP Facebook page before they lock it down:
https://www.facebook.com/AiPittsburgh/
https://business.facebook.com/artinstitutes
This is really shady. If AiP president and provost had any professional ethical principles they would inform students immediately.
This would cost them nothing but cost DCEH millions of dollars in tuition revenue.
AiO has multiple tracks, one began Monday, January 28, they can add students through the first week of February and students can withdraw for a full refund this week.
Another track starts in two weeks, if the students knew AiPOD was closing they would not register.
The silence you hear is a misplaced trust in DCEH by EM and JC that they’ll be taken care of by DCF.
Sorry, but the campus administration still has not been told anything. The article was news to them as well. This is on DCEH and the receiver’s leadership or lack thereof.
Greed killed a once quality AIP. Truth is that once Goldman Sachs came onboard it was down hill. A 10 year slow death. Although a very sad situation - closing the Art Institutes is better for the students.
12:30 Eastern, still no announcement from AiP administrators. Students still have no official word.
Are they waiting for the day after the last day to withdraw from a class? Waiting to add more students to existing classes?
Maybe an announcement will come out by 5 pm today.
“there are about 1,924 students nationwide attending Art Institute online courses” 10 years ago we had more that that in just about every major at AiO.