Today the U.S. Department of Education finally took the initial steps to revoke its recognition of the sham accrediting agency ACICS. Not surprisingly, ACICS plans to appeal the decision, but everyone concerned with and outraged by the predatory for-profit education ‘education’ industry has long urged ED to take this action. CCI was scamming students and the government for many years with the full approval of ACICS, as was ITT Tech. Students who were victimized by these predatory organizations continue to suffer. All of these students would be better served by public community colleges, which are making great efforts to provide accessible and affordable educations.
Archive for September, 2016
Finally! ED takes action against pretend accreditor ACICS.
Friday, September 23rd, 2016ITT Tech Closing
Tuesday, September 6th, 2016ITT Tech announced that it is closing its campuses and discontinuing ‘academic’ operations effective immediately. This announcement followed closely upon the Department of Education’s action cutting off Title IV funding to new ITT Tech students. It is unclear whether ACICS’s efforts to appear to be cracking down on ITT Tech played any role in the decision.