Sick of it. Busy work that yields no results. You keep emailing, texting, and calling 95% of students in your classes repeatedly each week. The same ones. Definition of insanity. Makes management look like they are really trying help the students... — read more
Name the worst bosses you had at CCI
Mark Ferguson. Group President
hope for Heald
Still hope for us Heald staff. A light at the end of the tunnel http://online.wsj.com/articles/corinthian-to-sell-heald-campuses-1404168155?mod=WSJ_LatestHeadlines
Opportunity grant?
What campuses have heard of the Opportunity Grant? Any thoughts?
GRand rapids Everest Campus
Mandatory training for tomorrow cancelled due to "unforeseen circumstances" - closing the doors?!
From the San Jose Mercury news
It gave the company until midnight Tuesday to submit a plan that would cause minimal harm to students by selling off some campuses, closing others, and allowing some students to complete their programs at other institutions. (Don't sit around waiting... — read more
Is the investor group led by Michael Clifford still most likely to buy Heald? Is Liberty still in the running?
A quick agreement would keep us open for the July quarter. Let's all hope! If anyone has info, please share it. Please. Livelihoods on the line.
Ok we now know that all Heald Schools will be sold and the MOU called for all campuses to be sold or closed. Since they didn't mention Everest
or Wyotech does that mean will be closing?
Related to Jack?
In the directory, there is a Shana Massimino, Academic Program Director III in Online Learning. Interesting.
VA pulls funding http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/06/27/california-va-pulls-gi-benefits-going-toward-private-corinthian-colleges/
This will not help us with 90/10 rule!
More money?
http://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/Corinthian+Colleges+(COCO)+Allowed+to+Draw+Down+$9M+Under+Credit+Agreement/9625639.html
So Sad. 16400
I absolutely understand how Anonymous 16400 feels. He does however disclose an additional serious sad fact. Heald was the bomb. They did it the right way. .... Doing it the right lowered revenue and assets to the point that the were vulnerable to a... — read more
Now hiring- diesel instructor
This was posted June 26, 2014 on the pa jobgateway site for the Blairsville campus. Interesting - Corinthian is committed to doing the right thing. It is in the internet so it must be true! Faculty I - WyoTech (Diesel Technology)-144554 Description... — read more
So sad....
Heald was the bomb, in the old days when I worked there from '98 to '11. We were well- respected and graduates did get good jobs. Faculty were told that we didn't guarantee job placement, but rather lifetime job assistance for Heald graduates. I look... — read more
SEC Filing
New SEC files for CCI. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066134/000110465914049394/0001104659-14-049394-index.htm
Another $200M charge...
That Heald goodwill is going to vanish! " Company's board of directors approved a plan (the "Heald Plan") to sell all of its Heald campuses (the "Heald Schools"). "
Flash News - Darren Gold
Darren Gold, CEO of Heald Colleges just stepped down. More to follow.
Whats going on in MA?
Any word on the 2 schools in MA? Brighton - scheduled to close - What about Chelsea?
30-Jun-2014 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Costs Associated with Exit or
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/140630/coco8-k.html
Who's still enrolling?
Which campuses are still going at it?
Think non-profit is a better deal?
Check out the government stats! http://collegecost.ed.gov/catc/#
What I don't understand
cci has had requests for documents and such, okay, so this current situation isn't even relatively new but it has been going on and cci clearly knew of this stuff so WHY, WHY did cci hire boat loads of new instructors this past spring? People who may... — read more
Review your Resume
Still think that your position is safe: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/06/30/4210560/once-mighty-corinthian-colleges.html
Fresh off the press
http://washingtonexaminer.com/calif.-ag-hopes-to-file-additional-charges-against-corinthian-colleges/article/feed/2145692
Update
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/06/30/corinthians-failure-could-cost-federal-government-12-billion#sthash.nrmB8xBQ.dpbs
What, the students are making good money, but don't pay back their student loan debt?
The better the quality of education the lower the likelihood of default.
Late Work Policy. It never fails...
With the lax late work policy where students can submit late assignments and main discussion posts from Weeks 1 - 9 by the end of Week 11, a few always try to submit crap work for some credit at the last minute. Essentially they can do practically... — read more
Speaking with former Everest Graduates.
While some of those that I spoke with could have counted as placed, and legitimately so in terms of technical compliance with the rules, the problem is that the employment did not last. So what if they were placed in a position that lasted less than... — read more
Skype Subscription Issues: message from Dr. Nancy
We are experiencing a glitch with Skype funding that is resulting in subscriptions expiring and text credit not renewing. If this happens to you, you will receive a message such as the one below saying that “your” payment has failed. This is not a... — read more
If the only issue was producing a few records, CCi would have plenty of cash.
If the only issue was producing a few records, CCi would have plenty of cash. This company went from over $200M in cash down to $28M in cash. Essentially no operating income, and massive losses for many quarters. Also they have "breached the... — read more
Any word on Liberty as owner yet? There is nothing about the buyout on their website.
Any info is appreciated
INTEGRITY
It looks to me like there are many CCi employees on this forum willing to overlook the fact that CCi has blatantly/repeatedly/relentlessly failed to operate in a compliant manner to save their jobs. Hmmm, wonder why CCi is in such trouble?
Have you noticed...
Posters who work at Heald are finding all the reasons they will remain open/sold - those that work online, same thing - only peeps not saying anything are those that work at the Everest Campus'. What's wrong with Everest College? I know plenty of... — read more
Have you noticed...
Posters who work at Heald are finding all the reasons they will remain open/sold - those that work online, same thing - only peeps not saying anything are those that work at the Everest Campus'. What's wrong with Everest College? I know plenty of... — read more