This site has turned into whiner central. Just people b--ching about he same ol' stuff that is long over. We get better news on campus then anyone can find here - and that is not much lately. Too bad, there use to be active participants besides the... — read more
Dream Center and EDMC
What's going on with The Dream Center buying EDMC. We were told end of Summer and it's almost Septemeber...seems like the deal might not go through. I hope it does though but wondering what will happen to employees of EDMC. When is PA location... — read more
North Hollywood Art Institutes protesters
Protesters outside of N Hollywood location. Ai employees removed signage from main entrance and attempted to usher open house attendees out of side door, but protesters spread out to cover multiple entrances. Parents of prospective students are... — read more
Fraud alert
AIs is try to hold open house to siphon more money from Feds and the taxpayers. Don't take any wooden nickels!
EDMC Announcement today
Good afternoon, I'm pleased to share that progress continues toward completing the sale of substantially all of EDMC's assets to the Dream Center Foundation. Most of the required regulatory approvals have been secured. The Dream Center Foundation is... — read more
Does anyone actually have any updates?
don't need complaints. looking for some decent and real information.
This should be fun
Best AM at SUO
Friday, August 18th
Expect the announcement.
Art Institute Cost Reductions & Layoffs Coming!
ATTENTION TO ALL ART INSTITUTE EMPLOYEES The Dream Center Deal is near and will be closing soon. Major cost cutting and employee reductions will begin in September and be extended into October 2017 based on a new source. Everybody needs to update... — read more
CLOSE..but no cigar for the former SUP AM
As per the mandatory arbitration agreement you all signed an employee cannot sue EDMC without first going through arbitration. If a suit is brought against the company they have 90 days to arbitrate. The former SUO Graduate Admissions Manager had a... — read more
Tool of the year!
I'm Moonlighting. I'm a tool!
Campus is a disaster
Computers that don't work and no IT. This should be a first priority.
Sale to go through Aug. 31st
Email went out yesterday. The beans were spilled over employee education benefits.
All AI campuses to close
More than likely, all Ai campuses will be closing. Regardless of what anyone thinks of the quality of the programs (there is some debate), the Art Institute was never viewed as a "fit" for the Dream Center Foundation, only a risk. Ai was not one of... — read more
Layoffs
Oh yes my friends it's coming. Stay tuned
Next up will be Trump University 2.0, the Christian version
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mollyhensleyclancy/edmc-dream-devos?utm_term=.oee116rDv2#.cy4eeOoDR9
The Current Workforce
The Current workforce in this country is not going back to school because its to expensive, this is a simple fact. Ask the parents at a open house. Your 18-26 somethings rather work in a clothing store soon to be closed by a amazon warehouse... then... — read more
IMMENSE amount of pressure on admissions
This is getting out of hand. They are telling every ADA at my old school that they have to each get 3 students to start in August. They are telling them the entire deal with Dream Center depends on admissions making their numbers. All these new... — read more
She's back
Suo AM rule
ACICS
Of the schools that lost ACICS accreditation, which found new accreditation and by whom?
It's the end of the month... no status on the sale?
This is not a good sign
Weird things going on in Admissions
Anyone else experiencing weird things going on in Admissions, other than the normal secrecy?
How many Ai, BM schools are closing?
Does anyone know what EDMC schools are closing? Is the list for Ai schools on Wikipedia up to date? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_Institutes When do the teachout schools actually close? When do the 22 Brown Mackie campuses on teachout... — read more
Lose good instructors = lose students = lose money
As a former employee, I must agree with several posts.....as things went bad all the upper management could do was blame the instructors......constant scrutiny and lack of resources made the instructors jobs not only difficult but unrewarding....so... — read more
Layoffs end of month
Does anyone know if layoffs will happen this month at the center in chandler
Ai presidents meeting
The campus presidents met outside of Vegas this week. Any idea what the next round of changes looks like?
Latest article summarizing the Dream Center Sale
http://diverseeducation.com/article/99296/
Third Way Shows EDMC Outcomes are Horrible.
If you want to see how bad EDMC schools are faring, check out the spreadsheet by Third Way and filter for your school. You can see degree completion, repayment rates, and percentage of people making $25K following their school experience. It's not... — read more
Debt Relief for Thousands if They Stand Up to Collectors
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/business/dealbook/student-loan-debt-collection.html
Quitting admissions rep position at EDMC is a positive in interviewing for new jobs
I quit less than 1 year at EDMC and found a good new job very quickly. Too quick actually because I thought I'd take some time off to do party, get some more strange, and do more drugs. During the process of being interviewed for new job positions, I... — read more
BOOM!
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2017/07/13/Accreditor-rejects-EDMC-deal-due-to-insufficient-evidence-Dream-Center-Art-Institute/stories/201707130142
Trump has secretive teams to roll back regulations, led by hires with deep industry ties
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/07/11/propublica-trump-secretive-teams-rolling-back-regulation
FINAL WARNING.
By July 28 The Dream Center will be provided with the information EDMC has withheld. The tens of millions of dollars in fraud that is being attempted will be stopped. Executive Management now is the time to review your compliance files from the last... — read more
Acceptance deadline pushed back to Sunday? Admissions working all weekend?
What's going on? Isn't the deadline for acceptance part of the AG settlement?
Deadline for Educational Deregulation Hearings Ends July 12
Whistleblowers, tell the Department of Education why we need regulations to stop predatory behavior by for-profit colleges. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/deadline-educational-deregulation-hearings-ends-july-12-dahn-shaulis
E-mail the Accreditors and you State Reps NOW! Help to kill this deal!
The e-mail from the CEO today only confirms that the Dream Center deal is shaky at best. Let's put some more nails in the coffin, folks! E-mail your state senators and representatives! E-mail every administrator at every accreditor that you can find... — read more
Is the sale dead yet?
I can't take how we are forced to enroll students to this fake school. These poor people have no clue how they are being raped of their hard earned money. I want out. I wonder how long after they cancel the sale it's going to take to close the doors... — read more