Tuesday the 31st is the day. Most positions that can be centralized and some faculty. Campus closures will not be announced until phase 2 in June. Other than that everyone else is safe. The RIF is only concerning ground employees. So all you highly paid AR's do not have to worry, well at least for now.
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No layoffs at my AI campus today. It appears these rumors were untrue.
- Ai – Kansas City (CLOSE) 2. Ai - Minnesota 3. Ai - Atlanta 4. Ai - Atlanta – Decatur (CLOSE) 5. Ai - Austin 6. Ai – Hollywood 7. Ai – Inland Empire 8. Ai – Sacramento 9. Ai – San Diego 10. Ai – San Francisco (CLOSE) 11. Ai – Silicon Valley (CLOSE) 12. Ai – Los Angeles 13. Ai – Orange County 14. Ai - Charleston (CLOSE) 15. Ai - Charlotte 16. Ai - Colorado (CLOSE) 17. Ai - Dallas 18. Ai - Fort Lauderdale 19. Ai - Fort Worth (CLOSE) 20. Ai - Houston 21. Ai - Houston – North (CLOSE) 22. Ai - Indianapolis 23. Ai - Jacksonville (CLOSE) 24. Ai - Las Vegas 25. Ai - Michigan 26. Ai - Michigan – Troy (CLOSE) 27. Ai - New York City (CLOSE) 28. Ai - Ohio – Cincinnati (CLOSE) 29. Ai - Philadelphia 30. Ai - Phoenix 31. Ai - Pittsburgh 32. Ai - Portland 33. Ai - Raleigh–Durham 34. Ai - Salt Lake City 35. Ai - San Antonio 36. Ai - Seattle 37. Ai - St. Louis 38. Ai - Tampa 39. Ai - Tennessee – Nashville (CLOSE) 40. Ai - Tucson (CLOSE) 41. Ai - Vancouver 42. Ai - Virginia Beach 43. Ai - Washington 44. Ai - Washington – Dulles (CLOSE) 45. Ai - Wisconsin 46. Ai - York – Pennsylvania (CLOSE) 47. Ai – Chicago 48. Ai – Schaumburg 49. Ai – Tinley Park (CLOSE) 50. Miami International University of Art & Design 51. New England Institute of Art (CLOSE)
- Ai – Kansas City (CLOSE) 2. Ai - Minnesota 3. Ai - Atlanta 4. Ai - Atlanta – Decatur (CLOSE) 5. Ai - Austin 6. Ai – Hollywood 7. Ai – Inland Empire 8. Ai – Sacramento 9. Ai – San Diego 10. Ai – San Francisco (CLOSE) 11. Ai – Silicon Valley (CLOSE) 12. Ai – Los Angeles 13. Ai – Orange County 14. Ai - Charleston (CLOSE) 15. Ai - Charlotte 16. Ai - Colorado (CLOSE) 17. Ai - Dallas 18. Ai - Fort Lauderdale 19. Ai - Fort Worth (CLOSE) 20. Ai - Houston 21. Ai - Houston – North (CLOSE) 22. Ai - Indianapolis 23. Ai - Jacksonville (CLOSE) 24. Ai - Las Vegas 25. Ai - Michigan 26. Ai - Michigan – Troy (CLOSE) 27. Ai - New York City (CLOSE) 28. Ai - Ohio – Cincinnati (CLOSE) 29. Ai - Philadelphia 30. Ai - Phoenix 31. Ai - Pittsburgh 32. Ai - Portland 33. Ai - Raleigh–Durham 34. Ai - Salt Lake City 35. Ai - San Antonio 36. Ai - Seattle 37. Ai - St. Louis 38. Ai - Tampa 39. Ai - Tennessee – Nashville (CLOSE) 40. Ai - Tucson (CLOSE) 41. Ai - Vancouver 42. Ai - Virginia Beach 43. Ai - Washington 44. Ai - Washington – Dulles (CLOSE) 45. Ai - Wisconsin 46. Ai - York – Pennsylvania (CLOSE) 47. Ai – Chicago 48. Ai – Schaumburg 49. Ai – Tinley Park (CLOSE) 50. Miami International University of Art & Design 51. New England Institute of Art (CLOSE)
@84575, Yes Sir, Mr. G & Mr. C pretty detached from reality.
What about the EDMC staffing at headquarters in Pittsburgh? If layoff are in the field they won't need the support back at the home office so that will happen as well. I remember Mr. West phrasing it as we need to be "adjusting to the changes in the industry". How about "CREATE"ing a plan together that would work. Isn't thats why they pay you guys all that money in the golden towers.
They outsourced our schools Facility Maintenance people to CBRE; while regionalizing Ai Facility reps, within a year let those Ai/EDMC people go... great planning. Now the schools looks like horrible to say the least. What person/parent of sound mind would throw money at this place to go to school? Goes to shows how much Mr. West; Mr. Cano and Mr. Garcia actually know about facility maintenance... Word of advice find a different job or start a new career; hey I know a school that is taking applications..you would fit in nicely since your so creative with the B.S.
Where golman sacs failed kkr will follow. Makes no difference as greed is captain of a sinking ship as academics is an after thought.
84335- was your association with NY specifically?
While I agree a lot of money was thrown towards the NYC relocation, you have to remember, that is a sunken cost, and now with the company changing hands, the bottom line of how the campus is performing will be the driving decision under new ownership. Moving costs and building out the space is in the past.
I have heard that AiNYC dorms were so empty that they were hemorrhaging millions per year, and they ultimately subletted much of the space to other schools to try and stop the bleeding
I agree, NYC is likely gone. The only thing that could possibly save them is that a lot of money was recently thrown into a new facility. They have never been competitive in a market rich with higher education options. Remember, they were the original NY Restaurant School when EDMC purchased them. About 6 years ago they gave up on culinary because they had run a decent program into the ground. They have also been threw a slew of presidents and morale has always been notoriously low.
On another note, Ai housing historically was planned to break even, not be a profit center. Very few programs did, probably worse today then when I was associated. Wouldn't surprise me if all housing programs closed, which would also reduce the amount students financed and potential liability that comes with running a housing program.
While on the subject of NY and Philly being unionized, another member posted on here about NYC prez as "interim" at philly...
Coincidentally, that teachers union contract expires right before the August start, to add to the fact that there is exactly 2 years left on the school building lease (just enough for a teach out since NYC only has AAS/AOS) and student housing lease set to expire end of June with no resolution as of yet..
Furthermore, shortly after the KKR agreement was reached, E.W. Sent out an email which stated the future plans were to "consolidate accreditations to reduce costs" . NYC is ACICS, which is one of only a handful of art institutes accredited by them
Seems like too many things stacked against that campus for it to survive. Only 3 programs, small student body of 800-900, nothing at bachelors level, in a market with high operating cost
Ai Philadelphia and NY are unionized. Upper management is vehemently against it growing any further. Some years ago Seattle had a movement to start a union. Concessions were made and the vote was not taken. Unions are sorely needed.
@Anonymous84174, what does EDMC think about "allowing" a teachers union? I'll bet they'd fire (illegally) people who talk about it because they think they can get way with it. Although I generally support unions as places to gain democracy in the workplace, some of the major teachers unions (like AFT) do little. The organizers may be hard workers, but the administration can be lazy and corrupt (sound familiar?). You do have rights even without major unions.
Just curious, do your faculty get paid for this week 12? So faculty work 4*12 = 48 weeks per year? What an f'ing joke! No one can teach that much and keep up the quality and enthusiasm. It's a burn and churn operation I suspect. It sounds like the faculty need a union. Teaching this much is truly a sweat-shop operation.
What does that mean "AI Phoenix is on the hook"? Are they set to close? I certainly hope that is what you mean. If they are that will take out BMC since almost all have the same financial aid ID. BMC is ridiculous and irrelevant anyway, with a central office in Cincinnati and second one in Phoenix! What a waste! How do you get to corporate at BMC? Be a campus president and destroy a school, that's how. BMC president DF is a total germaphobic clown.
We have a week 12 meeting before good Friday. Next week is finals. The dean is going to Chicago Monday after finals. The prez was going but now she is interm prez at the Portland campus for the next 6 weeks.
We have an all campus meeting with all departments that week, but we have had one every quarter of late- I believe this is the 5th
This will be interesting if true. This will be the one-week between Winter and Spring quarters for Ai. Most faculty will not be on campus, and at least at my campus there is no planned meeting that week due to the ridiculous one-week break. I guess we'll know if suddenly there's a meeting planned and announced this week.
On a separate note, 11-week quarters for a year-round school is just stupid. EDMC truly understands nothing about how to actually educate students.
Brown Mackie College has closed two campuses with more on the way I imagine.
Ai Phoenix will be on the hook as they own Brown Mackie College!
If this is true, then it will be a year ago that the same thing happened. Last year, laid off faculty were attending an faculty (AiW) meeting and were picked off in the hallway and sent to HR before they could enter the meeting. What ever faculty was left, had to select which classes they could overload teach.
This business model did not work last year, who expects it to work the second time around.
AR = admissions representative?
83869, do you know which positions will be eliminated?
Thanks.