We have some excellent adjuncts but with recent layoffs of full time faculty the rush to get anyone to teach campus courses this summer has deans hiring recent graduates with absolutely no teaching experience and minimal work experience. The people on staff (those who did not take the "separation agreement" only have degrees from --- Argosy or ---- The Art Institute. (We all know the quality of a degree from either compared to any non profit school.) Burned out faculty + new adjuncts with no training is yet another equation for disaster. It doesn't matter what you are selling the quality needs to be there. I really feel for the students who got on this sinking ship. How can these schools keep their credentials when so many qualified faculty are gone?
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They are technically not allowed to hair that many new people straight out from school. They are supposed to have a few years working experience. Also if they teach upper division classes, the majority but not all are supposed to have a Masters degree. Once the campus gets officially accredited by that fake for-profit accrediting board, its usually smooth sailing. Maybe students should complain to the board or higher up outside of the school management grip. They should get what they paid for. I am betting no one with a Masters would take a job there at this point.
At .05 cents a share there is a very real chance that The Art Institutes will close their doors.
They need naive new workers who don't know what they will be putting their hearts into. Once they realize the game they will move on to be replaced by others. Students will graduate or move on and the cycle will continue up until the day that it closes. As we all know quality of education (from the corporate level not the personal integrity of some - not all - instructors) has not been a concern for many years.
I suspect this was part of the plan. Experienced faculty cost a lot more; new hires can be paid with chump change.