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?
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All is lost when good people overlook bad people’s conduct because it is just accepted as commonplace or from fear of losing their job. Follow your passion if you truly want to change people’s lives. There are much, much more appropriate places to do so. And don’t tolerate unethical behavior.
HMmm here we have our IRS telling the ways and means committee that oh yes we lost the emails, sorry we didn't disclose that earlier and sorry you got the notion from the first time I testified that we did have and somehow they just went missing. I think the government needs to do more probing in their own business and not try to detract from their own chaos to find some side line story to deflect attention off of them
That's right, leadership needs to be re-organized (although that could be too little too late now) I guess for me the point is, I don't wish to see the school fail as many have wished for on this board, there are some truly good people working very hard because they do care. There is no question the school needs reforms. Frankly I think all the entire educational system needs reform. There were kids graduating from high school who barely could read at a 2nd/3rd grade level and that is not exaggeration, barely could write a sentence, did not have a clue to do any math above basic 4th grade addition, subtraction and some division...and in some cases only when using a calculator. I was at the post office the other day and the mail clerk said the young generation goes in there and they have no idea how to address an envelope, and many of these kids have no idea how to read an analog clock only digital. cci may have their share of mistakes, but is closing the real option? Is that a solution? Sadly it may be the only solution at this point.
If the only issue was 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 covenants" of their debt, but the breach was waived by the creditors. Furthermore there are claims of falsification of records. Then there are the AG claims, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and on and on it goes.
The Obvious: CCi was warned that they were not compliant. The company rewarded management who were not compliant. CCi was fined because they weren’t compliant. They still rewarded management who were not compliant. CCi was under investigation by various great big vicious dogs that bite because they STILL weren’t compliant. They failed to respond but continued to reward employees who weren’t compliant. Now CCi is in deep, deep shit. Don’t blame the states, the feds, the SEC, the economy or other schools. Blame CCi leadership.
You were not acting with honesty and integrity if you were aware that dishonesty was going on around you and didn't do anything about it.
I think we all worked hard. It was a issue only of some people not giving over records. Once these were given out, it shows that every person is doing their best. This is key to our model and changing lives for students.
I don't know about cci's past doing but I know there was a large hiring that took place as part of a reform. Many moons ago I worked at another higher education institution that had many full time faculty. They decided that was costly and for budget cuts they ended up releasing most full time professors and went toward adjuncts as the main instructional staff with minimal professors full time on campus. That is still the current model as most higher education institutions - majority adjunct. Don't get me wrong, there are many amazing adjunct professors indeed, but they have to work a full time job or many other jobs to support themselves so you have a part time professor. Again nothing wrong with that per se, but cci did the opposite of that model recently and they hired a large influx of full time professors. When minimal colleges hire full time professors, why would cci be hiring a majority of full time professors? Because it means more one on one tutoring time with students, stronger student follow up to really work with them etc. I admire that stance. So it is not a matter of "overlooking" a fact, it is more of a matter of "some" departments have seen a shift and some changes that are deemed as a wise approach, a different approach than how other higher ed institutions are operating on that aspect. I worked as a full time professor at another higher education institution and as a full time professor, I was required to teach 6 courses every quarter. With cci as a full time professor I am asked to teach 4 courses in a term. People here speculate about things because they are so knowing and yet do you really think Jack even opens the mail or his team reports and is responsible for requests and such? To me it is no different than Hillary Clinton with Benghazi, yes ultimately the president is accountable, but no question I would fire Hillary as a result of not doing the job.
It is a large organization with lots of moving parts. Some people hunker down and try to do the best they can - treating people right, with honesty and integrity - even though there is dishonesty going on around them. Kinda like the real world, eh?
Nobody cares what you think. -Jack.M
...and with such a great business plan, a buyer will be no problem to find.
You must have a PHD from a CCI school. State the obvious.