ITT Tech Shutting Down All Campuses Nationwide [40,000 Students Out of School]

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ITT Technical Institutes shut down after 50 years in operation.

TT Educational Services, one of the largest operators of for-profit technical schools, ended operations at all of its ITT Technical Institutes on Tuesday, citing government action to curtail the company’s access to millions of dollars in federal loans and grants, a critical source of revenue.

The move to shut down the chain of career schools after 50 years arrives two weeks after the Education Department said ITT would no longer be allowed to enroll new students who rely on federal loans and grants, award raises, pay bonuses or make severance payments to its executives without government approval. The department’s unprecedented move sent shares of the publicly traded company tumbling to an all-time low and raised questions about the future of the company.

“With what we believe is a complete disregard by the U.S. Department of Education for due process to the company, hundreds of thousands of current students and alumni and more than 8,000 employees will be negatively affected,” ITT said in a company statement announcing the shutdown. “We reached this decision only after having exhausted the exploration of alternatives, including transfer of the schools to a non-profit or public institution.”

As of Tuesday, the company said it has eliminated the vast majority of the positions held by its more than 8,000 employees. The remaining staff members will stay onboard to help the roughly 35,000 students at ITT’s 137 campuses decide what to do next.

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[Mike]

Thanks for posting sorry for all the students and staff.