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Massachusetts AG Sues ITT Tech For Exploiting Computer Network Students (networkworld.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the he-said-she-said dept.

alphadogg quotes a report from Networkworld: Browsing through the latest news releases from ITT Technical Institute you'd never think the for-profit school would be capable of the things that Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says the state is suing it for. The school, which boasts of over 130 locations in 38 states, touts its efforts for women in STEM, its donation of laptops to public schools in Indiana and its record giving for United Way. But AG Healey is suing ITT Tech "for engaging in unfair and harassing sales tactics and misleading students about the quality of its Computer Network Systems program, and the success of the program's graduates in finding jobs." ITT Educational Services, however, rejected the AG office's claims and lashed out at the office for the manner in which it has brought the suit. ITT's statement reads in part: "The litigation follows the Office's wide-ranging fishing expedition that lasted for more than three years..." If the state wins, the school could be forced to reimburse students for tuition and fees, though ITT says it will defend itself against the charges.

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  1. What about "the everbody a coder" push by Crashmarik · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It seems half the government needs to be held accountable for taking advantage of students

  2. Re:Quality education, right there by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When I worked at the computer lab at my University I would regularly have to show post-graduate CS majors how to format a floppy disk.

    When I worked the Google help desk in 2008, I had to walk a newly hired graduate on how to turn on his computer. He was shocked to discover that no one was standing around to turn on his computer. I had to explain to him that a cubicle farm wasn't a university lab. I'm always surprised by how little CS graduates know about actual PC hardware.

  3. Re:Attended - a first person perspective by notthepainter · · Score: 2, Insightful

    C++ - B (Asian professor, accent was a distraction - "mammary leaks" discussed in-depth)

    Please, lets ignore the accent issue. It doesn't prove bad teaching, just that the teacher learned English in a different place than you did.

    I attended and graduated from MIT. One of my professors had a thick accent and it was distracting. He also had a Nobel prize.