ITT is no longer allowed to enroll students who rely on federal loans and grants

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Re: ITT is no longer allowed to enroll students who rely on federal loans and grants

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Post by munchbunny » Fri, Aug 26, 2016, 8:12 PM UTC

saalweachter wrote: post #134

imjustsaying wrote: post #91

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I'm just going to go out on a limb and say that most of the people going to ITT-esque schools are getting Pell Grants (free money, not loans) first and foremost to cover their costs. I didn't even know this was a thing until after I graduated (I never got a Pell Grant because my parents made too much money). Some schools have over 90% of their students funding their entire costs through Pell Grants (look at Universit…

It looks like ITT does/did have a large proportion of students with Pell Grants -- 23,500 out of 57,000 students. The tuition figures I can find for ITT are $18,000 / year, while the average Pell Grant to an ITT student was $1800 / year. So 40% of ITT students got 10% of their tuition from ITT, and ITT got 4% of its revenue from Pell Grants.

The 10% number is really interesting, where are these students getting the other 90%?

To me it feels like it can't have just been paid in cash, because if you have $16,000 per year just lying around... you are probably in a situation where you can find better options than ITT.

Re: ITT is no longer allowed to enroll students who rely on federal loans and grants

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Post by diyorgasms » Fri, Aug 26, 2016, 9:32 PM UTC

korethr wrote: post #106

diyorgasms wrote: post #68

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Degrees from these sorts of institutions are already arguably a black mark. I've seen this come up a few times in /r/sysadmin, and to some people, attending a school like ITT displays a shocking inability to do even the most cursory research before making a huge life decision. Fair or not, you can be almost certain you are not being considered for some positions because you attended ITT.

> attending a school like ITT displays a shocking inability to do even the most cursory research before making a huge life decision. Meh. Again, torn. I can understand the sentiment having had my own frustration with interviewing ITT tech grads years later. And it seems somewhat fair to hold that attitude against a recent graduate, considering the allegations have been around for some years now. But almost 15 years a…

I remember 15 years ago or thereabout and ITT Tech was advertising on daytime television. When was the last time a reputable institution of higher learning had a television advertisement strategy, let alone on daytime television. Their model has been predatory since day 1, and it wasn't too hard to see through it.

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