This week saw the much anticipated demise of ITT Technical Institute, for those that don’t know, that’s a for-profit school in America. The demise of the school has long been sought by officials; parents, and students that have felt for so long, that, the technical school was nothing more than an orchestrated scam perpetrated against desperate students seeking a degree.
The school, announced this week that all 130 U.S campuses would close immediately. The move came weeks after the federal government in America declared that ITT Tech could not actually enroll anymore students that take federal financial aid, because, officials felt that ITT had abused their right to use federal aid — and often — had triggered students to take out loans that they should not have done in the first place.
Two plaintiff’s, an ITT tech teacher and a business analyst reportedly filed suit against the former technical institute today declaring that their rights as workers among their fellow colleagues had been violated. And, such, appears in good truth. U.S law states that employees must be given at least 60 days notice in the event of mass layoffs, however, such wasn’t afforded to employees of the school.
But rather, employees were told to take long vacations and even into the Tuesday after Labor Day. Families; students, and teachers were “spending” money as if it were a celebration not realizing that they wouldn’t have a job come Wednesday. The suit seeks compensation for damages; wages, bonuses, and various other things.
Meanwhile, ITT Tech maintains that it has done nothing wrong and that its “constitutional” right as an educational institution was violated when the federal government placed sanctions against the school, practically, barring any future enrollments.
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