National Institute of Technology (NIT) is now
Everest Institute
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*, a system of
for-profit colleges
Proprietary colleges are for-profit colleges and universities. They are operated by their owners or investors, rather than a not-for-profit institution, religious organization, or government. Because they are not funded by tax money, their long ...
offering
career training across several program areas.
'* The Long Beach, California campus is now
WyoTech
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, a for-profit college offering education within the automotive, HVAC, and plumbing industries.
The schools are owned by
Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
Controversy
In July 2007, the
California Attorney General
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threatened to file suit against Corinthian Colleges, corporate parent of National Institute of Technology, unless it settled allegations that it has misrepresented its placement statistics; the school had been under investigation by the state attorney general's office for over 18 months.
Vocational School Faces State Lawsuit, Corinthian Colleges is pressed to settle claims that it has exaggerated job placement rates
'', ''Los Angeles Times'', Henry Weinstein, July 3, 2007 According to a case filed in Los Angeles County
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Superior Court
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, Corinthian Colleges "engaged in a persistent pattern of unlawful conduct" by overstating the percentage of those who obtained employment from its courses, inflated information on starting salaries and made misleading or false statements about which programs it was authorized to offer and which were approved by the California Department of Education
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The department oversees funding and testing, and holds local educational agencies accountable for student achievement. Its st ...
.[Henry Weinstein]
Vocational school chain settles suit
''Los Angeles Times'', August 1, 2007 The suit stated that Corinthian's "own records show that a substantial percentage of students do not complete the programs and, of those who complete the program, a large majority do not successfully obtain employment within six months after completing the course."[Henry Weinstein]
Vocational school chain settles suit
''Los Angeles Times'', August 1, 2007 In late July, Corinthian Colleges agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the chain engaged in unlawful business practices by exaggerating its record of placing students in well-paying jobs; the amount included $5.8 million in restitution to students as well as $500,000 in civil damages and $200,000 in court costs.[Henry Weinstein]
Vocational school chain settles suit
''Los Angeles Times'', August 1, 2007
References
External links
National Institute of Technology
{{coord missing, California
For-profit universities and colleges in the United States
Corinthian Colleges