Across the country, community colleges are spreading out virtual welcome mats for the more than 35,000 students who were suddenly displaced this week when ITT Educational Services Inc., responding to federal scrutiny, shut down its chain oftechnical colleges.
But while the community colleges may be eager to increase enrollment, they’re having a hard time figuring out what to do with the credits many of the students are trying to transfer.
The U.S. Department of Education gave the displaced students two options — apply to have their federal loans forgiven or salvage what they’ve done so far by transferring credits to another institution.
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: https://www.chronicle.com/article/After-ITT-Tech-s-Collapse/237732
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