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  • Getting Your Hands Dirty Getting Attractive for Gen Z

    04/25/2025 6:00:00 PM PDT · by CFW · 26 replies
    HotAir ^ | 4/25/25 | Beege Welborn
    This was a really interesting couple of pieces I came across this morning, especially after writing that piece on all the student loan defaults. It seems there might be a trend back towards the trades beginning to appear among the Gen Z crowd. Some of the reasons seem obvious to me - the bloated cost of a college education, for one, and the ubiquitous nature of the sheepskin being required for even entry-level jobs now. If everyone needs a college degree, doesn't that necessarily dilute the value of earning one? ...That’s in part because of the cost of getting a...
  • ITT Tech Shutters All Campuses After Federal Aid Sanctions

    09/06/2016 2:34:44 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 70 replies
    ABC News ^ | September 6, 2016 | Collin Binkley, The Associated Press
    The for-profit college chain ITT Technical Institute is shutting down all 130 of its U.S. campuses, saying Tuesday it can't survive recent sanctions by the U.S. Department of Education. In a letter to more than 35,000 students, the Indiana-based parent company ITT Educational Services announced that campuses won't open for the fall term that was scheduled to begin Sept. 12 — leaving students scrambling for last-minute options since many U.S. colleges already have started fall classes. ITT also cut more than 8,000 jobs immediately....