Thread regarding Education Management Corporation layoffs

Aip is doomed just like all the edmc brands. They have recent graduates as adjuncts, clueless directors and a swarm president. The dean lives in Atlanta most of the time. The restaurant should be closed for health code violations and the instructors use the students for their freelance work. All the negative stuff - and more - in this thread is true. The "academics" hahahahahaha are a joke.

I can not wait until that fraud mill closes!

Don't worry Get Creative classes will save AIP!

You are all wrong! We got 45 students to sign papers on Saturday! The lazy entitled faculty are gone. Adjuncts add diversity and actually want to work! No more long smoke breaks or hanging out having coffee. It's going in the direction of being a better school! Out with the old! Insurance will cover the slap on the wrist lawsuits and gainful employment will never work.

I worked at AIP and was a part of the 2012 layoffs. I loved the school but saw the decline even before I was let go. I know a few people still there but the core staff/faculty that built the school are gone. The morale is horrible and the new hires naive. Some, surely have good intentions and talent, but they are set up to fail. How could you feel good as a professional knowing that the only reason that you have the job is because you are available and cheap? The directors are aloof and trying to get their careers sorted outside of AI. Faculty have other priorities and you'd be hard pressed to find someone in the building not looking for another job. The students see this and are either stuck and just want to finish because their credits won't transfer or really have nowhere else to go. It is very sad. Although I was gutted when let go I'm in a much better place. I expect the entire AI system to fold soon and AIP soon. I can't see EDMC relocating a failing school.

AIP has really gone down hill. There was always an arrogance about the school since the corporate office is down the street. At least half of the instructors just started since the recent waves of layoffs - many 20-somethings. Nothing against age but they have no mentors in the building. No one knows what they are doing and directors don't have any type of direction for the departments. The graphic design and culinary directors are both clueless props. There is very little quality left and more services are cut daily. The departments lack knowledge, equipment and decent management. I expect it to close instead of move locations since the building was sold. A lot can change in a year and I see no changes in a positive direction.

I think 574's assessment is pretty much on the mark. At my campus I see a steady decline of services. This leads to higher dropout rates and fewer student enrollments. Fewer enrollments means less money for budgets across the board and the decline accelerates. Those students who are left are either not smart enough/motivated enough to have switched to another college or are desperately trying to finish up their courses before we turn off the lights. Either way, as 574 notes, we are "coasting" to the end.

What is the enrollment at AIP compared to last year?

I think Colorado is going to fold next! What a sad campus.

All lies

There is no investment to turn the school around as another poster mentioned. There is no way that AIP could keep their accreditation -- if that wasn't fraud too. I was in the building recently on a Friday afternoon. The Dean was in Altanta, the president wasn't around and I couldn't find a single director in the building. It was a ghost town and school was in session. There are no books in the library and the culinary floor looked like it hadn't been deep cleaned in months. I don't know how they can run a restaurant like that. Disgusting. It is sad because it used to be a quality school but no one cares anymore - so yes - I'd be shocked if it wasn't closed within a year. Oh, and the building lease is up in a year and change.... it is done.

avalanche is coming

Yes. Ai staff just coasting until the end. Experienced faculty has left. Level 1 faculty kept because they are the cheapest and the easiest to exploit. Many AI locations are living day to day. Locations have more rented space than enrollment can sustain. Campus Presidents and Deans have no idea what is coming from the c-suites. The c-suites are not invested in turning the schools around. It is about sucking the money marrow dry and then closing when there is nothing left. They haven't got the funds to even put a viable curriculum together to sync with any of the regions local industries. They think one watered down curriculum fits all industry scenarios. Outdated curriculum product means outdated skills transferred to students who have not done their research. The only people who benefit are EDMC "closers" - the upper management who have been put into place to carve the up the assets.

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