ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

'ITT Technical Institute' (often shortened to ITT Tech) is a private, for-profit, nationally accredited technical institute with over 85 campuses in over 30 states of the United States. It was founded in 1946 as Educational Services, Inc. and has been headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, since 1969. ITT Tech's accreditation is managed by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools. ITT Tech is owned and operated by ITT Educational Services Inc. (), a publicly traded company.

Contents

Courses of study

ITT, the business

Controversy

Campus locations

References

External links

Courses of study

ITT Tech offers programs specialized in information technology, electronics, drafting and design, criminal justice, and business administration.
Students of ITT Tech may pursue Associates, Bachelors, or Masters (business-only) degrees. Graduates might be specialized in architectural design, multimedia, programming, engineering and information technology.

ITT, the business

From 1965 until its IPO in 1994, ITT Tech was a wholly owned subsidiary of ITT Corporation (as "ITT/ESI"). By 1999, ITT Corp. (which had merged with Starwood the year before) divested itself completely of ITT Tech's shares but the schools still use the "ITT" name under license.[1] The initials originally stood for "International Telephone and Telegraph." It is now commonly thought to abbreviate the name "Institute of Technical Technology Technical Institute". This is a misnomer.

Controversy

ITT Tech was under federal investigation in 2004. The grand jury subpoenas that triggered the searches were issued by a U.S. District Court in Houston, and sought data on student placement, retention, attendance and grades, along with recruitment and admissions materials, graduate salaries, and transfers of credits to other schools. No charges were filed, and Michael Shelby, whose office was the one conducting the investigation, stressed that "no conclusions should be drawn from today's activity".^[1] Nevertheless, the investigation negatively affected the company's stock.^[2]
ITT Tech agreed to pay $725,000 to settle a lawsuit with California in which employees alleged that it inflated students’ grade point averages so they qualified for more financial aid from the State of California. ITT admitted that “erroneous student grade point average calculations” resulted in 49 students receiving more money from the state Cal Grant program than they were entitled to. The settlement covered the state's portion of the 2002 federal claims lawsuit. ^[3]

Campus locations

'Alabama'
:Bessemer (Birmingham)
'Arkansas'
:Little Rock
'Arizona'
:Tempe
:Tucson
'California'
:Anaheim
:Clovis
:Culver City
:Lathrop (Modesto-Stockton)
:Oxnard
:Rancho Cordova
:San Bernardino
:San Diego
:San Dimas
:Sylmar
:Torrance
:Vista (Learning Site)
:West Covina (Learning Site)
'Colorado'
:Colorado
:Aurora (Learning Site)
'Florida'
:Fort Lauderdale
:Jacksonville
:Lake Mary (Orlando)
:Miami
:Tampa
'Georgia'
:Duluth (NE Atlanta)
:Kennesaw (NW Atlanta)
'Idaho'
:Boise
'Illinois'
:Burr Ridge
:Orland Park
:Mount Prospect
'Indiana'
:Fort Wayne
:Indianapolis
:Greenwood (Learning Site)
:Newburgh (Evansville)
'Kentucky'
:Lexington
:Louisville
'Louisiana'
:St. Rose (New Orleans)
'Massachusetts'
:Boston North (Woburn)
:Boston South (Norwood)
'Maryland'
:Owings Mills (Baltimore)
'Michigan'
:Canton (SW Detroit)
:Dearborn (Learning Site)
:Flint
:Grand Rapids
:Troy (NE Detroit)
:Clinton Township (Learning Site)
'Minnesota'
:Eden Prairie (Minneapolis)
:Woodbury (Learning Site)
'Missouri'
:Arnold (SE St. Louis)
:Earth City (NW St. Louis)
:Kansas City
'North Carolina'
:Charlotte
'Nebraska'
:Omaha
'New Mexico'
:Albuquerque
'Nevada'
:Henderson
:Las Vegas (Learning Site)
'New York'
:Albany
:Liverpool (Syracuse)
:Getzville (Buffalo)
'Ohio'
:Dayton
:Hilliard (Colombus)
:Maumee (Toledo)
:Norwood (Cincinatti)
:Strongsville (W. Cleveland)
:Warrensville Heights (E. Cleveland)
:Youngstown
'Oklahoma'
:Oklahoma City
:Tulsa
'Oregon'
:Portland
'Pennsylvania'
:Bensalem (NE of Philadelphia)
:Dunmore (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton)
:King of Prussia (NW of Philadelphia)
:Mechanicsburg (Harrisburg)
:Monroeville (Eastern Pittsburgh)
:Pittsburgh (Western Pittsburgh)
'South Carolina'
:Greenville
'Tennessee'
:Knoxville
:Cordova (Memphis)
:Nashville
'Texas'
:Arlington (Fort Worth)
:Austin
:Houston North (Blue Ash Drive)
:Houston South (Webster)
:Houston West (South Gessner)
:Richardson (Dallas)
:San Antonio
'Utah'
:Murray
'Virginia'
:Chantilly (N VA/West of DC)
:Norfolk
:Richmond
:Springfield (N VA/South of DC)
'Washington'
:Everett (North Seattle)
:Seattle (South Seattle)
:Spokane
'Wisconsin'
:Green Bay
:Greenfield (Greater Milwaukee)

References

1. Feds serve warrants at ITT Tech campuses, CNN
2. ''Federal Probe Targets ITT Tech'', CertCities March 2, 2004
3. ''ITT, Calif. Settle False Claims Lawsuit'', Inside Higher Education, Oct. 18, 2005, Doug Lederman

External links

★ ITT Tech website

★ ITT Educational Services Inc. website

★ Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools website