{"id":40578,"date":"2016-09-23T12:42:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T12:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=40578"},"modified":"2016-09-23T12:42:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T12:42:40","slug":"austin-community-college-helping-former-itt-tech-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/09\/23\/austin-community-college-helping-former-itt-tech-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Community College Helping Former ITT Tech Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

TWC News\/Spectrum News: Austin Community College Helping Former ITT Tech Students<\/a><\/p>\n

AUSTIN, Texas — Imagine being a student ready for classes to resume, only to find that your school unexpectedly closed its doors.<\/p>\n

“It is a crisis for these students, absolutely,” said Mike Midgley, vice president of instruction at Austin Community College.<\/p>\n

That’s the reality for about 400 ITT Technical Institute students in Austin, who were left scrambling earlier this month when their school shut down.<\/p>\n

“It happened very quickly, we have responded but we are still in the process of responding,” Midgley said.<\/p>\n

On the day ITT Tech closed, Austin Community College started getting calls from frantic students.<\/p>\n

“We see it as a real responsibility for us, these are Austinites who were caught in a really unhappy situation,” said Midgley.<\/p>\n

ACC isn’t receiving any funding to help out these students, but they’ve extended advising hours to accommodate as many as possible.<\/p>\n

“It’s not a huge pool of students, and so it’s not a number that we can’t absorb into our normal operations,” said Midgley.<\/p>\n

As for current ACC students like William Cates, they advise former ITT students to make ACC their new home.<\/p>\n

“You’re looking at maybe 8 to 15 people per class, so you get a lot of one on one time with your teacher,” Cates said. “It is really personal.”<\/p>\n

ACC says every student will have different needs, but they want to do\u00a0what they can to help former ITT students get back on track to achieving their academic goals.<\/p>\n

“We can help you explore some of those options, and we can be, for some students, a solution to this crisis you’re in,” Midgley said.<\/p>\n

If you are a displaced ITT Tech student and would like more information on ACC’s aid efforts, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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