ITT/ Breckinridge No Longer Accepting New Students

NurseGirl525, ASN, RN · Sep 9, 2016

I find the comments and opinions of some of you posters to be to be very elitist. I understand that your personal views of these universities might be based on your own perceptions. I would like to tell you as a student of one of these for-profit universities, I find my educational system to be adequate and aligned with the rest of the programs from"brick and mortar" schools. In the end, is it not the pass rates that matter on NCLEX? Plenty of our students pass with a 95-98% which is higher than some of the traditional schools in my area. Most if not all of my classmates are working adults that the traditional schools either can't accept, or won't accept (e.g, language barriers, working mother/father, etc) usually a traditionally someone with low income. Now I know its a personal viewpoint, I get it.

However, some of the professors from other schools look down upon students like myself. I speak with experience all due to my school choice. I was accepted into a brick and mortar school. However, due to me moving across the country, and trying to get into a program. I choose a for-profit school. When in the end, I will become a nurse and I will be just like any other student from any other school. I want the best for my patients, my family, and my future profession. How does that make me or any of the thousands like me different from students from traditional brick and mortar programs?

So when people say they can't wait for "schools like mine to be shut down, etc" it de-values thousands of lives, personal backgrounds, and hurdles to become a valued member of this profession. It devalues me.... Even if you don't personally believe that. Words do matter.

I think people find change to be hard and some of these schools are not perfect. These schools have forced Brick and Morter schools to change tactics. More online classes, more technologies with school interactions. Just please don't paint all of them with a broad stroke. My school is not perfect but, I've yet to find a nursing program, professor, or dean who is. Yet, we are all trying to broaden our horizons and experiences to become better future nurses.

To be open and transparent my school is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, State Board of Nursing, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

-Crew2State
Future Nurse 2017
-Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. - Rudyard Kipling

"Elitist"???? It's elitist to not want to see poverty stricken people get taken advantage of?? I fail to see how that makes any sense whatsoever.

If your school properly accredited and you intend to pay back your entire student loan, go for it. More power to you. I have a problem with these schools outright lying to naive people who are already in poverty. They promise the moon and stars to these people and in the end, they are left with no job, no degree, and about $30-60k further in debt.

Your post just shows you don't have any understanding as to what we are talking about.

MrChicagoRN, RN · Sep 9, 2016

I find the comments and opinions of some of you posters to be to be very elitist. I understand that your personal views of these universities might be based on your own perceptions. I would like to tell you as a student of one of these for-profit universities, I find my educational system to be adequate and aligned with the rest of the programs from"brick and mortar" schools. In the end, is it not the pass rates that matter on NCLEX? Plenty of our students pass with a 95-98% which is higher than some of the traditional schools in my area.

There are a few good for profits. Expensive but good. If your school has a high completion and pass rate, that's great. More power to you.

Unfortunately, there are others that are selling dreams and have very low completion and pass rates. One that recently closed was in the 40-50% rate. That is abysmal. I've had Chamberlain students on my unit in the past, and I think they were just fine, and have a high pass rate in Illinois.

MagicShell · Sep 26, 2016

In addition to the threat of taxpayers taking a hit, all of the nursing student hopefuls in Oregon are at risk of an even longer delay into local nursing programs(Not to mention expired prerequisites). As community based nursing programs such as PCC are currently discussing potential ways to accommodate the displaced ITT students, individuals such as myself are on edge wondering how acceptance into the already limited programs will be even remotely attainable. My though is that the government will strongly encourage a tax incentive "community college bailout" in opposition to any loan forgiveness programs. If only I would have chosen not to ignore the direct quotes of "WE ARE NOT AN ACCREDITED INSTITUTION" by ITT staff when I visited their campus two years ago. I could be that much closer to fulfilling my dream.