AICU to SACS: Blow it out!

[Albert Hidel]

SACS seems to be downright hostile to online programs, and since the "majority" of AICU's students are doing online programs, it's not surprising they ran into trouble.  Time for SACS to get in touch with the 21st Century.  Wasn't it Tennessee's Al Gore who claimed he invented the internet?  Somebody needs to let those SACS dirt clods in on the news.

You are right about the backward approach SACS takes to online schools.  They drove APU/AMU out of Virginia too.

But that's only half the story as far as AICU is concerned.  Like the good socialists they are, SACS also hates for-profits.  The Obamunist Regime wants to "spread the wealth around," which makes AICU's parent Career Education Corp. a ripe target for redistributionists and statists.

Also note that despite the controversy CEC's enrollments are up for 2009 over last year:

  

      
                                                   As of April 30,    
                                        2009              2008              % Change        
STUDENT POPULATION:
                
University
                
AIU
Online                              18,300           16,900              8  %  
On-ground                          3,600             3,500             3  %  

CTU
Online                              20,100            17,000           18  %  
On-ground                          5,000             4,300           16  %

http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/disp...-09-101557

The economy might be down but AIU and CTU are still bringing in students.  The wealthy SACS cartel members were probably having trouble competing against leaner, meaner private companies, so they called out the dogs to do their dirty work for them.  Smart move by CEC to bail themselves out rather than waiting for the Obamunistas to sink them.