The ITT Technical Institute in Huntington recently closed after a crack-down on federal financial aid for for-profit institutions. The West Virginia Community and Technical College System is hosting an open house to show students ITT Tech students more options Tuesday.
The open house will be at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington.
BridgeValley Community and Technical College, Mountwest Community and Technical College and Huntington Junior College will be on-site to present options to the ITT Tech students.
ITT Technical Institute, one of the country’s largest for-profit institutions, announced this week it was permanently closing all campuses nationwide. The Department of Education recently banned ITT students from receiving federal aid as part of a crackdown on for-profit colleges. The Company has operated 130 campuses in 38 states. The location in Huntington is the states only location.
Students are asked to obtain their transcript from the ITT portal online and bring any information they have about their loans.
The open house will run from 10-1 on Tuesday.