UB Welcomes Students from Former ITT Technical Institute
September 9, 2016
Contact: Public Affairs
Phone: 410.837.5739
Students from the now-closed ITT Technical Institute are being welcomed at the University of Baltimore, which is taking steps to ensure that the transfer and matriculation of some of the roughly 800 ITT students in Maryland—all of whom were disenfranchised when the national institution shuttered all of its campuses, including two in the state—goes as smoothly as possible.
UB is expanding its already-existing ITT transfer equivalencies to further streamline the transfer process and reduce the time to graduation for these students, according to the Office of Admission. The University has a strong history of working with Maryland's community colleges on transfer credit agreements between institutions.
ITT Technical Services, the parent company of ITT Technical Institutes, announced earlier this week that all of its campuses would close because of actions taken by the U.S. Department of Education. Thousands of students across the country have been impacted by the decision, including hundreds at the ITT campuses in Owings Mills and Hanover.
"Students from ITT will find a welcoming, stimulating educational environment at the University of Baltimore. We would love to see them in our classes," said Giovanni Vincenti, assistant professor in the Division of Science, Information Arts and Technologies in the University of Baltimore's Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences. "These are capable, highly motivated men and women who, through no fault of their own, cannot continue to pursue their degrees at an institution that is under sanction. That's a difficult position for them to be in, and UB is determined to make it easy for these students to transfer and get back to class, seamlessly, painlessly, and as quickly as possible."
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