School dropout rates are significantly high and those attempting to leave formally end up up to their necks in problems. Instead, students are charged as if they have taken the classes and are given an automatic F. The school has faced numerous lawsuits in regards to allegations of defrauding its students and gaining access to federal financial aid program money.
The lawsuits claim the school misrepresented its programs usefulness and acceptance, that it lies about its accreditation, that it runs shady loans, and that it is embroiled in unethical practices against its students. If you have questions or comments, please chat in the comments below or on the ChallengeStudentDebt Twitter handle. If you feel you were defrauded by the school you attended or you are being treated poorly as a distressed borrower by your creditors, take the free challenge debt review to find out what options you have regarding your student loans.
Your information will not be passed or sold to any 3rd parties. Share On Facebook Tweet This. Author Recent Posts. Julie B. Julie has seen first hand how for-profit schools have deceived and defrauded many for monetary gain.
She writes about the for-profit school space to provide some insight on the current state of the industry. She has been writing for ChallengeStudentDebt. Latest posts by Julie B see all. Total Debt. Initially, the name of the school was the International Academy of Merchandising and Design until the name was changed in Like other schools that were under the ownership of CEC, the International Academy of Design and Technology received numerous complaints and allegations against them regarding their business practices, misleading advertisements, enrolling students in programs that they are not accredited to provide licensure for, and making false representations regarding employment and job placement statistics.
In , former students from the IADT campuses located in Pittsburgh, Fairmont, and Toronto filed and won a lawsuit alleging fraud practices regarding registration, transferring credits, and enrolling students under false pretenses. In , a class-action lawsuit was filed and settled for claims that IADT violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending spam text messages in The petition was in response to the letters sent out by the Department of Education declining the number of applications from former students for the BDAR discharge.
The nearly half a billion-dollar lawsuit that required forgiveness of student loan debt for former students applies only to private loans that were used to attend the school. If you have federal student loan debt for attending the International Academy of Design you have to seek IADT loan forgiveness through alternate routes.
Even then, it is not guaranteed that you will receive the forgiveness of your federal student loans. To qualify for IADT loan forgiveness through this discharge, you would have had to have been a student enrolled at the school when they closed the doors.
Not when the school merged with Sanford-Brown, but after it merged and closed down in
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