Higher Education for the 21st Century
On July 30, 2012 U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) released a report on the for-profit college industry. The report uncovered huge unethical, immoral and in some cases illegal practices occuring in this field of higher education. Most of these questionable practices were perpetuated on the most vulnerable groups in our society, low income communities of color and our nation’s veterans returning from the battlefield. These are groups who are often passed over by traditional education for a myriad of reasons.
After Sen. Harkin report was released, the nation was outraged and the Obama Administration then launched a widespread and thorough investigation of the major for-profit higher education corporations operating at the time. Very quickly, stocks began to tank, campuses began to close and both students, faculty and administrators were left out in the cold with no degree or no jobs. The Co-Founders of Central Texas Allied Health were apart of this wave, when their campus, Brown Mackie College-San Antonio, was permanently closed in 2014. But instead of feeling defeated and betrayed, they set force to forge a new path. To create a new type of of higher education, one that would provide the concierge style education of a for profit school, but at the price point of a traditional institution of higher learning. Some say it can’t be done, we say, “Watch and Learn!”
The customer experience at Central Texas Allied Health Institute will be one of partnership. We want our students to feel that they are never alone or merely a student id number while enrolled in our institute. We want to provide wrap around services for the student from the moment they walk in the door to speak with an enrollment counselor, until they meet with a Career Services counselor to help with employment placement options upon graduation. A consolidated teamwork approach with both student services and academics to combat student retention and attrition will be the norm, NOT the exception. This helps us understand the needs of our students better and motivates the student to press on to graduation knowing that they have cheerleaders invested deeply in their success.
It is our firm belief that all people, not matter what zip code, income level, race or gender they may be should have access to an affordable, quality, world class education and it is the goal of Central Texas Allied Health Institute to provide that education to our most vulnerable communities who need it the most. No more leveling out, only leveling up!
