November 6, 2011
A Chain of For-Profit Art Institutes Comes Under Scrutiny
John Everett for The Chronicle
Sarah Boger took classes at the Art Institute of Colorado, in Denver, for a career in photography, but lack of opportunities led her to a tech-support job instead. She now photographs bands in Austin, Tex., but only as a hobby.
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John Everett for The Chronicle
Sarah Boger took classes at the Art Institute of Colorado, in Denver, for a career in photography, but lack of opportunities led her to a tech-support job instead. She now photographs bands in Austin, Tex., but only as a hobby.
One of the nation's fastest-growing networks of art colleges is battling allegations that its recruiting success comes at the expense of students who later find themselves unemployed and deep in debt.
While graduates of other institutions may also have trouble finding work in their fields, many graduates of the Art Institutes complain that they were led to believe they would have no trouble finding such jobs.
Sarah Boger says that when she called the Art Institutes after
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