Art Institute of Las Vegas on brink of collapse, leaving students’ future uncertain
The tagline “Create Tomorrow” appears on the door to the Art Institute of Las Vegas. That tomorrow is in jeopardy for the hundreds of students paying about $90,000 in tuition to prepare for dream jobs in fashion, film, animation, visual design, interior design, gaming and culinary arts.
Financial troubles have brought the Art Institute to its knees. Parent company Dream Center Education Holdings notified the Nevada Commission on Postsecondary Education that it intends to close the institute by March 31.
But a miracle might still occur. The court-appointed receivership could keep the doors open long enough for a buyer with deeper pockets to save the day.
“We’re like the rest of the world — we’re waiting to see what happens,” says Kelly Wuest, administrator for the Nevada Commission of Postsecondary Education, who added that when she receives new information, she’ll post it on the commission’s website, cpe.nv.gov. “Hopefully, if something goes wrong, we’re able to make [students] whole, give refunds and help them find good programs.”
This isn’t the first of the problems for the school located in Henderson. It was already under censure from its accrediting organization, ACICS (Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools), for a campus-level job placement rate of 49 percent, 11 percentage points below the standard.
As part of a “show cause,” the campus was given a corrective action plan and is required to submit quarterly account-
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