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MAY 2 0 ,2 0 1 5 • CLACKAMAS PRINT 3 Heald students kicked out CCC tries to recruit students from Heald College in Northeast Portland, who were left without a school when it closed In April by Cassidy Scott A lth o u g h C o rin th ia n Colleges LLC had been struggling fo r months, stu d e n ts o f 1 5 0 -year-old Heald College w ere n o t p re p a red fo r C orinthian to pull th e plug, especially so close to th e end o f th e school year. According to a press statem ent from Corinthian Colleges, Inc., dated April 26, Corinthian was unable to sell Heald, like it had fo r several o f its other campuses across th e United States: “The Compa ny said these efforts were unsuccessful largely as a result o f federal and state regulators seeking to im pose financial penalties and conditions on buyers and te a ch -o u t partners." Essentially, Corin thian is stating they were unable to sell Heald as a result o f th e fe d e ra l and state g o ve rn m e n t im posing financial penalties on anyone interested. “ I have worked in higher education for 25 years and have never been so depressed trying to help students.” - Tara Sprehe Fortunately fo r Heald students, Clack amas Com m unity College staff readied a response team to talk to the students a b o u t op tio n s to continue th e ir e du cations w ith o u t losing to o m uch tim e and money. “ I was simply one m em ber o f a rapid response te a m se n t fro m CCC to be present as Heald students returned to th e ir cam pus to retrieve th e ir belong ings and copies o f th e ir Heald tra n scripts," said Tawnya Stauffer, stu d e n t support and enrollm ent coordinator, in an email. “My prim ary mission was to help students understand th e ir finan cial aid issues and resources. Others on our team w ere available to review transcripts and ta lk a b o u t enrollm ent and various programs available at CCC." Once the response team looked over transcripts, th e next step was to see how th e ir credits fit into th e program s available at CCC. Unfortunately, because it was halfway through CCC spring term w h e n Heald su d d e n ly closed, Heald students planning on graduating this spring w ere unable to finish on tim e. “ I d o n ’t th in k any o f th e s tu d e n ts were able to transfer and complete this term ,” said Tara Sprehe, associate dean fo r e n ro llm e n t and s tu d e n t services, In an email. “ Most o f our program s re quired additional credits to com plete a CCC degree/certificate, b u t we worked w ith each d e partm ent to speed up the process as quickly as possible so they can graduate soon.” U n d e rsta n d a b ly, th is process was stressful fo r all involved. “The experience was aw ful!" Sprehe said. “ I have w orked in higher educa tio n fo r 25 years and have never been so depressed tryin g to help students. They w ere understandably sad, angry, fru s tra te d and in shock. To suddenly have th e ir college close was aw ful fo r th e m and th e fa c u lty and s ta ff th a t supported them ." A ccording to Stauffer, d e s p ite th e w ork being p u t In to helping th e Heald students, there is still a journey ahead: “ I can o nly im agine th e process has been quite arduous fo r these students ... they have some w ork ahead, no m at te r how th e y decide to proceed.” As these Heald students (hopefully fu tu re CCC students) prepare to clim b back to graduation, th e y are left w ith fe w real answers, ju s t confusion and a sym pathetic press release: “N either o ur Board o f Directors, o ur m anage m e n t, o u r faculty, n o r o u r s tu d e n ts b e lie ve th e s e sch o o ls d e se rve d to be forced to close," w ro te Jack Mas- sim ino, C o rin th ia n ’s C hief Executive Officer, in th e release. CCC s ta ff are still w o rk in g to h elp students g e t back on th e ir feet. “W hile it fe lt g re a t to be p a rt o f a process to try to help th e m as best we could, w e should never have been in th a t situation in the first place,” Stauffer said. FIVE GUYS BURGERS and FRIES Open 7 Days a Week • 10:30AM-11:00PM Now Serving Milkshakes! How do you customize your milkshake? S ta rt with our vanilla based milkshake and add as many mix-ins as you like! X BACON CHOCOLATE crumbled apple wood smoked bacon a blend of chocolate fudge and sweet cocoa sauce CHERRIES i MALTED MILK Amarena sour black cherries blended in house • the classic milkshake staple — OREO® COOKIES ® ** w STRAWBERRIES fresh strawberries sweetened Oreo* Cream, Oreo* cookie pieces, Double Stuf* Oreo* Oreo* and DOUBLE STUF* are registered trademarks of Mondelez International Corp. ©0 COFFEE Arabica bean coffee brewed in house in simple syrup PEANUT BUTTER PB Crave* all natural peanut butter, sweetened with honey jJ . BANANAS fresh bananas m simps 19574 Molalla Ave Oregon City, OR c 503-657-6049 ALL MIX-INS FREE! For more area locations go to www.FIVEGUYS.com J
