More than 170 former ITT Tech students have joined a debt strike, refusing to pay their federal loans in the wake of the for-profit school's abrupt closing.
The group, which includes six former students from Illinois, claims the shuttered school defrauded them with an education they called a "scam" on an ITT debt strike website.
"I am stuck up to my neck in debt for the rest of my life," posted Marc Asistores, of Chicago. "Now when I interview or submit my resume to future employers they will look at where my education and degree is coming from and laugh."
ITT Technical Institute last week ceased operations at its more than 130 campuses after the U.S. Department of Education cut off access to federal financial aid for new students. The closure affected 40,000 current students and more than 8,000 employees nationwide, the company said.
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