CDI College
{{Short description|For-profit college in Canada}}
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CDI College is a private, for-profit career college in Canada. It offers programs in the business, technology and health care fields. The college has 23 campus locations in five Canadian provinces: six in British Columbia, eight in Alberta, one in Manitoba, four in Ontario and five in Quebec.{{cite web |url=http://www.cdicollege.ca/ |title=CDI College Campus Locations |access-date=2012-11-17 }} The school has been owned by the Eminata Group since 2007. A 2022 investigation by CBC reported that some recruiters for CDI College lied to applicants about program accreditation and the post-graduation hiring rates of its students.{{cite web | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-cdi-college-investigation-1.6670199 | title=CBC Marketplace Investigation | access-date=2022-12-02}}
History
The now-defunct Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (CCi) purchased CDI Education Corporation in August 2003. CDI had a post-secondary education division of career colleges operating under the brand names of CDI College of Business and Technology and The Institute for Computer Studies. CDI's corporate training division operated under the brand name of CDI Corporation Education Services.Manitoba Securities Commission. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706185406/http://www.msc.gov.mb.ca/legal_docs/orders/corinthian.html "MRRS Decision Document"]. Retrieved 11 December 2018.Bloomberg. [https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/companies/3619514Q:CN-cdi-education-corp "CDI Education Corp"]. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
On November 8, 2007, Corinthian completed the sale of substantially all the assets of its corporate training division, CDI Education, for C$19 million (US$16 million) to CrossOff Incorporated.Wellington Financial (8 November 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20190402103555/http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/wellington-financial-lp-closes-20-million-financing-for-crossoff-inc-tsx-cvg-566567.htm "Wellington Financial LP Closes $20 Million Financing for CrossOff Inc."] (press release). Marketwired. Retrieved 4 February 2021 In December 2007, Corinthian re-branded its Ontario campuses as Everest College and sold the remaining campus locations across Canada to the Eminata Group.[http://investors.cci.edu/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=556063 CCI sells campuses to Eminata Group] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219224642/http://investors.cci.edu/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=556063 |date=2015-02-19 }} News Release Dec. 14, 2007
Controversies
=''The Province'' investigation for dubious business practices=
In March 2012, a two-part investigative feature in the British Columbian paper The Province reported on student complaints and dubious business practices at CDI College and two other Canadian institutions owned by Eminata—University Canada West and Vancouver Career College.Olivier, Cassidy (11 March 2012). [https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-province/20120311/295480866741071 "For-profit schools hit by complaints]. The Province. Retrieved 10 December 2018.Olivier, Cassidy (12 March 2012). [https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-province/20120312/281479273357168 "I never admitted to wrongdoing"]. The Province. Retrieved 10 December 2018. In December of that year seven CDI nursing students had their Practice Permits suspended by the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta.{{cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/531570/students-voice-concerns-over-nursing-program-at-cdi-college/|title=Students voice concerns over nursing program at CDI College|first=Caley|last=Ramsay}}{{cite web|title=Edmonton CDI College Diplomas Void: Several Nurses In Edmonton-Area Lose Licence Over Issuing Error|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/12/18/edmonton-nurses-diploma-void-cdi-college_n_2325496.html|website=TheHuffingtonPost.com|access-date=30 June 2016}} Several Edmonton-based students later filed a lawsuit, claiming that their class activities in the nursing program included wheelchair racing, watching Netflix and learning human anatomy from colouring books.{{cite web|title=Edmonton nursing students sue private college|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-nursing-students-sue-private-college-1.1313845|website=CBC Edmonton|access-date=30 June 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Nolais|first1=Jeremy|title=Calgary Liberal MLA calls on province to investigate CDI College|url=http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2013/05/30/calgary-liberal-mla-calls-on-province-to-investigate-cdi-college.html|website=Metro.ca|access-date=30 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817085915/http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2013/05/30/calgary-liberal-mla-calls-on-province-to-investigate-cdi-college.html|archive-date=17 August 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Alberta Liberals support complaints by CDI students|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-liberals-support-complaints-by-cdi-students-1.1313278|website=CBC|access-date=30 June 2016}} CDI College terminated the LPN program in 2013. They settled the lawsuit in 2018, paying out $1.88 million.{{cite web|last1=Fournier|first1=Ariel|title=Almost $1.9M settlement in lawsuit launched by Edmonton nursing students against CDI College|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/cdi-college-lawsuit-settled-edmonton-nursing-students-1.4671504|website=CBC|access-date=21 May 2018|ref=settled_lawsuit}}
=UPAC investigation for questionable recruitment practices=
In November 2020, CDI College was named one of the ten private colleges under investigation for questionable recruitment practices, mainly targeting Indian students.{{cite web |last1=Schué |first1=Romain |title=Recrutement intense, cours en anglais : le lucratif marché des étudiants indiens au Québec |date=17 November 2020 |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1749970/immigration-quebec-inde-matrix-canada-soupcons-etudes |publisher=Radio-Canada}} The government of Quebec later suspended processing CAQ applications for CDI College, which are required for foreign students to study in the province.{{cite web |last1=Schué |first1=Romain |title=Québec lance des enquêtes sur le réseau de collèges privés |date=26 November 2020 |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1752347/quebec-enseignement-upac-colleges-matrix-rising-phoenix |publisher=Radio-Canada}}
In December 2020, the college was under investigation by UPAC for financial irregularities.{{cite web |last1=Lefebvre |first1=Sarah-Maude |title=Québec a dans sa mire le Collège CDI |date=10 December 2020 |url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/12/10/quebec-a-dans-sa-mire-le-college-cdi |publisher=Journal de Montréal}}
= CBC Marketplace investigation for misleading students =
In December 2022, A CBC Marketplace investigation into CDI College, one of Canada's largest for-profit career colleges, has found a pattern of misleading practices being used to pressure would-be students into signing up for online programs that can cost upward of $20,000.
Marketplace has documented some CDI admissions representatives misleading journalists posing as potential online students on accreditation, salary and job rates after graduation, as well as signing up unsuitable candidates and pressuring students to enroll.{{cite news| title=Some CDI College recruiters are misleading students, Marketplace investigation finds| website=CBC | date=4 December 2022 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-cdi-college-investigation-1.6670199 | access-date=27 May 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.cdicollege.ca/}} {{in lang|en|fr}}
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Category:For-profit universities and colleges in Canada
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Category:Private universities and colleges in Quebec