TCI College of Technology
{{Short description|Private college in New York City, New York, (1909–2017)}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = TCI College of Technology
| established = 1909
| closed = 2017
| type = Two-year Technical College
| president = George Santiago Jr. (2016–2017)
| provost = Clotilde Dillon
| city = New York City
| state = NY
| province =
| country = USA
| coor = {{coord|40.75047|-73.99573|type:edu_globe:earth_region:US-NY|display=title}}
| campus =
| former_names = Marconi Institute, RCA Institutes, Technical Career Institutes
| website = [http://www.tcicollege.edu/ tcicollege.edu]
}}
Technical Career Institutes, also known as TCI College, was a private, for-profit college in New York City that offered two year associate degrees and certificates for education in technology, business, engineering, healthcare and other career paths.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/community-colleges/technical-career-institutes-CC08506|title=Technical Career Institutes in New York, NY|website=US News Education|access-date=2016-08-04}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.innovateli.com/ex-briarcliffe-college-prez-gets-technical-tci/|title=Ex-Briarcliffe College prez gets technical at TCI - Innovate Long Island|date=2016-06-30|work=Innovate Long Island|access-date=2017-03-03|language=en-US}} It was dually accredited from the New York State Board of Regents and by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcicollege.edu/page/dual-accreditation|title=Accreditation|website=www.tcicollege.edu|access-date=2016-03-07}} TCI's curricula offered training at the associate degree level taught by more than 190 faculty.{{Cite web|url=http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=technical+career+institutes&s=all&id=196477|title=Technical Career Institutes|website=College Navigator|access-date=2016-03-07}}
History
The school was founded in 1909 by Guglielmo Marconi as the Marconi Institute.{{Cite web|url=http://www.communitycollegereview.com/technical-career-institutes-profile|title=Technical Career Institutes Profile|website=Community College Review|access-date=2016-08-04}} By 1919 the school changed its name to RCA Institutes and then in 1974 it became Technical Career Institutes.
In 2009–2010 TCI had a 24% graduation rate and a 34.9% loan default rate, earning it the title from USA Today news as a "red flag school".{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/02/college-default-rates-higher-than-grad-rates/2480295/|title=College default rates higher than grad rates|last=Marklein|first=Mary Beth|date=2013-07-02|website=USA Today News|access-date=2016-08-04}} It is not uncommon {{not a typo|for for}}-profit colleges to have high rates of student loan default, which prompted a New York City Department of Consumer Affairs investigation in 2015.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/nyregion/new-york-city-consumer-agency-investigating-four-for-profit-colleges.html|title=New York City Consumer Agency Investigating Four For-Profit Colleges|last=Harris|first=Elizabeth A.|date=2015-04-02|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-08-04}}
On December 31, 2012, TCI was brought under the corporate control of EVCI Career Colleges Holding Corporation.{{Cite web|url=http://weeklyhub.com/will-evci-career-colleges-evci-run-out-of-steam-soon/|title=Will EVCI CAREER COLLEGES (EVCI) Run Out of Steam Soon?|last=Mckinney|first=Marie|date=2017-08-15|website=Weeklyhub.com|access-date=2017-09-06}}
In May 2016, TCI named Dr. George Santiago, Jr. the president and CEO, he served until the schools closure in 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hispanicoutlook.com/latest-news/2016/6/30/tci-college-of-technology-names-dr-george-santiago-jr-president-and-ceo|title=TCI College Of Technology Names Dr. George Santiago, jr. President and CEO|date=2016-06-30|website=The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine|access-date=2016-08-04}}
A 2017 research study "Mobility Report Cards: The Role of Colleges in Intergenerational Mobility" done by Equality of Opportunity project on income mobility rates for low-income students named TCI the fourth top college in the United States for mobility.{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/2/28/14359140/chetty-friedman-college-mobility|title=These colleges are better than Harvard at making poor kids rich|last=Matthews|first=Dylan|date=2017-02-28|work=Vox|access-date=2017-05-17|publisher=Vox Media, Inc}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.equality-of-opportunity.org/papers/coll_mrc_paper.pdf|title=Mobility Report Cards: The Role of Colleges in Intergenerational Mobility|date=2017|website=Equality of Opportunity project|access-date=2017-05-17}} However additional research studies will need to be completed in order to better understand how and why some schools are performing better than others.
= Closure =
TCI's website states "On September 1, 2017, TCI College closed its doors". According to the New York State Department of Labor, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) submission the close was based on economic factors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.labor.ny.gov/app/warn/details.asp?id=6028|title = Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)}}
Notable people
= Alumni =
- Martin A. Armstrong, creator of the Economic Confidence Model{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/10/12/the-secret-cycle|title=The Secret Cycle|magazine=The New Yorker|date=5 October 2009|access-date=2017-09-08}}
- Iran Darroudi, artist, studied television direction and production.{{Cite web|url=http://www.faramarzigallery.com/artists/51|title=Iran Darroudi|website=Faramazi Gallery|access-date=2017-09-08}}
- Ronny Lee, American guitarist and arranger.{{Cite book|title=Leventhal, Ronald (Ronny Lee) ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (4th ed.)|publisher=R.R. Bowker Co.|year=1980|isbn=0-8352-1283-1|location=New York|pages=297–298}}
= Faculty =
See also
References
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External links
- Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aZtz-KsdcY TCI: The First Hundred Years] on YouTube
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Category:Universities and colleges in New York City
Category:Technological universities in the United States
Category:Defunct private universities and colleges in New York City