FOIA Logs

This is a request pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 ct seq. As you know, this Act requires public bodies to make available for inspection and copying all public records, except certain exempt public records, within ten working days of a written request. We arc requesting a copy of the following regarding all campuses of The Art Institutes, including The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online (hereinafter collectively referred to as "'College,.), dated between January I, 2007 and the present. Please provide all records evidencing, regarding, or relating to the following: 1. Program reviews, findings, and communications between the Department of Education ('DOE") and the College regarding the College's failure to return Title IV funds to the Department, pay Title TV funds to students, or account for any Title JV funds received; 2. Complaints made by any person or organization to DOE, other organizations, or the College itself regarding any aspect of the College's misuse or mismanagement of Title IV funds including any failure to return Title IV funds or pay Title IV funds to students when required to do so by law; 3. All inspections, audits, assessments, evaluations, and findings made by any person or organization as to the College's management and accounting of Title IV funds; 4. Program reviews, findings, and communications between the DOE and the College regarding the College's falsification of attendance records or failure to maintain sufficient attendance records, including records of student participation in onlinc classes, student completion of online program assignments or class work, and documentation of dates and times that students log on to and/or off of the onlinc program classes, materials or platforms; 5. Complaints made by any person or organization to DOE, other organizations, or the College itself regarding any aspect of the subject matter described in question no. 4 above; and 6. All inspections, audits, assessments, evaluations, and findings made by any person or organization as to the subject matter described in question no. 4 above. 7. Any record containing a summary or compilation of facts or allegations contained in unpaid-refund discharge applications based on the College's misuse or mismanagement of Title IV funds including but not limited to failure to return Tille IV funds to the Department or pay Title IV funds to students when required to by law; 8. All applications and documentation submitted by any former student of the College seeking an unpaid­refund discharge (please redact the name, address, phone numbers, email and SSN of each person who submitted the application): 9. All responses and communication regarding the applications described in number 8 above (please redact the name, addresses, phone numbers, email and SSN of each person who submitted the application); and 10. As to the stndent loan unpaid-refund discharge applications filed with a guaranty agency or DOE by former students of the College based on the circumstances described in number 8 above, the number a. granted; b. denied: and c. pending.