Apparently a bunch of CIA students staged a walkout the other day, over rising tuition and declining standards at the institution:
Lindsay's piece:
http://www.eatyourbooks.com/blog/2013/4 ... l-worth-itSource article:
http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2013/04/s ... itute.htmlI have somewhat of a perspective on this, since I watched (and had friends who attended) the California Culinary Academy, which went from being a top cooking school and alma mater to many chefs to having its accredidation revoked, being sued by students, closing half the classrooms and the restaurant, and "reorganizing" (with a highly uncertain future) in less than a decade. Everyone in SF expects the CCA to shut down permanently within the next two years.
And the complaints of the plaintiffs? That the school charged too much and had lax standards, so that they were paying a lot for a worthless education.
What to you folks think of the value of culinary schools? Has the CIA outlived its mission?