Sixty students were left in the lurch this week when Missouri Tech, a for-profit business in St. Charles, abruptly closed its doors, locking students out in the middle of the term and producing uncertainty over what options they have to continue their education.
The school’s sudden closure took many, including the state, by surprise.
Company representatives informed the Missouri Department of Higher Education they were going out of business on Friday — just days before students showed up for class and found the facility shuttered. The company told the state that its reason for closing was financial.
Read more at The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/missouri-tech-closes-suddenly-students-left-in-limbo/article_d0b72e31-cb00-56d5-8a14-b8ad447c5eca.html