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Controversy
ITT Technical Institute has been involved in several controversies over its business and academic practices.

August 1998, 15 former students alleged misrepresentation, fraud and concealment by ITT arising out of their recruitment and education at ITT campuses. In September 1998, ITT settled all of the claims of the 15 claimants.

The company's representations about its financial status were questioned in class-action lawsuits filed by investors in 2004. That action followed raids authorized by subpoenas from a U. S. District Court in Houston, Texas aimed at gathering documents from ITT's corporate headquarters and 10 campuses.

The school's academic practices were again questioned in a 2005 California lawsuit which was settled after the company agreed to pay $725,000 to a group of employees who claimed they were pressured to inflate student grades in order to help them qualify for state financial aid.