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Consumer complaints of alleged misrepresentation of financial aid and other misconduct has prompted an investigation of eight for-profit schools including University of Phoenix and Kaplan ...
He would later learn about the for-profit college company’s questionable tactics following a series of investigations and settlement agreements, including one in 2015 for $95 million over fraud ...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking on for-profit schools, rolling out new fines for colleges that mislead students about jobs and earnings prospects.
The U.S. Education Department is fining Grand Canyon University $37.7 million, saying the for-profit Christian school misrepresented the costs of its doctoral programs.
QuinStreet, Inc. is a publicly traded marketing company based in Foster City, California. The company was investigated in 2012 by 20 U.S. states for using deceptive marketing tactics to promote for-profit schools to U.S. veterans.
It did not confer college credit, grant degrees, or grade its students. [5] In 2011, the company became the subject of an inquiry by the New York Attorney General's office for illegal business practices, which resulted in a lawsuit filed in August 2013. [6] An article in the National Review called the organization a "massive scam". [7]
The sting was disclosed to the public on January 30, 2019, with The Detroit News [5] reporting that the DHS and ICE HSI had arrested eight "recruiters" of Indian nationality and charged them on grounds of visa fraud and harboring aliens for profit. In total, the recruiters allegedly made more than $250,000 from the university in compensation.
Birmingham, Alabama-based Education Corp. of America said it was closing schools operating as Virginia College, Brightwood College, Brightwood Career Institute, Ecotech Institute and Golf Academy ...