Among those who have had to wait too long for debt relief are more than 200,000 students who say they were tricked into taking valueless courses at for-profit college chains such as the now-defunct ITT Technical Institute and Corinthian Colleges. DeVos’ own staff found that those schools defrauded students by making misleading assurances about the jobs that students would find after training and about the money they would earn.
@AaronSAment #DefendStudents
North Carolinians should be glad that @JoshStein_ is in their corner. Great work by @NCAGO and @mattliles in the fight to #defendstudents
BREAKING: Attorney General @JoshStein_ won a temporary restraining order against Stepping Stone Medical, an unlicensed medical technical school in Statesville that offers courses in phlebotomy, medical assisting, and medical billing. Read more: https://ncdoj.gov/attorney-general-josh-stein-wins-temporary-restraining-order-against-unlicensed-medical-technical-school-in-statesville/
Backlash begins against University of Arizona's acquisition of Ashford University via @insidehighered The contracts for these arrangements need intense scrutiny, as do the recruitment practices of the acquired entity. #highered #DefendStudents https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/08/04/backlash-begins-against-university-arizonas-acquisition-ashford-university