Tag: education fraud

  • Home
  • Tag: education fraud
  • Page 2
Two Books Beside Two Chalks

Can You Afford to Go To A For-Profit College?

Can You Afford to Go To A For-Profit College? On September 10, 2012, the Huffington Post reported that for-profit colleges are complaining that they should not have to tell prospective students whether they are likely to afford their debts after attending school. For-profit schools get the majority of their revenue from the federal government, primarily...
Read More
Judge signing papers with a gavel in the foreground, representing the False Claims Act and class actions and Fresenius Whistleblower retaliations

Judge Strikes Down Dept. of Education’s New “Gainful Employment” Rules

Judge Strikes Down Dept. of Education’s New “Gainful Employment” Rules On July 1, 2012 and July 11, 2012, The New York Times published two articles reporting that Judge Rudolph Contreras of Federal District Court overturned the Department of Education’s “gainful employment” rules aimed at for-profit colleges that leave students with huge debt loads, no credentials,...
Read More
Closeup of Library Book Spines, representing whistleblower report and Internal SEC Whistleblowers

For-Profit Colleges Are Wasting Public Funds

For-Profit Colleges Are Wasting Public Funds On August 16, 2012, The Spokesman Review published an editorial which stated the for-profit colleges are wasting public funds.A couple interesting facts and quotes pulled from the editorial, include: Enrollment at for-profit colleges has exploded in the past 15 years as more people are drawn to the flexibility of...
Read More
Empty Library with lots of books

For Profit Colleges Encouraged Fraud

For Profit Colleges Encouraged Fraud On August 4, 2010, The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on For Profit Colleges entitled “FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES –Undercover Testing Finds Colleges Encouraged Fraud and Engaged in Deceptive and Questionable Marketing Practices.”The GAO conducted an investigation and had GAO investigators pose as prospective students and apply for...
Read More