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Mass. AG urges U.S. Department of Education to revoke accrediting status of ACICS
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, joined by 12 other state attorneys general, is seeking deaccreditation of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) by the U.S. Department of Education. -
College group: Plaintiffs bar, feds, state AGs teaming against for-profit colleges
Last month, the DOE released a proposal that would establish borrower-friendly processes for seeking and obtaining loan relief triggered by what the agency describes as “unscrupulous conduct” by higher education institutions. As part of the proposal, the department provided options to negotiators that would protect students from the use of mandatory arbitration provisions in enrollment agreements. -
California AG seeks more help for students victimized by fraudulent for-profit colleges
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris issued a statement urging the U.S. Department of Education to better help students allegedly defrauded by Corinthian Colleges and other for-profit colleges. -
California seeks more help for students victimized by for-profit institutions
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has issued a statement urging the U.S. Department of Education to better help students allegedly defrauded by Corinthian Colleges and other for-profit colleges. -
DeVry University planning to fight action by federal agencies
The Federal Trade Commission is alleging in a federal lawsuit that advertisements by DeVry cited inaccurate graduate employment and earnings statistics. John Culhane, of Ballard Spahr in Philadelphia, said the signs point to some pushback from the company.