November 15, 2023

Accreditor Backs U of Phoenix-Idaho Purchase, As Evidence Grows That Similar Arizona Deal Is a Mess

Chicago-based accrediting agency Higher Learning Commission (HLC), which oversees giant for-profit University of Phoenix, has signed off on the controversial deal, announced in May, for Phoenix to be sold by its owners, led by private equity behemoth Apollo Global Management, to a new non-profit entity tied to the University of Idaho. At its November meeting,
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November 7, 2023

Shuttered For-Profit ASA College Aims for Comeback

New York City’s ASA College, a for-profit school that lost its accreditation and closed its doors to  students in February — following scandals involving deceptive subway ads and sexual misconduct allegations against its owner — seems to be trying for a comeback. ASA College’s board chair, Frank Seddio, sent a letter dated November 1 to
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October 31, 2023

Education Department Fines Grand Canyon U $37 Million for Deceiving Students

The U.S. Department of Education today announced it has levied a $37.7 million fine on Grand Canyon University for alleged deceptions of students in the school’s doctoral programs. The fine amount, unusually large for the Department, was pegged to the gravity and scope of the abuses, as well as the size of the institution and
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October 19, 2023

FTC, New Jersey Charge For-Profit College With Deceptions, Order Student Debts Cancelled

The Federal Trade Commission and the state of New Jersey have reached parallel settlements with for-profit Sollers College, under which the school has been ordered to cancel $3.4 million in student debt for about 400 students. Sollers, which has a single campus in New Jersey plus courses online, also must pay a $1.2 million civil
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October 9, 2023

ACCSC Puts Atlantis University On Warning, Citing Compliance Issues

The accrediting agency ACCSC has placed Miami for-profit Atlantis University on warning status, a decision that bars the school from starting new academic programs or opening new locations pending a further review that could place the school in even bigger trouble. The accreditor’s action came just weeks after Atlantis withdrew its application with ACCSC to
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October 5, 2023

Grand Canyon U Says Feds Are Targeting It “Unjustly”

Giant career college Grand Canyon University, which boasts a student enrollment of 118,000 and receives more taxpayer-funded federal student aid than any other for-profit college in the country, has issued a lengthy press release charging that government officials “are coordinating efforts to unjustly target” the school. GCU asserts that officials at the U.S. Department of
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October 4, 2023

Perdoceo Chairman In Legal Dispute Over Daughter-in-Law’s Death

The executive chairman of Perdoceo, one of the nation’s largest taxpayer-funded for-profit college operations, has been sued by the parents of his daughter-in-law, two years after she was found dead from what authorities ruled a suicide. On August 8, Traci Phillips and Troy Pehrson, the parents of Tiffani Nelson, filed a civil complaint in District
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September 29, 2023

Dozens of Top Ex-Trump Aides Have Condemned Him. Biden? None.

Dozens of senior officials who served under Donald Trump during his presidency have since sharply criticized Trump for his conduct while in office. I’m not aware of any senior official who has served in the presidential administration of Joe Biden who has condemned him. UPDATE: A few days after we posted our article, “Dozens of
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