Vivid Details About The $7.25 Million Ashford Settlement Case
To graduate and get that much sought after academic qualification is the dream for many ambitious university students. This is the gateway to good houses, loans, job and a good lifestyle both on the economic and social platform. All these solely center on that paper. This however could turn to a nightmare when the validity of your papers is questioned. A good example is the Ashford settlement case to begin with.
The three parties involved, Des Moines Iowa, the University of Ashford and Bridgepoint Education Inc. Were ordered to settle the $7.25 fine for a number of consumer fraud charges. These companies have led to a number of students missing licenses, indebted most of them and wasted a large amount of their time too. The institution is believed to have duped potential students to a falsified program that could land them nowhere.
The above institutions conflicted with a number of the clause contained in the Consumer Fraud Act of Iowa. The said charges according Attorney Miller were, lying of misrepresentation of information to students to make them enroll. The telecasting of highly emotional, coercive and pressurized system of advertising used to make these students make the choice to enroll without self reasoning.
They were also charged with hiding vital material facts about the institution and their curriculum. The other charge was, to hoodwink prospective students that getting an education degree there would guarantee a job. However, this is not true as one needs more time, money and coursework to get this done. Lastly, the unwarranted technology fee as termed by them which stood at $900 dollars.
The court ruling was as following. The court settled for an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance. This would be met by the involved and accused parties by paying $7000000 to Iowa state government. This will pay the affected students part of full amount of money used. $250000 will go to compensate the government for carrying out this exercise.
This compensation was however limited to those already graduated and stranded students. Not the current ones who are still enrolled. Consequently, the institution was ordered with urgency to take the following changes henceforth. First is to cease from the use of aggressive, coercive and inappropriate methods to persuade the enrollment of students.
The institution was cautioned on the creation of untrue and misleading information to possible students as a means to persuade. They were expected henceforth to offer full and complete information regarding their courses and curriculum for the students. On the part of licensing, the court ordered unless true, the steps towards getting it were to be availed to the students. Not to omit any content from the student and desist unfair practices.
The University, on a yearly basis, table financial transactions for every year before the government. This oversight was to help a repetition of such a case and also the students enrolled pursue an online orientation courses. Lastly, those that wanted to drop out to do so without restraints.
The three parties involved, Des Moines Iowa, the University of Ashford and Bridgepoint Education Inc. Were ordered to settle the $7.25 fine for a number of consumer fraud charges. These companies have led to a number of students missing licenses, indebted most of them and wasted a large amount of their time too. The institution is believed to have duped potential students to a falsified program that could land them nowhere.
The above institutions conflicted with a number of the clause contained in the Consumer Fraud Act of Iowa. The said charges according Attorney Miller were, lying of misrepresentation of information to students to make them enroll. The telecasting of highly emotional, coercive and pressurized system of advertising used to make these students make the choice to enroll without self reasoning.
They were also charged with hiding vital material facts about the institution and their curriculum. The other charge was, to hoodwink prospective students that getting an education degree there would guarantee a job. However, this is not true as one needs more time, money and coursework to get this done. Lastly, the unwarranted technology fee as termed by them which stood at $900 dollars.
The court ruling was as following. The court settled for an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance. This would be met by the involved and accused parties by paying $7000000 to Iowa state government. This will pay the affected students part of full amount of money used. $250000 will go to compensate the government for carrying out this exercise.
This compensation was however limited to those already graduated and stranded students. Not the current ones who are still enrolled. Consequently, the institution was ordered with urgency to take the following changes henceforth. First is to cease from the use of aggressive, coercive and inappropriate methods to persuade the enrollment of students.
The institution was cautioned on the creation of untrue and misleading information to possible students as a means to persuade. They were expected henceforth to offer full and complete information regarding their courses and curriculum for the students. On the part of licensing, the court ordered unless true, the steps towards getting it were to be availed to the students. Not to omit any content from the student and desist unfair practices.
The University, on a yearly basis, table financial transactions for every year before the government. This oversight was to help a repetition of such a case and also the students enrolled pursue an online orientation courses. Lastly, those that wanted to drop out to do so without restraints.