Criminal For-Profit College Owner Must Pay $22 Million

MIAMI (CN) — A defunct profit-seeking college chain and its owner must pay $22 million for defrauding the federal government and submitting false information to get federal aid for unqualified ... Read More

Students of For-Profit College Freed From Debt

Attorneys general for 48 states and the District of Columbia settled potential consumer fraud claims against a for-profit college in a deal that includes $493.7 million in debt forgiveness for nearly ... Read More

For Profit Colleges Are The Most Likely To Close Without Warning

Corinthian Colleges Inc., a Santa Ana company that was once one of the nation's largest for-profit college chains ... rather than adding to the 39 million Americans with some college and no ... Read More

Consumer News

The Women's Cancer Fund raised $18.3 million, but a new lawsuit alleges the money went to pay a lavish salary to for-profit fundraisers. Read More

Consumer Lawsuits

A Texas man is suing the movie theater chain Cinemark, claiming the company was "deceptive" in selling him a 24-ounce drink that only held 22 ounces ... announced a $600 million agreement with ... Read More

Profits over patients: For-profit nursing home chains are draining resources from care while shifting huge sums to owners’ pockets

The issues were so severe that the government ... for-profit nursing home chains that have dominated an industry long known for cutting corners in pursuit of profits for private owners. Read More

Don't Single Out For-Profit Colleges for Policing

The collapse of Corinthian Colleges, which has cost the government $170 million and counting in loan forgiveness, has inspired the administration to identify the for-profit college sector as the ... Read More

Technology News

ABC News' Andrea Fujii explains ... The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with Amazon-owned Ring, which was charged ... Read More

For-Profit Colleges

Walden University, a for-profit online university ... of Phoenix and roughly 500 other colleges across the United States, has... Subscribe for free to Inside Higher Ed’s newsletters, featuring the ... Read More

Consumer News

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Sept. 26 to discuss whether it will hear a First Amendment challenge to a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on major social-media companies. The number ... Read More

Profits over patients: For-profit nursing home chains are draining resources from care while shifting huge sums to owners’ pockets

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news ... profit nursing home chains that have dominated an industry long known for cutting corners in pursuit of profits for private owners. Read More