US Files Lawsuit Against DeVry University, alleging deception

[CaliCash]

I haven’t seen it here, so I’m posting.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-devry-ftc-20160127-story.html

"The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed suit against the operators of DeVry University on Wednesday, alleging that the for-profit education group misled students about their job prospects and potential earnings after graduation.

The suit focuses on two claims DeVry made in advertisements on television, radio and social media: that 90% of graduates seeking employment got jobs in their fields within six months and that students’ incomes a year after graduation were 15% higher than the average of all other college graduates."

Quite frankly, I don’t know why students are surprised post- graduation. If DeVry lived up to its claims, they wouldn’t have so many commercials begging people to come.

[musicprnt]

The whole for profit university thing is a big scam in many cases. Devry was basically a trade school that decided it was a ‘university’, and others of these schools like University of Phoenix and the like may not be very much better from what I can tell.These schools often trade on the kids who don’t have the grades, from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, who can get federal aid and loans, and then give them basically a worthless education.

[MichiganGeorgia]

Years ago I worked with a programmer that went to Devry. He was hands down the best programmer in our department. When getting a degree from a for profit college I think it depends on the individual.

[zobroward]

one by one these “schools” are going to disappear!

[sax]

I don’t know. Sounds much like the deceptive law school numbers touted by various private universities.