That decision is being appealed and in the meantime the schools have to develop contingency plans for students who need to complete their degrees or move to other schools.
In an Oct. They called them unreasonable, noting the state failed to prove part of its case against the schools. Moore found the company committed fraud when promoting its criminal justice program, but he rejected other allegations the schools systematically lied about job placement rates, transferability of credits and accreditation. The judged order the school to stop using fraudulent recruiting practices. The next stage of the trial will determine restitution for impacted schools students and other injunctive relief.
This Act mandates that the Office of Higher Education OHE not authorize any institution that has been adjudicated for fraud or misrepresentation, as outlined in Minn. We anticipate the institutions to be able to operate for approximately one year to teach-out currently enrolled students. It is not known at this time if there are other federal or state entities that will impact that timeline.
OHE is working on options for current students to either continue their education at Globe University and the Minnesota School of Business or at other Minnesota institutions. We are in the process of developing articulation agreements and transfer pathways with institutions across the state, which would make it easier for Globe University and Minnesota School of Business students to transfer and complete.
A former recruiter said many admissions representatives knew many schools typically didn't accept credits from the two schools but wouldn't tell that to students. Hermann said students sign a statement indicating they understand credits may not transfer. She said recruiters aren't supposed to promise that other schools will accept their credits. Gerhart, of Chapel Hill, N. Gerhart said that when he transferred out after two quarters, the community college he transferred to accepted none of his credits.
Herrmann said the schools give out accurate information. She said supervisors monitor recruiters to make sure they don't wander from official, scripted presentations. The schools even send in "secret shoppers" who pose as prospective students to see whether recruiters are sticking to their scripts. Globe Provost Dave Metzen -- former director of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education -- said recruiters for the two schools are well trained.
But the former recruiters say their supervisors were part of the problem and generally looked the other way when recruiters engaged in unethical behavior. But this is off the record,' " she recalled.
Managers themselves pressured recruiters to enroll students they didn't think were ready, Jensen and the unnamed recruiter said. Jensen recalled telling an indecisive prospective student to explore her interests at a community college first - and then to return to Globe when she knew what she wanted.
You're supposed to tell her what she's supposed to take. Because Globe and Minnesota School of Business are run by a privately held company, it's hard to determine what effect hard-ball recruiting and high dropout rates have on the bottom line.
But higher-education policy professor Kevin Kinser of the State University of New York at Albany said such tactics are part of the business model at a lot of for-profit colleges. They may find it more profitable to recruit new students, he said, than to spend money on existing students who have little chance of success.
According to federal data, Globe and Minnesota School of Business spend about half what nearby public colleges spend on instruction. Globe officials say that's because they tend to hire part-time faculty, which are less expensive than full-time tenured professors. That revolving door for students is what for-profit critics such as Harkin call "churn. But Kosel, the schools' director of government relations, said in a written statement that the schools, "do not, in any way, practice 'churn.
This year's allegations of deceptive practices aren't the first. According to court documents, in , a group of people who'd earned diplomas in computer programming from the Minnesota School of Business sued the school.
The plaintiffs claimed the school made misleading statements about graduates' job placement rates and starting pay. Later, in , another group of former students from the Minnesota School of Business sports medicine technician program sued the school, claiming it made false and misleading statements about that program.
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