Argosy University

Dream Center Education Holdings Enters Receivership, Art Institutes Collapse Leaves Thousands Stranded, $16 Million in Student Aid Disappeared

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Dream Center Education Holdings (DCEH), a California-based religious nonprofit with no prior experience operating colleges, entered receivership on January 18, 2019, less than two years after acquiring the Art Institutes, Argosy University, South University, and Western State College of Law from the …

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Education Management Corporation (EDMC) Settles Largest-Ever For-Profit Education Fraud Case for $95.5 Million, Forgives $103 Million in Student Loans

| Importance: 9/10

The United States Department of Justice and attorneys general from 38 states and the District of Columbia reached a landmark $95.5 million settlement with Education Management Corporation (EDMC) on November 16, 2015, resolving allegations that the nation’s second-largest for-profit education …

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