More than 147,000 refunds sent to students affected by the school’s deceptive ads The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments totaling nearly $50 million to more than 147,000 University of Phoenix (UOP) students who may have been lured by allegedly deceptive advertisements. The refunds stem from a lawsuit the FTC filed against UOP alleging that …
The University of Phoenix (UOP) and its parent company, Apollo Education Group, will settle for a record $191 million to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that they used deceptive advertisements that falsely touted their relationships and job opportunities with companies such as AT&T, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Twitter, and The American Red Cross. Under the settlement unanimously …
Question: Dear Steve, I was enrolled at the University of Phoenix’s master program for early childhood education. I was forced to withdraw due to my state’s DCFS daycare regulations preventing me from completing my course work, completing my degree, and working in my chosen field. I understand there was a failure to benefit clause in …
Question: Dear Steve, I am a disabled veteran (reason for discharge) that served in Iraq 2004. After returning home in an effort to deal with my post war struggles, I decided to go back to school to get my MBA in the hopes to improve my personal economics. I enrolled in the MBA online program …
Question: Dear Steve, I have a school loan that will be due in Jan. I was caring for my elderly father until he passed away and living in his apartment then when got eviction and a judgment for the rent that was due. So I have that to pay amount 1950. anyway, I was homeless …
Question: Dear Steve, I just got a call from a collection agency about 17000 dollars they say I owe. I didn’t recognize the school because it was called axia college a division of UOP when I took online classes. But looked up Apollo university and it all made sense. I was in the first online …
Question: Dear Steve, I went to University of Phoenix back in 2002. I started going to classes onsite in Dallas but then moved to online approach when I relocated to another state. I finished the Master of Arts in Organizational Management in 2004 but have not been able to use the degree..in fact took it …
Court documents filed today certainly leave the impression University of Phoenix is dragging their feet in complying with a Federal Trade Commission investigation. In July of 2015 the FTC issued Civil investigative Demand requests to the University of Phoenix, requiring them to “produce material relevant to the Commission’s investigation, including information and documents relating to …
The Department of Defense is telling the University of Phoenix they suck and get the hell off our bases. According to the Wall Street Journal the University of Phoenix will no longer be eligible for DoD tuition assistance as well. “Sen. Durbin said that he will be calling on the Department of Education and the …
“Dear Steve, I have private student loans with University of Phoenix. I was able to pay off one of the loans however due to my low income I have not been able to make any payments on the outstanding ones. I am several months behind and I do not see the situation getting any better. …
