MOOC DeVry

new 5/15 for univ level; i have not yet filtered / mined old

 appears to be virtual education (mostly)

see also for-profit

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=devos put in charge of oversee= <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For-profit_college" class="mw-redirect" title="For-profit college" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">for-profit college</a> based in the United States. The school was founded in 1931 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_A.DeVry" title="Herman A. DeVry" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Herman A. DeVry</a> as DeForest Training School and officially became DeVry University in 2002.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-internationaldirectory-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[3]</a>The university is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division(business)" title="Division (business)" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">division</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adtalem_Global_Education" title="Adtalem Global Education" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Adtalem Global Education</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[4]</a> the parent corporation for many other for-profit education institutions.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-10k2013-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[5]</a> Formerly known as DeVry Education Group, Adtalem is headquartered in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downers_Grove,Illinois" title="Downers Grove, Illinois" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Downers Grove, Illinois</a>, and Lisa Wardell is its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">CEO</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[6]</a> Since February 2002, DeVry University has been <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_accreditation" title="Regional accreditation" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">regionally accredited</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Learning_Commission" title="Higher Learning Commission" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Higher Learning Commission</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-AccreditationStatusHLC-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[7]</a>In December 2017, Adtalem announced that it was selling DeVry University to Cogswell Education (a division of Palm Ventures),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-AdtalemToCogswell-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[2]</a> the details of which remain unclear.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-MysteriousDeal-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[8]</a> As of September 2017, DeVry had a total enrollment of 19,287.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-AdtalemToCogswell-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[2]</a>DeVry University has been involved in numerous investigations, lawsuits, and settlements, particularly in the United States and Canada.<div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); padding: 7px; font-size: 13.3px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: none; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13.3px; display: inline; line-height: 1.3;">Contents</h2>  [<a role="button" tabindex="0" class="togglelink" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; cursor: pointer;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#History" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1History</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#Early_history" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.1Early history</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#Keller_Graduate_School_of_Management" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.2Keller Graduate School of Management</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#DeVry_Education_Group" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.3DeVry Education Group</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#Locations" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2Locations</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#Academics" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3Academics</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#Investigations,lawsuits,and_settlements" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4Investigations, lawsuits, and settlements</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#Enrollment" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5Enrollment</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#Alumni" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">6Alumni</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#Partnerships_and_political_interests" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">7Partnerships and political interests</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">8References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">9External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3;">Investigations, lawsuits, and settlements[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DeVry_University&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Investigations, lawsuits, and settlements" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>In March 1995, DeVry's ability to grant U.S. degrees through its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary" title="Calgary" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Calgary</a> facilities was discussed during a session of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_Legislative_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Alberta Legislative Assembly" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Alberta Legislative Assembly</a>. Therein, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Mitchell(politician)" title="Grant Mitchell (politician)" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Grant Mitchell</a>—then the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition(Alberta)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Alberta)" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Leader of the Opposition</a> for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_Liberal_Party" title="Alberta Liberal Party" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Alberta Liberal Party</a>—accused the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_of_Alberta" title="Premier of Alberta" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Premier of Alberta</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Klein" title="Ralph Klein" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ralph Klein</a>, of maintaining a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest" title="Conflict of interest" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">conflict of interest</a> with DeVry through his relationship with John Ballheim, who was at the time an executive at DeVry serving as both the president of DeVry's Calgary campus and as a member of the Klein's special advisory council on postsecondary education.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-COIaccusation-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[26]</a> Klein denied any conflict of interest.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-COIaccusation-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[26]</a> In 1995, DeVry was also suspended from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Student_Assistance_Program" title="Ontario Student Assistance Program" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ontario Student Assistance Program</a> after a large number of its students misreported their income. DeVry was reinstated after paying fines of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CA$" class="mw-redirect" title="CA$" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">CA$</a>1.7 million (equivalent to CA$2.49 million in 2016) to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ontario</a> and putting up a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_of_credit" title="Letter of credit" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">letter of credit</a> totalling CA$2 million (CA$2.93 million in 2016).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[27]</a>In 1996, students of DeVry's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Toronto</a> campus filed a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class-action" class="mw-redirect" title="Class-action" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">class-action</a> suit of CA$400,000 (CA$577,728 in 2016) claiming poor educational quality and job preparation;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[28]</a> the suit was dismissed on technical grounds.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-29" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[29]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-30" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[30]</a>In November 2000, Afshin Zarinebaf, Ali Mousavi, and another graduate of one of DeVry University's Chicago-area campuses filed a class-action lawsuit accusing DeVry of widespread deception, unlawful business practices, and false advertising and alleging that students were not being prepared for high-tech jobs.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-31" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[31]</a> The lawsuit contributed to a 20 percent slide in the company's stock.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-32" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[32]</a> The suit was not certified and the case was resolved for less than <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">US$</a>25,000 (US$30,348 in 2017) in June 2006.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-report-33" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[33]</a>In 2001, DeVry became the first for-profit school to obtain permission from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Alberta</a> government to grant degrees, on recommendation by the Private Colleges Accreditation Board.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-1stAccreditedForProfit-34" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[34]</a>[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia#Information_loop" title="Reliability of Wikipedia" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">circular reporting?</a>] This decision was opposed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_New_Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Alberta New Democrats" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Alberta New Democrats</a> (sitting in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition(parliamentary)" title="Opposition (parliamentary)" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">opposition</a>),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-AccreditationOpposition-35" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[35]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-PannuOpposition-36" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[36]</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Calgary" title="University of Calgary" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">University of Calgary</a> Faculty Association, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Federation_of_Students" title="Canadian Federation of Students" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Canadian Federation of Students</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Association_of_University_Teachers" title="Canadian Association of University Teachers" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Canadian Association of University Teachers</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-PannuOpposition-36" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[36]</a>In January 2002, Royal Gardner, a graduate of one of DeVry University's Los Angeles–area campuses, filed a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class-action" class="mw-redirect" title="Class-action" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">class-action</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint" title="Complaint" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">complaint</a> against DeVry Inc. and DeVry University, Inc. on behalf of students in the post-baccalaureate degree program in Information Technology. The suit alleged that the nature of the program was misrepresented by the advertising. The lawsuit was dismissed and refiled. During the first quarter of 2004, a new complaint was filed in the same court by Gavino Teanio with the same general allegations. This action was stayed pending the outcome of the Gardner lawsuit. The lawsuits were being settled in late 2006.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-report-33" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[33]</a>In April 2007, the states of New York, Illinois, and Missouri settled with three schools that were participating in questionable student-loan practices. DeVry, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Career_Education_Corporation" title="Career Education Corporation" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Career Education Corporation</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St.Louis" title="Washington University in St. Louis" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Washington University in St. Louis</a> were involved with the settlement. DeVry agreed to refund US$88,122 (US$104,004 in 2017) it received in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_sharing" title="Revenue sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">revenue sharing</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citibank" title="Citibank" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Citibank</a> to students.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-37" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[37]</a>In 2008, DeVry was accused of filing false claims and statements about recruitment pay and performance to the government of the United States.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-38" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[38]</a>In January 2013, a lawsuit was filed by a former manager at DeVry which alleged that the college bribed students for positive performance reviews and worked around federal regulations on for-profit colleges.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-39" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[39]</a> In April 2013, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorneys_general" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorneys general" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">attorneys general</a> of Illinois and Massachusetts issued <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpoena" title="Subpoena" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">subpoenas</a> to DeVry to investigate for violations of federal law and filing false information about loans, grants, and guarantees.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-40" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[40]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-41" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[41]</a> In July 2014, DeVry stated that the office of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Attorney General" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">New York Attorney General</a> was investigating whether the company's marketing violated laws against false advertising.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-42" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[42]</a>In March 2016, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Veterans Administration" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Veterans Administration</a> reprimanded DeVry over allegations of deceptive marketing practices made by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Federal Trade Commission</a> and suspended DeVry University from its "Principles of Excellence" status under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I.Bill" title="G.I. Bill" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">G.I. Bill</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-43" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[43]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-44" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[44]</a> On December 15, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission settled a US$100 million suit against DeVry, which alleged that DeVry's advertisements deceived consumers about the likelihood that students would find jobs in their fields of study, and would earn more than those graduating with bachelor's degrees from other colleges or universities.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-45" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[45]</a> Students who enrolled in a bachelor's or associate degree program at DeVry University between January 1, 2008 and October 1, 2015; paid at least US$5,000 with cash, loans, or military benefits; did not get debt or loan forgiveness as part of this settlement; and completed at least one <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course_credit" title="Course credit" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">class credit</a> were eligible for a refund.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-46" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[46]</a>Separately, on June 16, 2016, two former DeVry students filed a demand for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitration_in_the_United_States" title="Arbitration in the United States" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">arbitration</a> with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Arbitration_Association" title="American Arbitration Association" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">American Arbitration Association</a>. DeVry responded by suing the students, claiming the dispute belongs in court and not in arbitration.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-47" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[47]</a>In May 2017, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Learning_Commission" title="Higher Learning Commission" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Higher Learning Commission</a> designated DeVry "under governmental investigation" as a result of a Massachusetts Attorney General investigation alleging "fraudulent or deceptive practices".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-48" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[48]</a> In September 2017, the Higher Learning Commission removed this designation after DeVry negotiated a settlement.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-49" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[49]</a><h2 style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3;">Enrollment[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DeVry_University&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Enrollment" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>As of 2017, DeVry had a total undergraduate enrollment of 19,287 students. DeVry also has about 8,000 students enrolled in its master's programs and Keller MBA programs, bringing its total enrollment to more than 27,000.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-50" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[50]</a><div>=</div><div>
</div><div></div>==halperinno linkSchools: DeVry University, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Becker Professional Education, Carrington College, Chamberlain College of Nursing, DeVry Brasil, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
Taxpayer aid (U.S. Department of Education funding) last year: $1.47 billion
Current & recent law enforcement investigations or actions:
Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Education, attorneys general of Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York. Details.
Sample troubling behavior:
In January 2016, the Federal Trade Commission sued Illinois-based DeVry for allegedly misleading students about job placement rates and salaries for the school’s graduates, with damages potentially reaching $8.6 billion. The complaint focuses on claims that DeVry University repeatedly made in its TV, radio, online, print and other advertising: that 90 percent of DeVry graduates actively seeking employment got jobs in their field within six months of graduation; and that DeVry graduates had 15 percent higher incomes one year after graduation on average than the graduates of all other colleges or universities. The complaint alleges DeVry counted many graduates as working “in their field” when they were in fact:a business administration graduate working as a server at the Cheesecake Factory restaurant;graduates who majored in technical management working as unpaid volunteer positions at medical centers;a business administration graduate with a health care management specialization working as a car salesman.The complaint also alleges that DeVry counted, as placed in jobs, graduates who were working in the same jobs they held prior to enrolling at DeVry. DeVry says it did nothing wrong.
In a March 14, 2016, letter, VA Deputy Under Secretary Curtis L. Coy informed DeVry that he was removing DeVry’s “Principles of Excellence“ approval status, which indicates a commitment to protecting student veterans, from the VA’s GI Bill Comparison Tool, and would place a warning flag on its website to call attention to the FTC lawsuit. Coy wrote that the VA was “greatly concerned about FTC’s findings in the pending lawsuit” and added that “VA received significant numbers of complaints” from veterans “regarding DeVry and its misrepresentation to students and prospective students of post-graduation employment outcomes as well as providing insufficient information on total cost of programs.”The Senate HELP committee documented manipulative recruiting practices, aimed at exploiting a prospective student’s “pain,” at DeVry.Christopher Neiweem, an Iraq war veteran, testified before Congress in 2013 about his job at DeVry from 2008 to 2009, which was to recruit veterans to the school. Veterans and servicemembers, who have earned VA and Pentagon education funding for their service, are a critical target of for-profit colleges, which are required by the federal 90/10 rule to obtain at least ten percent of their funding from sources other than Department of Education aid. Neiweem says his bosses told him to get “asses in classes,” even for veterans deployed to active combat zones or who otherwise might not benefit from the programs. Worse, they told him to represent himself as a “military adviser,” which might have suggested he was associated with the Defense Department. Neiweem went on to work at the respected advocacy group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Other former DeVry recruiters have corroborated his account.On May 24, 2016, DeVry announced that CEO Daniel Hamburger, who six days earlier had defended the company’s record and discussed the company’s future in a video interview with Yahoo Finance, was leaving, effective immediately, “to pursue other opportunities.”CEO: Lisa Wardell
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Prominent advocates & validators:
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Ann Weaver Hart. On February 22, 2016, DeVry announced that Ann Weaver Hart, president of the University of Arizona, and Linda Katehi, Chancellor of the University of California-Davis, had joined its board of directors.  Eight days later, Katehi abruptly resigned from the DeVry board, having faced withering criticism from a California state assemblyman and public interest advocates.[8] But Hart, who heads one of Arizona’s two flagship universities, refused to quit DeVry’s board, despite mounting criticism in her state, including an April 2016 letter signed by 22 Arizona lawmakers calling on Hart to resign her presidency. Instead, she said, “I will remain on the board for the same reasons I accepted the appointment — I believe my experience helping public university students achieve their academic goals will benefit DeVry’s students.”  The company pays board members $70,000 a year, plus stock worth about $100,000. In June 2016, immediately following a meeting with the Arizona Board of Regents, Hart announced that she would not seek an extension of her contract as university president when it expires in 2018.  In effect, she had chosen DeVry over Arizona.
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Alan Merten. Another DeVry board member with a strong academic pedigree is Alan Merten, President Emeritus and Distinguished Service Professor at a Virginia public institution, George Mason University. Merten was paid $1.87 million in 2012, his last year as George Mason’s president, making him one of the nation’s highest paid university leaders.
Merten told me that he was recruited to the DeVry board in 2012, after he stepped down as George Mason president, by the then-board chair, Harold Shapiro.  Shapiro joined DeVry in 2008 after serving as president of Princeton University and, before that, the University of Michigan. (Shapiro left the DeVry board in May 2013.)  Merten explained his decision to join the DeVry board:  “I am interested in education of all types … I wanted to have influence, and I believe I have had influence… I feel like I have a responsibility to ask tough questions, and when I ask tough questions,  I get answers.”  He said he was focused on DeVry hiring and rewarding quality faculty. He said that in an industry of “good guys and bad guys… DeVry happens to be one of the good guys.”  As to Christopher Neiween’s 2013 testimony to Congress about DeVry’s questionable recruiting practices aimed at U.S. servicemembers and veterans, Merten said he was not aware of it. When asked if he was concerned about DeVry’s overall recruiting record, Merten told me that decisions to enroll are the responsibility of individual students. As to whether he had any concerns about DeVry trading on the reputations of esteemed academics, he said, “I don’t get the feeling that I have been used.”
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Doug Parker.  Doug Parker is the chairman and CEO of American Airlines. American Airlines tells its workers that one of the employee benefits for which they are eligible is “career development training,” and an internal employee benefits web page lists American’s “learning partners and other sources for tuition discounts, waived enrollment fees and education grants to help you further develop your professional skills.” The schools listed by the company as providing benefits for its thousands of employees — managers, pilots, flight attendants, reservations agents, and others — are for-profit colleges DeVry, the University of Phoenix, American Intercontinental University (owned by Career Education Corporation), Strayer University, and Capella University, plus a single state-run institution — Penn State’s online World Campus.  
The American employee web page links directly to special pages tailored to the company’s workers on each of the partner college web sites, where, in some cases, eager recruiters quickly appear in pop-up windows ready to start a live chat.
Some American Airlines workers might end up worse than when they started if they begin such a chat and utilize these alleged employee benefits. As noted, DeVry, the University of Phoenix, and Career Education Corp. all in recent years have been under investigation by multiple federal and state law enforcement agencies for deceptive recruiting and other questionable business practices that have left many students with overwhelming student loan debts and without enhanced career prospects.
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American Airlines steering its employees to for-profit colleges, some of whose owners are under law enforcement investigation, and all of which are starved for students and charge high prices, seems a questionable employee benefit. Why would American push its employees to those for-profit institutions, when higher quality, lower priced options are often available?  Many state schools are more affordable than the for-profit schools on American’s list, even taking into account the 5 to 10 percent discounts the for-profits are offering American employees.
But American Airlines is far from alone in steering employees to troubled colleges. For example, according to DeVry’s website, it has educational partnerships with scores of major employers, including AllState Insurance, Archer Daniels Midland, AT&T, Avis Budget Group, Carnival Cruise Lines, Chicago Transit Authority, CIGNA Corporation, the cities of Atlanta, Detroit, Miami, Philadelphia, and Seattle, Con Edison, Domino’s Pizza,  Farmers Group, FedEx, GoDaddy, Kroger, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Macy’s, McDonald’s, MetLife, Northrop Grumman, Office Depot, Pacific Gas and Electric, Rite Aid, Salesforce, Sony Electronics, State Farm, Subway, Suntrust Bank, TimeWarner Cable, United Airlines, UPS, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Department Of Health and Human Services, Wal-Mart, Xerox, even Cirque du Soleil, and even the FBI.
FBI employees have their own page on the University of Phoenix site — with a 10 percent tuition discount offer, as compared with 6 percent for American Airlines employees and 8 percent for United Airlines employees. While some FBI agents may be enrolling at troubled for-profit colleges based on the Bureau’s referral, agents also have been involved in raiding fraudulent for-profits and aiding in the criminal prosecution of college operators.
United Airlines employees get the same 10 percent discount as American employees on their own page at the American Intercontinental University site. Home Depot employees get only a 5 percent discount from that school. Home Depot also has an education partnership — including a “14% tuition grant” — with predatory for-profit Kaplan. Poke around and you will find many more such arrangements between major employers and for-profit colleges that are under law enforcement investigation.
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It’s easy to see why the for-profit colleges would be attracted to such partnerships, especially because any cash contributions from an employer for employee tuition would ease compliance with the federal 90/10 rule, which requires for-profit colleges to obtain at least ten percent of their revenue from sources other than the U.S. Department of Education.
But is any money flowing the other way? Are any of these employers obtaining cash commissions or anything else of value from these for-profit college companies for directing employees to such overpriced schools? For-profit colleges, desperate to sign up new students, cash their checks, and keep investors happy, are willing to pay handsomely for student leads in other contexts.
Such arrangements, if they existed, would seem to be a breach of trust by the employer. But even if no such compensation is provided by the for-profit colleges to employers, recommending troubled colleges to employees suggests that, at least, these employers are not doing sufficient due diligence about what constitutes a desirable benefit for their workers.
I posed these questions to American Airlines spokesperson Joshua Freed, but the only response he would provide on behalf of the company was: “I can tell you that we try to provide a wide variety of educational opportunities for our employees.”
As I’ve said, not all for-profit college programs are bad, and there are fine teachers and successful students at even some of the most troubled institutions. But on balance many students can get a better education at a better price at public colleges, many of which now offer flexible options like online classes.
Employers who offer dubious “benefits” to their workers to attend for-profit colleges that are under law enforcement investigation for deceiving students should be asked by government regulators, media, employee unions, and individual workers whether they are receiving any compensation for steering their employees to these predatory colleges, and whether there aren’t superior educational benefits they could be offering instead.
Of course, the Department of Education, which last year sent that $8 billion in taxpayer money for student grants and loans to DeVry, University of Phoenix, Career Education Corporation, EDMC, ITT Tech, Kaplan, and Bridgepoint, thus essentially giving those schools the Department’s seal of approval, needs to keep asking itself the same question.

Kenneth Salomon. DeVry paid $200,000 in the past year to the lobbying firm Thompson Coburn LLP, including long-time D.C. lobbyist Kenneth D. Salomon. Salamon and his firm are also registered lobbyists for ITT Tech, which paid them $180,000 over the past year. In January 2015, the United States Olympic Committee appointed Salomon as one of five members on the organization’s ethics committee. That provides some synergy, given that DeVry uses some of your tax dollars to promote itself as a designated official education provider to Olympic athletes.
Other registered lobbyists for DeVry in the past year have included Randy Nuckolls of the firm Dentons US ($70,000); Moises Vela Jr., who signed on in early 2016 and formerly served as director of management and administration for Vice President Biden; and Heather Podesta + Partners, which received $1,390,000 from DeVry for lobbying between 2010 and the termination of the relationship in mid-2015.

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<a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2016/12/2/veterans_helped_trump_win_but_critics">https://www.democracynow.org/2016/12/2/veterans_helped_trump_win_but_critics</a>

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In 1996, students of DeVry's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> campus filed a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class-action" title="Class-action" class="mw-redirect">class-action</a> suit claiming poor educational quality and job preparation; the suit was dismissed on technical grounds.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-28">[28]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-29">[29]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-30">[30]</a>

In November 2000, Afshin Zarinebaf, Ali Mousavi, and another graduate of one of DeVry University's Chicago-area campuses filed a class-action lawsuit accusing DeVry of widespread deception, unlawful business practices, and false advertising and alleging that students were not being prepared for high-tech jobs.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-31">[31]</a> The lawsuit contributed to a 20 percent slide in the company's stock.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-32">[32]</a> The suit was not certified and the case was resolved for less than $25,000 in June 2006.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-report-33">[33]</a>

In 2001, DeVry became the first for-profit school to obtain permission from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a> government to grant degrees, on recommendation by the Private Colleges Accreditation Board.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-Pannu_wants_DeVry.27s_degree_status_revoked-34">[34]</a> This decision was opposed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_New_Democratic_Party" title="Alberta New Democratic Party">Alberta New Democratic Party</a> (sitting in opposition), the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Federation_of_Students" title="Canadian Federation of Students">Canadian Federation of Students</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Association_of_University_Teachers" title="Canadian Association of University Teachers">Canadian Association of University Teachers</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-35">[35]</a> The NDP claimed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest" title="Conflict of interest">conflict of interest</a> as an executive at DeVry served as both the president of DeVry's Calgary campus and as a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_of_Alberta" title="Premier of Alberta">Premier of Alberta</a>'s special advisory council on postsecondary education.

In January 2002, Royal Gardner, a graduate of one of DeVry University's Los Angeles-area campuses, filed a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class-action" title="Class-action" class="mw-redirect">class-action</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint" title="Complaint">complaint</a> against DeVry Inc. and DeVry University, Inc. on behalf of students in the post-baccalaureate degree program in Information Technology. The suit alleged that the nature of the program was misrepresented by the advertising. The lawsuit was dismissed and refiled. During the first quarter of 2004, a new complaint was filed in the same court by Gavino Teanio with the same general allegations. This action was stayed pending the outcome of the Gardner lawsuit. The lawsuits were being settled in late 2006.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-report-33">[33]</a>

In April 2007, the State of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York" title="New York">New York</a> settled with three schools that were participating in questionable student-loan practices. DeVry, Career Education Corporation, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St._Louis" title="Washington University in St. Louis">Washington University in St. Louis</a> were involved with the settlement. DeVry agreed to refund $88,122 to students.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-36">[36]</a>

In 2008, DeVry was accused of filing false claims and statements about recruitment pay and performance to the government.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-37">[37]</a>

In January 2013, a lawsuit was filed by a former manager at DeVry which alleged that the college bribed students for positive performance reviews and worked around federal regulations on for-profit colleges.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-38">[38]</a> In April 2013, the attorney generals of Illinois and Massachusetts issued subpoenas to DeVry to investigate for violations of federal law and filing false information about loans, grants, and guarantees.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-39">[39]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-40">[40]</a> In July 2014, DeVry stated that the New York state attorney general's office was investigating if the company's marketing violated laws against false advertising.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-41">[41]</a>

Two state attorneys general, Illinois and Massachusetts, are investigating DeVry.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-42">[42]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-43">[43]</a>

On January 27, 2016, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a> filed suit against DeVry, alleging that DeVry’s advertisements deceived consumers about the likelihood that students would find jobs in their fields of study, and would earn more than those graduating with bachelor's degrees from other colleges or universities.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-44">[44]</a>

<h2>Enrollment</h2>

As of 2014, DeVry had a total undergraduate enrollment of about 32,000 students. DeVry also had more than 10,000 students enrolled in its master's programs and Keller MBA programs, bringing its total enrollment to more than 42,000.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-45">[45]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University#cite_note-46">[46]</a>

<a href="http://www.republicreport.org/2014/law-enforcement-for-profit-colleges/">http://www.republicreport.org/2014/law-enforcement-for-profit-colleges/</a>

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<li>Illinois and Massachusetts attorneys general investigations of DeVry</li>

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DeVry SEC 8-K, 04-15-13:

“DeVry Inc. (“DeVry”) received earlier this month a subpoena from the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Illinois and more recently a Civil Investigative Demand issued by the Office of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  The Illinois subpoena concerns potential state law implications in the event violations of federal law took place. It was issued pursuant to the Illinois False Claims Act in connection with an investigation concerning whether the compensation practices of DeVry and certain of its affiliates are in compliance with the Incentive Compensation Ban of the Higher Education Act and requires DeVry to provide documents relating to these matters for periods on or after January 1, 2002.  The Massachusetts demand was issued in connection with an investigation into whether DeVry caused false claims and/or false statements to be submitted to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts relating to student loans, guarantees, and grants provided to DeVry’s Massachusetts students and requires DeVry to answer interrogatories and to provide documents relating to periods on or after January 1, 2007. Although more information about these inquiries is not known at this time, DeVry is approaching them with a view toward transparency and an interest in demonstrating the compliant nature of its practices in cooperation with the authorities.”

<a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000115752313001773/a50610060.htm">https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000115752313001773/a50610060.htm</a>

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<li>New York attorney general investigation of DeVry</li>

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DeVry SEC 8-K, 07-18-14:

<div align="justify">“On July 15, 2015, DeVry Education Group Inc. (“DeVry Group”) received a letter from the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York (“NYOAG”) requesting cooperation with the NYOAG’s inquiry into whether recent television advertisements and website marketing regarding DeVry University may have violated federal and state laws prohibiting false advertising and deceptive practices.  The letter requests relevant information from January 1, 2011, to the present to enable NYOAG to make a determination of what action, if any, is warranted.</div>

<div align="justify"> DeVry Group intends to provide the Office of the Attorney General with its full cooperation with a view toward demonstrating the compliant nature of its practices.”</div>

<div align="justify"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000115752314002867/a50907774.htm">http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000115752314002867/a50907774.htm </a></div>

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<li>Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against DeVry</li>

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DeVry SEC 8-K 01-28-14:

“DeVry Education Group Inc. (“DeVry Group”) received on January 28, 2014 a compulsory request from the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) to provide documents and information relating to the advertising, marketing, or sale of secondary or postsecondary educational products or services or educational accreditation products or services by DeVry Group during the past five years.  The stated purpose of the request is to determine whether unnamed persons and/or entities have violated or are violating Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act and, if so, to determine whether further FTC action would be in the public interest. DeVry Group intends to provide the FTC with its full cooperation with a view toward demonstrating the compliant nature of its practices.  The timing or outcome of this matter, or its possible impact on DeVry Group’s business, financial condition or results of operations, cannot be predicted at this time.”

<a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000115752314000382/a50797415.htm">https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000115752314000382/a50797415.htm</a>

A copy of the FTC’s 01-23-14 Civil Investigative Demand was filed 02-14-15 in a federal lawsuit:

<a href="http://republicreport.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/FTC-CID-DeVry.pdf">http://republicreport.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/FTC-CID-DeVry.pdf</a>

FTC lawsuit filed against DeVry in U.S. District Court, Central District of California:

“Through the use of English and Spanish-language advertisements and other marketing materials, and during sales pitches with prospective students, Defendants have made deceptive representations about the benefits of obtaining a degree from DVU.”

<a href="https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/160127devrycmpt.pdf">https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/160127devrycmpt.pdf</a>

<a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2016/01/ftc-brings-enforcement-action-against-devry-university">https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2016/01/ftc-brings-enforcement-action-against-devry-university</a>

DeVry response, SEC 8-K 01-27-16

<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000115752316004298/a51267342_ex991.htm">http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000115752316004298/a51267342_ex991.htm</a>

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<li>Justice Department investigation of DeVry</li>

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DeVry SEC 8-K 04-17-15:

“On April 10, 2015, DeVry Education Group Inc. (“DeVry Group”) received from the Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio compulsory requests for documents and information from 2007 through April 1, 2015. The requests address allegations under the False Claims Act that DeVry University offered an associate degree program in Health Information Technology without providing necessary information to applicants regarding requirements for obtaining a degree and a job in the health information technology field upon graduation.

DeVry Group intends to cooperate with a view toward demonstrating the compliant nature of its practices.”

<a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000115752315001188/a51082526.htm">https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000115752315001188/a51082526.htm</a>

“On July 30, 2015, DeVry Education Group Inc. (“DeVry Group”) learned that the Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio has declined to intervene in a lawsuit alleging violations of the False Claims Act. The decision not to intervene came after the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio had been provided materials in response to the inquiry which DeVry Group announced on Form 8-K on April 17, 2015.  The lawsuit was filed over two years ago. If the relator elects to proceed with the lawsuit individually, DeVry Group intends to defend itself vigorously”

<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000115752315002675/a51154484.htm">http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000115752315002675/a51154484.htm</a>

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<li>Department of Education actions regarding Devry</li>

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Department of Education’s letter to DeVry 08-28-15:

<a href="http://www.republicreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ED-doc-request-to-DeVry-8-28-15.pdf">http://www.republicreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ED-doc-request-to-DeVry-8-28-15.pdf</a>

DeVry SEC 8-K 09-02-15:

“On August 28, 2015, DeVry University received a request for documents and information regarding published employment outcomes and earnings of DeVry University graduates from the Multi-Regional and Foreign School Participation Division of the Federal Student Aid office of the Department of Education (“ED FSA”).  The stated purpose of the request is to permit ED FSA to assess DeVry University’s compliance with applicable regulations under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. DeVry University intends to provide ED FSA with its full cooperation with a view toward demonstrating the compliant nature of its practices.  The timing or outcome of this matter, or its possible impact on the business, financial condition or results of operations of DeVry University or DeVry Education Group Inc., cannot be predicted at this time.”

<a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000115752315003052/a51173708.htm">https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000115752315003052/a51173708.htm</a>

Department of Education letter to DeVry, 01/27/16:

“…with respect to certain representations that were made by DeVry as part of that campaign and which continued to be made until at least August 2015, DeVry is unable to substantiate the truthfulness of those representations, as is required by federal law.

Accordingly, as a condition of its continued participation in the Title IV programs and consistent with existing statutory and regulatory requirements, the Department is hereby notifying DeVry that neither it nor its agents or employees may make any representations, in advertisements or otherwise, that include statistics consisting of or based upon the post-graduation employment outcomes of students who graduated during the time that DeVry has conceded it does not possess graduate-specific information, i.e., the type of information that is necessary to substantiate the truthfulness of any post-graduation employment claims. Nor may DeVry make any representations that include or are based upon post-graduation employment statistics regarding other time periods that cannot be substantiated with graduate-specific information. Moreover, for a period of five years following the effective date of this action, DeVry must subject all such representations to review by an independent auditor prior to the utterance (i.e., oral, written, or otherwise) of such representations. The Department is also requiring DeVry to contact third parties who are repeating or re-publishing DeVry’s unsubstantiated representations and demand that those entities cease doing so, to retain records used to develop and substantiate certain advertisements, to notify the Department of any legal claims, investigations, subpoenas or other inquiries regarding its post-graduation employment representations, and to notify its students of this limitation.”

<a href="https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/sites/default/files/devry-limitation-notice.pdf">https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/sites/default/files/devry-limitation-notice.pdf</a>

Education Affiliates (multiple school names — see below)

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<div>I’m Going to Climate Denial School: My First Week Inside the Science of Anti-Science</div>

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<div>A new online course takes on the climate deniers. Here's what I learned in Week One.</div>

<div>By Lindsay Abrams / Salon April 29, 2015</div>

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<div>Tuesday, for me and some ten thousand classmates, was the first day of climate denial school.</div>

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<div>Or, should I say, anti-climate denial school. We’d all signed up for Denial101x, a new, six-week MOOC (that’s “massive open online course,” for all you education luddites) aimed at making sense of this whole phenomenon — and at giving us the tools to fight deniers, so that we can all get on with fighting climate change itself.</div>

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<div>Our professor is John Cook, the Climate Communication Fellow for the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland and the founder of Skeptical Science, which over the past two years has been an invaluable resources for me, a newbie debunker of deniers.</div>

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<div>Of course, there’s always more to learn. As a student, Cook told me via email, I can expect to leave the course with “a better understanding what’s happening to our climate, able to identify the techniques used to distort the science and be able to debunk misinformation.” That’s a great thing for a climate blogger, as well as — and this is really the point — for any concerned citizen of the world who wants to understand the truth about climate science for themselves.</div>

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<div>The course doesn’t waste time wringing its hands over whether or not to call deniers “deniers” — a true skeptic, Cook explains in his welcome video, “doesn’t come to a conclusion until they’ve considered the evidence,” while “someone who denies well-established science comes to a conclusion first, and then discounts any evidence that conflicts with their beliefs.” But it is interested in whyclimate deniers believe the things they do. That’s because in order to effectively debunk climate denier myths, Cook told me, it’s important first to understand the psychology behind them — and to understand how and why they’re so good at casting doubt on the scientific consensus.</div>

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<div>That, incidentally, was the theme of our first lesson. I’d recommend anyone who’s interested to sign up for themselves (it’s free, and only requires one to two hours of your time for its six-week run), but here are a few highlights from day one:</div>

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<div>-The “scientific consensus” is a term that’s bandied around a lot as a shortcut for shooting down deniers, but it’s even more well-established than many perhaps realize. After three short videos describing the consensus of evidence, scientists and papers, guest lecturer Peter Jacobs, a graduate student in Environmental Science and Policy at George Mason University, explains how we know when a consensus is truly knowledge-based. It needs, he explains, to meet three conditions: a consilience of evidence, meaning different, independent lines of evidence all pointing toward the same conclusion; social calibration, meaning everyone establishing that evidence relies on the same basic concepts, like global temperature, and uses the same, rigorous scientific method; and social diversity, meaning that different groups, from different backgrounds, are all on the same page. Can you guess which “controversial” scientific theory meets all of those conditions?...</div>

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