mardi 14 juin 2016

How The Students Were Affected By The Ashford Settlement

By Catherine Peterson


An Assurance of Voluntary Agreement was agreed upon by the parties of Ashford University, Bridgepoint Education, and the Iowa State. An allegation against BPI and Ashford rose up due to their violation of the states standards in handling enrollments and recruitment. Both parties renounced the entire allegation against them, but they both signed the agreement with the intentions to erase the complaints that were made against them.

These academic facilities have made undesirable actions in giving their course programs, aside from that they made false announcements that misled the scholars in applying to their institution. A section within the Ashford settlement stipulated that they have made unjustifiable sales practices to entice a scholar to apply without thinking about it. The factions failed to disseminate fruitful information about the programs they offer.

Due to these unjust methods, a large crowd of scholars failed to accomplish the programs they have applied for, and worse, they were not successful in attaining their licenses. Aside from that, they still need to pay their debts to various student loans they applied for, but they were also unsuccessful in paying the loan. Ashford and BPI have to abide the guidelines that is made during the investigation period.

It is stated in the guidelines that are not allowed to fabricate announcements that could be misleading, and eradicate any important information related to their courses. Both factions are restricted to continue their unjustifiable practices that uses any unreasonable methods to let a scholar retain in their facility. The settlement highlights that scholars are not successful in attaining their licenses after graduation.

They are still asked to connect with the local power and look into the specific requirements to be submitted their licenses are released. A graduate should comply to more requirements including their practicum exposure, additional curriculum, and lessons and examinations. The sad truth is that their curriculum has not earned the accreditation of TEAC, CAEP, and NCATE, a standard in acquiring their certifications.

For them to resolve the issue, these academies agreed to provide a proper announcement regarding their certifications, school rate, and the school loan of a student. They were also asked to initiate an obligatory training for their staff, and start additional procedures in line with the enrollment rates and retention. State persecutor Thomas J. Perelli was appointed as the proceeding administrator.

He was also tasked to review the parties observance of the conditions cited in the written agreement. He should be able to determine the issues filed against BPI and Ashford through reviewing complaints, interviewing faculty staff, listening to recorded conversations, and checking the concerned party database. The persecutor is also not limited to conduct further investigations that might have violated their laws.

Once the necessary steps are complete, his job was to file for a yearly report and have the state attorney general read it. The restitution must be coming from his administration, despite the truth, that accused faction have agreed to the term of repaying the scholars. The custodian does not have the power to dwell in the restitution or other payment modes.

The custodian should overlook the conduct of Ashford and BPI for three consecutive years since the agreement was made. In this period, his task is to assess their compliance to the settlement and write reports for the attorney general to refer to. By the time the first report is submitted in May 2015, the custodian should deliver annual reports related to the faction compliance to the agreed terms.




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