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Education Only a Con Man (or Congressman) Could Love

By Chris Parker August 02, 2012

Bobby Ruffin Jr. was only 14 when a recruiter from Ashford University called. The boy from Birmingham, Michigan, thought he'd clicked on a link promising help finding money for college. It was actually just a lead generator for the for-profit online... More >>>

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According to Suzannne Lawrence, who worked as a recruiter at Argosy University's online division, the pressure to recruit students prompted all sorts of illicit actions, including falsifying documents.

Barmak Nassirian, former official with the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers: "Over-advertise, oversell, overcharge, and under-deliver. They found a system where the pitch goes to one guy and the bill to someone else."

Rick Kriseman, a Florida state Representative, represented Mary in her suit against Argosy University: "When the school did not have those [internship] slots, they found reasons to either dismiss the students or to make it so uncomfortable for them that they left on their own accord."

Iraq war veteran Chris Pantzke ran up $26,000 in debt and burned through an additional $65,000 of his G.I. Bill benefits with almost nothing to show for it at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.

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Barmak Nassirian, former official with the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers: "Over-advertise, oversell, overcharge, and under-deliver. They found a system where the pitch goes to one guy and the bill to someone else."

Courtesy of Barmak Nassirian

Barmak Nassirian, former official with the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers: "Over-advertise, oversell, overcharge, and under-deliver. They found a system where the pitch goes to one guy and the bill to someone else."

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