Dive Brief:
- Corinthian Colleges Inc., the for-profit college operator planning to sell or shutter its schools, is being sued by the Wisconsin Department of Justice.
- Wisconsin claims that while Corinthian touted a national job placement rate for its students of 80% to 90%, the real figure for students of its Everest College in Milwaukee was as low as 5%, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
- Wisconsin’s attorney general is seeking restitution for some of Everest’s students and graduates, plus fines and fees.
Dive Insight:
Wisconsin joins a long line of plaintiffs and regulators seeking justice and retribution from Corinthian. Everest College closed abruptly last year, and the lawsuit says the students of the college rarely landed promised externships — and when they did, it was for unskilled work unrelated to their studies. Also, Everest students would borrow as much as $20,000 to pay for the eight- to 12-month programs to train to become massage therapists, medical assistants, or pharmacy technicians, according to the lawsuit.