The Rippled Effect Of 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 educational facilities have conducted unfavorable conducts in providing their degree lessons, apart from that they have started fabricated declarations that could start misleading the graduates in enrolling to their institution. A portion written in the Ashford settlement said that they made unfavorable sales steps to convince a graduate to enroll while omitting important details. The sides have made a major negligence in disseminating significant data about the curriculum 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 given the task to evaluate the concerned side acceptance of the terms written in the entered settlement. By talking to all the faculty members, tracking their database, heeding to documented tapes, and reviewing the charges, he should distinguish the issues made versus Bridgepoint and Ashford. He is not restrained to conduct a deeper investigation on their breach of law.

After completing the necessary step, he should be able to write an annual report and deliver it to the state attorney general. The compensation should must come from the state office, despite the fact that the alleged parties have agreed to provide compensation to the students. The administrator is not allowed to deal with the compensation or any other means of payment.

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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