GAO targets Dallas schools in report on deceptive marketing
Daniel McNulty on August 4, 2010 in Education Tips No Comments »In testimony on Capitol Hill today, government officials named the 15 for-profit schools targeted in an investigation by the Government Accountability Office, which found that many schools engaged in federal fraud and deceptive marketing practices.
Three of the schools are located in Dallas, according to a report by Trace Urdan, an analyst at Signal Hill Capital Group in San Francisco. They are Westwood College, Everest College and ATI Career Training Center.
At Westwood College, which offers four-year degrees, an admissions representative told the government’s undercover applicant to lie about having $250,000 in savings and to claim nonexistent dependents in order to qualify for federal financial aid.
