Biden's education secretary vows to shut down the largest Christian university in the US

Guard Dad said:
Perhaps. But since the Dept of Education has no constitutional powers, should they be going after the school?
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The DOE is in charge of federal student loans. GCU takes advantage of how easy it is for students to get federal student loans. If you read the article I provided, you would have seen the university's doctoral program is 60 credit hours. Once the student is in the program, the university then adds "continuation courses" they must take for dissertation requirements to graduate. That runs the cost up another $10K to $12K. It was a group of doctoral graduates who made the initial complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.

The university was fined $37.7M by the FTC last year. In total, the university has more than 100K students on campus and online. Its net income was $205M for 2023, with an operating margin of 25.9%, which is very good. The fine really didn't do any damage to them. So, what odds do you give them to stop their unethical business practices?

Do I think they should be forced to close? I think they should continue to be scrutinized and punished for any further wrongdoing. Incidentally, the Southern Baptists sold the non-profit university in 2004 because it was in great debt. Significant Education, LLC, out of California, purchased it and made it the first for-profit Christian college in the country.
 
Boss 302 said:
The DOE is in charge of federal student loans. GCU takes advantage of how easy it is for students to get federal student loans. If you read the article I provided, you would have seen the university's doctoral program is 60 credit hours. Once the student is in the program, the university then adds "continuation courses" they must take for dissertation requirements to graduate. That runs the cost up another $10K to $12K. It was a group of doctoral graduates who made the initial complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.

The university was fined $37.7M by the FTC last year. In total, the university has more than 100K students on campus and online. Its net income was $205M for 2023, with an operating margin of 25.9%, which is very good. The fine really didn't do any damage to them. So, what odds do you give them to stop their unethical business practices?

Do I think they should be forced to close? I think they should continue to be scrutinized and punished for any further wrongdoing. Incidentally, the Southern Baptists sold the non-profit university in 2004 because it was in great debt. Significant Education, LLC, out of California, purchased it and made it the first for-profit Christian college in the country.
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But none of that is authorized by the Constitution. So while the DOE might have some authority over student loans (which I don't approve of that either), they do not have the Constitutional authority to "shut it down". That would be a huge overreach. Even making such a statement shows how drunk with power and bias they are.
 
Guard Dad said:
But none of that is authorized by the Constitution. So while the DOE might have some authority over student loans (which I don't approve of that either), they do not have the Constitutional authority to "shut it down". That would be a huge overreach.
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I didn't say it should be. I said the university should be scrutinized and punished for any further wrongdoing. Don't you? They aren't the only university that takes advantage of the easy-to-get federal student loans. Those kinds of unethical practices help push student loan debt higher.
 
Boss 302 said:
I didn't say it should be. I said the university should be scrutinized and punished for any further wrongdoing. Don't you? They aren't the only university that takes advantage of the easy-to-get federal student loans. Those kinds of unethical practices help push student loan debt higher.
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Sure, but vowing to shut it down is a far cry from investigating or scrutinizing.
 
Guard Dad said:
Sure, but vowing to shut it down is a far cry from investigating or scrutinizing.
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I agree. I think it's pathetic for a for-profit organization to buy a Christian college and advertise it as a Christian college while it screws over students to increase its profit margin. I bet the Southern Baptists who started the college are rolling over in their graves.
 
Let the market dictate the school’s status. Obviously they’re having no issues maintaining a student body so they must be happy with what the school offers.
 
J-man said:
Let the market dictate the school’s status. Obviously they’re having no issues maintaining a student body so they must be happy with what the school offers.
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This

The federal government has absolutely no constitutional authority to be involved with education. It's a state matter.
 
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