Following up on last week’s post, The Future Of Western State Is In Doubt As Law School Is Placed In Receivership And Students Cannot Access Federal Financial Aid: Inside Higher Ed, End of the Road for Argosy University:
The Education Department said Wednesday it would block plans by Argosy University to go nonprofit. In the same announcement, it said it would also boot the for-profit college from the federal student aid program.
The decision, which was driven in part by recent failures by Argosy to make payments to thousands of students, means the likely closure of its institutions.
In an announcement on the Federal Student Aid website, the Education Department said that the roughly 8,800 students enrolled at Argosy campuses could seek to transfer their credits elsewhere or apply for loan cancellation in the event their campus shuts down.
Inside Higher Ed, ABA: Few Options for Western State College of Law:
In a memo to students at Western State College of Law Monday, the American Bar Association said it did not have the authority to direct the disbursal of student aid that has yet to be released for the spring semester.
The law school is among the campuses operated by Argosy University where students have not received student aid funds. The Education Department took the rare step last week of cutting off access to Title IV aid for those campuses in response.
ABA, as the law school’s accreditor, has received numerous calls and emails from Western State law students. Barry Currier, managing director of the ABA’s section of legal education and admissions to the bar, said in the memo that the law school would retain its accreditation until the council formally removes its approval.
