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    Justice supports $ 1 billion false-claims suit against U. of Phoenix

    USA

    Press

    Goldie Bluenstyk - The Chronicle of Higher Education

    The U.S. Department of Justice may be breathing new life into a whistle-blower lawsuit that seeks to collect about $1billion from the University of Phoenix, the nation's largest private institution of higher education. The suit was dismissed in May by a federal district-court judge in California on technical grounds but the parties appealed.

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    Former coach indicted on fraud charges for providing phony academic credits to basketball players

    USA

    Press

    Welch Suggs - The Chronicle of Higher Education

    A federal grand jury in Kansas indicted a former college-basketball coach last month on charges that he arranged for his players to receive phony academic credit and stole $120,000 in Pell Grants. The former coach faces a total of 51 years in prison and over $1.5-million in fines if found guilty of all counts.

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    Online university that gave cat diploma sued for fraud

    USA

    Press

    Mark Scolforo - The Associated Press

    An online university that supposedly granted a graduate degree in business to a pet cat was sued Monday for consumer fraud by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office.

  • Newspaper

    NCAA penalizes Cal State at Northridge for academic fraud

    USA

    Press

    Welch Suggs - Chronicle of Higher Education

    California State University back on probation: a basketball coach tries to arrange for a player to receive credit for courses he never took.

  • Newspaper

    La Salle formally charged for fraud.

    USA

    Press

    Elizabeth Tabak - The Jambar

    La Salle University, a religious degree-granting correspondence university, was shut down by the FBI for issuing falsely accredited degree in 1996. Due to the fraud, the students were notified personally or through advertisements that they could receive restitution from the over $ 10 million seized from La Salle. However, due to a bad computer system it is still possible that some students were left out.

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    Researcher who was convicted in plague case is sentenced to 2 years in jail

    USA

    Press

    Katerine S. Mangan - Chronicle of Higher Education

    A former Texas Tech University researcher, who was convicted of mishandling harassment complaints and cheating the university out of its share of clinical-research money, was sentenced last week to two years in prison and a $15,000 fine.

  • Newspaper

    Red-faced in the desert

    USA

    Press

    Jamilah Evelyn - Chronicle of Higher Education

    The president of Nevada's largest college is demoted amid allegations of nepotism, harassment, and petty corruption.

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