Feds Fine Baker College $2.5 Million for Deceptive Marketing That Left Students With Debts and Regrets
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A 2022 investigation detailed how the once-growing Michigan school built its reputation on slick advertising despite low graduation rates and leaving many students burdened with heavy debt.

Summary

The U.S. Department of Education fined Baker College $2.5 million for “substantial misrepresentation” of career outcomes, following a joint investigation by ProPublica and the Detroit Free Press.

The college inflated job placement rates and earnings, misleading students into heavy debts.

Critics, including former students, called the penalty insufficient, as no restitution was provided.

Enrollment at Baker has drastically declined, and over 500 borrower defense complaints were filed against it since 2021.

Baker denied wrongdoing but agreed to federal oversight of its marketing for three years.

  • @RagingRobot
    3•1 day ago

    Why isn’t the penalty that they have to pay back all of those student loans for the people they screwed? Why just 2 million that only the government gets? Who does that help?