The Chronicle: Education-Industry Group Asks Supreme Court to Halt Whistle-Blower Lawsuit Against U. of Phoenix
The Career College Association and three other industry groups are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to side with the University of Phoenix in that institution’s attempt to halt a whistle-blower lawsuit against it.
The university in January asked the Supreme Court to consider the case, after a federal appeals court in September reinstated it (The Chronicle, September 6). The court is expected to decide by spring whether to take up the case, in which the University of Phoenix, a for-profit institution that is also the largest private university in the country, faces liability that could exceed $1-billion. The Career College Association, which represents the for-profit higher-education industry, calls the case a potentially “lethal trap” to all colleges if it is not overturned.
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