Fraud Allegations
In 2009, 15 students sued Argosy University's Dallas campus, accusing the school of fraud. They allege that Argosy representatives pressured them to enroll in the college, representing that the campus was in the process of seeking accreditation by the American Psychological Association (APA) and would be accredited by the APA by the time the students graduated. Other Argosy campuses were already APA accredited at the time. However, when the students graduated, the Dallas campus had made no progress toward APA accreditation, which the students claim significantly hindered their employment opportunities and thus their ability to pay off their student loans.
Argosy officials rejected charges of fraud, noting that pursuit of APA accreditation for the Dallas campus was still underway. Argosy campuses which had already successfully achieved accreditation included those in Chicago and Schaumburg, Illinois; Hawaii; Orange County and San Francisco, California; Phoenix, Arizona; Tampa, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Twin Cities, Minnesota and Washington, DC.
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