Education

August 1, 2025 A settlement has been reached to resolve a class action that claimed Google unlawfully captured Illinois students’ biometric data through its GWFE platform.

April 18, 2025 The University of Pittsburgh has agreed to pay a $7.85 million settlement to resolve a class action that alleged the college should have issued partial refunds to students amid the pandemic.

April 7, 2025 A class action alleges Instructure has illegally collected, shared and monetized the personal information of millions of school-aged children.

April 2, 2025 The NCAA has agreed to settle a class action over an allegedly illegal rule that once prohibited D1 member schools from paying volunteer baseball coaches.

March 27, 2025 Former United Aviate Academy students have filed a class action claiming the flight school education they received was a far cry from the program they were promised.

March 26, 2025 Meazure Learning has been hit with a class action after its proctoring software repeatedly malfunctioned during the California bar exam in February 2025.

March 21, 2025 UW has agreed to pay a $4 million settlement to resolve a class action that claimed the college owes partial refunds to students affected by the March 2020 transition to remote learning.

March 3, 2025 Stratford University has agreed to pay a $580,000 settlement to resolve a class action that alleged negligent cybersecurity on the part of the private college resulted in two data breaches.

February 21, 2025 A $17 million settlement has been reached between Penn State and students who claimed in a class action that they were owed refunds for the Spring 2020 semester.

February 19, 2025 Carnegie Mellon has agreed to pay a $4.8 million settlement that may resolve a class action that alleged the college owes refunds to students whose Spring 2020 semester was shifted to remote learning.

December 6, 2024 A class action lawsuit accuses the creators of certain reading curricula of peddling ineffective literacy training products that lack any meaningful phonics instruction.

November 8, 2024 Catholic University has agreed to a $2 million settlement to resolve a class action that alleged the school failed to provide students with proper refunds after it transitioned to remote learning in response to COVID-19.

November 7, 2024 PayPAMS faces a class action that accuses the payment processor of charging unlawful “junk fees” when parents or students pay for school meals.

November 7, 2024 The NCAA and Power Five conferences have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to resolve class actions that alleged the organizations' policies unlawfully prevented college athletes from monetizing their NILs.

October 22, 2024 A class action alleges Indiana University mishandled and “turned a blind eye” to complaints of sexual misconduct by a former men’s basketball team doctor.

October 9, 2024 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Boston University has consistently failed to pay graduate student workers on time.

October 3, 2024 A proposed class action lawsuit claims deficient cybersecurity on the part of Fireworks Software, Inc. reportedly resulted in a June 2024 data breach.

September 30, 2024 A class action claims the company behind Sharpen has illegally shared app and website users’ personal data with third parties without consent.

September 27, 2024 The Nevada Dept. of Education and Clark County School District face a class action over their alleged failure to provide students with disabilities with access to critical programs, teaching and resources.

September 26, 2024 National Student Clearinghouse has agreed to settle for $9.95 million a proposed class action lawsuit it faced over the May 2023 MOVEit data breach.

September 26, 2024 Four more universities—including Dartmouth, Rice, Northwestern and Vanderbilt—have agreed to settle a class action that alleged the schools illegally conspired to reduce financial aid.

September 13, 2024 A class action claims Lawline has violated a federal privacy law by intentionally disclosing subscribers’ personal data to Facebook without consent.

June 17, 2024 A class action lawsuit accuses Grand Canyon University of repeatedly lying about the true cost of its doctoral programs.

June 17, 2024 A class action lawsuit claims the University of the Arts failed to provide at least 60 days' notice to staff before announcing in May 2024 that it would close.

June 11, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Nelnet has repeatedly miscalculated student loan borrowers’ monthly repayment amounts.

May 10, 2024 A new class action lawsuit accuses ECSI of failing to protect consumers’ private data during a cyberattack announced last month.

May 7, 2024 CNU faces a class action over a February 2023 cyberattack during which hackers gained access to highly sensitive employee and student data.

April 30, 2024 A class action lawsuit claims the companies behind the app edX have illegally shared users’ personal data with multiple third parties without consent.

April 18, 2024 A class action accuses R3 Education of failing to protect consumers’ data during a “massive and preventable” cyberattack discovered in November 2023.

March 27, 2024 Greensboro College faces a class action that claims deficient cybersecurity on the part of the private college resulted in an August 2023 data breach.

March 22, 2024 EdisonLearning faces a class action over a March 2023 cyberattack that compromised the personal data of approximately 23,000 employees.

February 16, 2024 A Title IX class action accuses the Mt. Diablo Unified School District of illegally failing to provide female College Park High School athletes with equal access to and experience with sports opportunities.

February 15, 2024 Emmanuel College faces a class action lawsuit after an April 2023 cyberattack compromised the personal data of approximately 89,000 people.

February 9, 2024 MOHELA faces a lawsuit over its alleged failure to process and decide on applications for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program in a timely manner.

January 23, 2024 A class action claims ARCC failed to protect the private data of more than 65,000 individuals during a cyberattack detected in February 2023.

January 10, 2024 A class action alleges Equifax negligently and recklessly reported false and damaging information about a consumer’s federally forgiven student loans.

December 13, 2023 A school district in Alaska and three school staff members face a class action lawsuit over the allegedly disproportionate use of “excessive and unjustified” restraint and seclusion methods on students with disabilities.

October 13, 2023 A class action claims the University of Minnesota failed to protect the private information of more than seven million people during a cyberattack reportedly discovered in July 2023.

September 15, 2023 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Monsanto Company knowingly contaminated Vermont public schools with toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

August 24, 2023 A class action alleges PowerSchool and several others have caused millions of students to hand over their data without their knowledge or consent through the Naviance platform.

August 7, 2023 A class action lawsuit alleges that The Children’s Place has knowingly concealed from consumers that its school uniforms contain harmful polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as “forever chemicals.”

August 2, 2023 A class action claims Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. failed to protect the private data of around 11,980 individuals from a February 2023 cyberattack.

June 27, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Whitworth University of failing to protect current and former students’ personal data from a cyberattack in July 2022.

May 11, 2023 The University of Southern California (USC) faces a class action that claims the school has falsely marketed its online Master of Social Work (MSW) program as “exactly the same” as its in-person counterpart.

March 20, 2023 A class action alleges Bloom Institute of Technology lied about job placement rates and ensnared students into giving investors a cut of their future earnings.

March 20, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims VocoVision deprives its Washington-based independent contractors of higher pay and employment opportunities by including unlawful noncompetition covenants in its contracts.

February 3, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Coursera, Inc. of unlawfully subscribing consumers to recurring paid programs and later charging them without authorization when the subscription renews automatically.

January 27, 2023 The University of Southern California faces a class action after its decision to pull its Rossier School of Education from the annual U.S. News & World Report grad school rankings.

January 13, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Chegg, Inc. of unlawfully subscribing consumers to paid programs and later charging them without authorization when the subscription auto-renews.

December 2, 2022 A class action alleges the NCAA and its member schools have unlawfully conspired to fix the wages of certain college baseball coaches at zero, suppressing labor competition.