Education

May 13, 2022 A class action claims Aspen University misled prospective students regarding the benefits of the school’s pre-licensure bachelor of science in nursing program.

April 18, 2022 A lawsuit alleges Prehired misled consumers as to the cost and benefits of its programs before locking the individuals into unlawful income-sharing agreements.

April 14, 2022 National Math and Science Initiative has been hit with a class action in the wake of a data breach last year that reportedly exposed the sensitive information of nearly 200,000 individuals.

April 14, 2022 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Rutgers Business School has perpetrated a “massive fraud” upon MBA students by submitting false and misleading employability statistics.

April 1, 2022 A lawsuit claims the Delaware Department of Education has unlawfully failed to provide students with a free appropriate public education up until the age of 22.

February 28, 2022 A class action claims Nelnet has placed unlawful debt collection robocalls to consumers’ cell phones without securing prior express consent to do so.

February 23, 2022 A class action asks the court for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction blocking the school from disclosing the identities of members of its Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.

February 18, 2022 A class action challenges the Cumberland Valley School District’s January 2022 decision that made wearing masks optional for students districtwide.

February 16, 2022 A Missouri school district faces a class action after removing from circulation in school libraries eight critically acclaimed books.

February 15, 2022 A class action claims South Carolina’s Beaufort County School District has failed to pay teachers at the promised rate for providing “dual modality” instruction.

February 8, 2022 A class action alleges San Diego State University has discriminated against female student-athletes by failing to pay equal athletic financial aid for more than a decade.

January 12, 2022 Pennsylvania’s North Allegheny School District and its board of directors face a lawsuit that challenges the board’s decision to permit optional masking for students.

January 11, 2022 A lawsuit claims 16 private universities reduced financial aid in a manner that stifled competition and caused some students to overpay for their education.

December 1, 2021 A lawsuit claims students at The Utah System of Higher Education’s eight public universities are owed refunds for certain costs paid during the COVID-19 pandemic.

November 15, 2021 A class action alleges Tennessee’s ban on mask mandates has harmed students at a severe risk of illness due to COVID-19 and its variants as a result of their disabilities.

November 5, 2021 The School Board of Volusia County, Florida faces claims that it discriminated against students with disabilities by denying them equal access to programs and services.

September 22, 2021 Student Loan Financial Assistance has preyed on student loan borrowers by misrepresenting the cost and features of federal loan repayment programs, a class action alleges.

August 26, 2021 A lawsuit alleges Udemy falsely advertised “original” reference prices that misled customers into believing the company’s instructional videos were sold at a discount.

August 26, 2021 A lawsuit alleges Alum Financial misrepresented its role in helping student loan borrowers obtain relief through federal loan forgiveness and consolidation programs.

June 8, 2021 New York University faces a lawsuit over its alleged failure to issue refunds for the semester transitioned online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 20, 2021 A class action alleges the University of Mississippi has engaged in deplorable, “largely off the record” age, gender and racial discrimination.

May 10, 2021 A class action aims to represent more than 1,400 University of Tampa employees alleged to have paid over the past six years an estimated $3 million in retirement plan administrative fees.

May 4, 2021 A lawsuit alleges Louisiana State University has systemically failed to address known issues in its response to reports of sexual misconduct.

April 30, 2021 A class action looks to represent certain Illinois law and med school students and state bar exam-takers who’ve used ExamSoft Worldwide’s online proctoring software.

April 14, 2021 A class action alleges the District of Columbia has failed to provide special education to students with disabilities who have been incarcerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 6, 2021 Months after updating its terms of use, Respondus faces a class action that alleges the company’s online exam proctoring software formerly did not comply with an Illinois privacy law.

March 23, 2021 A lawsuit alleges Bradley University has collected students’ biometric information by way of a remote exam proctoring tool without proper consent or disclosures.

March 16, 2021 Two Howard County, Maryland residents aim to challenge the county’s system that allows children who attend public schools, but not those who attend private religious schools, to vote for a student member of the board of education.

March 15, 2021 ProctorU faces a proposed class action that claims the company’s online test-proctoring software unlawfully collects and stores students’ biometric information.

March 12, 2021 The University of Saint Joseph faces a class action over its alleged refusal to refund tuition and fees for the semesters affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 10, 2021 A lawsuit claims Touro College and University System refused to issue refunds for tuition and fees paid for the Spring 2020 semester affected by COVID-19.

March 2, 2021 A class action alleges the NCAA, AAC, ACC and University of Pittsburgh have failed to reasonably protect college football players from the affects of repeated head trauma.

March 1, 2021 A lawsuit alleges Princeton University and Aetna Life Insurance Co. are among a number of parties who have wrongfully sought coverage reimbursements from portions of personal injury settlements.

February 16, 2021 A class action claims Fresno State's elimination of varsity women's lacrosse and overall treatment of student-athletes on the team amount to a Title IX violation.

February 9, 2021 A class action claims NYU failed to reimburse students in its Executive MBA Program who paid tuition and fees for the semesters disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

January 13, 2021 Manhattanville College faces a class action that claims the school has refused to issue acceptable refunds for the Spring 2020 semester cut short by COVID-19.

January 7, 2021 Drew University faces a lawsuit seeking tuition and fee refunds for the semester that was transitioned to an online-only format in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

January 6, 2021 A lawsuit claims Howard University failed to issue refunds for tuition and fees paid for the Spring 2020 semester that was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.

December 10, 2020 A class action claims Lincoln Tech owes tuition and fee refunds for semesters in which in-person learning was disrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic.

December 4, 2020 A proposed class action alleges The American Institute for Foreign Study, Inc. has refused to offer sufficient refunds to Spring 2020 study abroad students.

November 24, 2020 A class action alleges the New York City Dept. of Education has left many students with disabilities behind during the coronavirus pandemic.

November 23, 2020 A number of major colleges face proposed class actions over tuition and fees charged for the coronavirus pandemic-disrupted Spring 2020 semester.

October 29, 2020 A student claims Tufts University refused to issue refunds for the Spring 2020 semester in which in-person classes were canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic.

October 23, 2020 A lawsuit claims the University of New Haven refused to offer tuition and fee refunds for the Spring semester in which it transitioned classes online due to COVID-19.

October 8, 2020 A class action alleges Discover Bank has imposed restrictions on certain student loan financial services based on a borrower's immigration status.

October 5, 2020 The University of San Diego faces a proposed class action over its apparent refusal to issue tuition and fee refunds for this year's COVID-affected semesters.

October 2, 2020 A class action claims Utah university students are owed tuition and fee refunds after COVID-19 wiped out many of the in-person aspects of the Spring 2020 semester.

October 1, 2020 Middlebury College faces a class action over its apparent refusal to issue tuition and fee refunds for the Spring 2020 semester shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

September 30, 2020 A class action alleges New York's Flatiron School has touted false job placement rates and average starting salaries for its new UX/UI design program.

September 23, 2020 A class action aims to stop New Mexico from halting the return to in-person learning in 10 of its 33 counties.