For-profit school, Mass. settle claims for $3.75M

BOSTON – A for-profit school will pay students $3.75 million to resolve allegations of misrepresenting job-placement numbers and using deceptive enrollment tactics, Mass. Attorney General Martha Coakley announced last week.
The consent judgment against Salter College, a private two-year college and its owner and operator Premier Education Group LP also requires the defendants to make appropriate disclosures on their website advertisements, and pre-enrollment materials, and provide services to students seeking jobs in their field of study.
A total of $3.5 million will be used to pay down student federal loans, as well as nearly $250,000 in private loan relief and associated payments. That money will be distributed as relief for certain students who attended health-related programs at specific Salter College and The Salter School campuses in Massachusetts. This is the largest settlement to date as part of Coakley’s ongoing investigation of the for-profit school industry. •

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