collegeamerica
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$3 million penalty upheld against for-profit college following half-decade of appeals
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Colorado’s second-highest court upheld a $3 million penalty against a defunct for-profit college on Wednesday, agreeing the state had proven multiple violations of its consumer protection law. The Court of Appeals’ decision against CollegeAmerica followed a trial judge’s order in 2020, an appellate decision in 2021, a state Supreme Court opinion in 2023 and a…
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Colorado Supreme Court walks back appeals court’s reversal of $3 million fine against CollegeAmerica
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday walked back a lower court’s reversal of a $3 million penalty against a technical college that deceived its students, with the justices instead directing the Court of Appeals to take a closer look at the evidence before ordering a new trial outright. The Supreme Court’s decision means the government…
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State Supreme Court weighs whether new trial necessary for school that deceived, harmed students
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After a four-week trial in 2017, a Denver judge issued a 160-page order detailing the numerous ways a now-shuttered technical school violated Colorado’s consumer protection laws by deceiving students into thinking they would make substantially more money or find jobs in their field – when the opposite was often true. But in 2021, the state’s Court…
