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I think my school deserves a hard look. I recently discovered it on many "degree mill" websites and many associate it as being similar to the type of cases brought up against Everest last year. My original school (Jones International University) announced that it would be closing last year. In an effort to transfer students quickly we were reccomended to switch to their new partners Trident University. They even announced that the names would be changing to combine both schools. My credits did not transfer entirely leaving me in school for another year (I was 3 months from graduating). Not just that but I did not have enought financial aid to cover the remainder of my education. I was even told I had to pay $265 dollars one time to receive my loan disbursement. I was also told i would be receiving a $1200 loan disbursement. After it never arrived i was told there was an over sight in the Financial Aid department and I did not take enough courses. My loans were sent back. They said since i already took the classes I had to pay then $3000. I'm now unable to finance the remainder of my education because of this. I also feel like its not going to lead to a job with the twosreputati

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Matthew Berkus ·
Jones U and this new entity certainly have their issues, but it is difficult to sue them. Most of the lawsuits don't really go anywhere and few lawyers are willing to put the resources toward the suit because the chance of a meaningful recovery is questionable, and the student(s) rarely have the resources to fund a lawsuit. The lawsuits that do get filed against these schools come from the regulatory side (i.e. states attorney general and the U.S. Attorney General). Financial aid snafu's happen at regular colleges too, nothing of what you describe is obviously a problem. Honestly, it sort of sounds like they are trying to pull their act together and make sure students are in fact eligible or not for financial aid (again, so they don't create regulatory problems for themselves). As for the credits issue, hard to say if that is problem. Usually if there is an issue of credits, that has to do with the accrediting of the school and degree program. The new entity may be under different accrediting and hence the requirements.
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