Legal/Veteran Expert Available for Comment/Context: Letter from Veteran & Higher Ed Advocates Asks University of Arkansas to Reconsider University of Phoenix Purchase in Light of The Business’ Consumer Protection Legal Liabilities
February 15, 2023
MEDIA ADVISORY – LEGAL/VETERAN EXPERT AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT/CONTEXT
LETTER FROM VETERAN & HIGHER ED ADVOCATES ASKS UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS TO RECONSIDER UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX PURCHASE IN LIGHT OF THE BUSINESS’ CONSUMER PROTECTION LEGAL LIABILITIES
Concerns that Public University Take on Legal Risks that Can Impact System & Lead to Poor Outcomes Students
WHO: Vice President for Legal Affairs of non-profit advocacy group, Veterans Education Success and former Assistant Attorney General for Kentucky, Della Justice, who led multi-state investigations into predatory for-profit colleges, and who is leading a letter from legal experts warning about risks to the University of Arkansas from taking on University of Phoenix’s legal liabilities and history of consumer protection violations.
She now helps lead the fight at the nation’s top student veteran protection nonprofit, Veterans Education Success, which is dedicated to protecting veterans from being scammed out of their GI Bill benefits by predatory colleges.
As has been reported, the University of Arkansas System (UA System) is currently in talks to purchase the for-profit University of Phoenix (UOP) and transition the entity into a nonprofit affiliate of the UA System.
