Former Employees Accuse a For-Profit Chain of Fraud

By Charles Huckabee. Seven former employees have filed a federal lawsuit against the Harris School of Business, a chain of for-profit institutions with campuses in several states, and its parent company, the Premier Education Group, The New York Times reported. The lawsuit accuses the schools and the company of defrauding the federal government through practices like misleading students about their career prospects and falsifying records to keep them enrolled, so the schools could continue receiving the students’ federal grants and loans. More...