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\n The Biden administration issued a $37.7 million fine against Grand Canyon University Tuesday after a Department of Education investigation concluded that the private school in <\/strong>Phoenix <\/strong>misrepresented the cost of its doctoral degree programs.\n <\/p>\n

\n The vast majority of doctoral students who <\/strong>graduated between 2017 and 2022 ultimately had to pay $10,000 to $12,000 more than GCU initially advertised because they needed to enroll in \u201ccontinuation courses\u201d in order to complete their dissertation requirements, according to the Department of Education.\n <\/p>\n

\n The university denies all accusations and intends to appeal the fine.\n <\/p>\n

\n While the Biden administration has canceled more federal student loan debt than under any other president, Tuesday\u2019s announcement marks one of its first significant enforcement actions.\n <\/p>\n

\n The administration has pledged to ramp up those efforts with the goal of <\/strong>cracking down on schools that fail to deliver a high-quality education and helping to prevent incoming students from taking on unaffordable amounts of student loan debt.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cGCU lied about the cost of its doctoral programs to attract students to enroll,\u201d said Richard Cordray, chief operating officer of the department\u2019s Federal Student Aid office, which conducted the investigation.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cFSA takes its oversight responsibilities seriously. GCU\u2019s lies harmed students, broke their trust, and led to unexpectedly high levels of student debt,\u201d he added.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cGrand Canyon University categorically denies every accusation in the Department of Education\u2019s statement and will take all measures necessary to defend itself from these false accusations,\u201d the school said in an email sent to CNN.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIn fact, we believe our disclosures related to continuation courses are more extensive than other universities, yet only GCU is being targeted by the Department,\u201d it <\/strong>said.\n <\/p>\n

\n The university <\/strong>has 20 days to file an appeal.\n <\/p>\n

\n GCU is a Christian school <\/em><\/strong>that <\/em><\/strong>enrolls more than 100,000 students, with the majority of them studying online. While it is considered a nonprofit by the Internal Revenue Service, GCU is considered a for-profit college by the Department of Education for the purposes of federal financial aid. The university <\/strong>has sued the government over that decision, and the litigation is ongoing.\n <\/p>\n

\n Earlier this month, GCU released a statement claiming that it has been \u201cunjustly\u201d targeted by government officials in retaliation for its lawsuit about its for-profit status.\n <\/p>\n

\n A senior Federal Student Aid official said on a call with reporters that Tuesday\u2019s action and the litigation are \u201centirely unrelated.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The Department of Education\u2019s fine on GCU won\u2019t directly result in any debt relief for students. But borrowers who believe they were misled by the university <\/strong>over the cost of their doctoral degree programs can file a claim for relief under the borrower defense to repayment program.\n <\/p>\n

\n That federal program grants student debt forgiveness <\/strong>to borrowers who can show that their college misled or deceived them.\n <\/p>\n

\n The borrower defense program is one of several existing student loan forgiveness programs that the Biden administration has used to cancel a total of $127 billion of federal student loan debt since taking office.\n <\/p>\n

\n While President Joe Biden\u2019s signature student loan forgiveness program was struck down by the Supreme Court in late June, his administration has continued to cancel student loan debt in a piecemeal fashion \u2013 such as <\/strong>efforts to\u00a0temporarily expand some debt relief programs\u00a0and to\u00a0correct past administrative errors\u00a0made to borrowers\u2019 student loan accounts.\n <\/p>\n

\n But the Biden administration has been criticized by some Republicans and borrower advocates for not tackling the rising cost of college. Many blame deceptive for-profit colleges for fueling the rise in outstanding federal student loan debt, which currently stands at $1.6 trillion.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWhen colleges lie to students, it costs them time and money they\u2019ll never get back,\u201d said Aaron Ament, president of the nonprofit National Student Legal Defense Network.\n <\/p>\n

\n The group has filed a lawsuit against another <\/strong>for-profit college, Walden University, alleging that <\/strong>some of its <\/em>students similarly paid more than expected because they were compelled <\/em>to complete more credit hours than originally advertised.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe\u2019re glad to see the Department of Education take action to prevent graduate schools from misleading students about the costs of their programs, and we hope they will continue to crack down on these types of predatory schemes,\u201d Ament added.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Biden administration issued a $37.7 million fine against Grand Canyon University Tuesday after a Department of Education investigation concluded that the private school in Phoenix misrepresented the cost of its doctoral degree programs. The vast majority of doctoral students who graduated between 2017 and 2022 ultimately had to pay $10,000 to $12,000 more than GCU initially advertised because they needed to enroll in \u201ccontinuation courses\u201d in order to complete their dissertation requirements, according to the Department of Education. The university denies all accusations and intends to appeal the fine. 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