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Tue Oct 31, 2023, 09:23 PM Oct 2023

Largest Christian university in US faces record fine after federal probe into alleged deception

Earlier DU thread: Grand Canyon University faces record fine after federal probe into alleged deception

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Source: Associated Press

Largest Christian university in US faces record fine after federal probe into alleged deception

COLLIN BINKLEY
Updated Tue, October 31, 2023 at 4:23 PM EDT·4 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) — The country’s largest Christian university is being fined $37.7 million by the federal government amid accusations that it misled students about the cost of its graduate programs.

Grand Canyon University, which has more than 100,000 students, mostly in online programs, faces the largest fine of its kind ever issued by the U.S. Education Department. The university dismissed the allegations as “lies and deceptive statements.”

“Grand Canyon University categorically denies every accusation in the Department of Education’s statement and will take all measures necessary to defend itself from these false accusations,” the school said in a five-page statement.

An Education Department investigation found that Grand Canyon lied to more than 7,500 current and former students about the cost of its doctoral programs.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/largest-christian-university-us-faces-183433160.html

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Largest Christian university in US faces record fine after federal probe into alleged deception (Original Post) Eugene Oct 2023 OP
And they'll deny the accusations BOSSHOG Oct 2023 #1
still no drag queens involved. WhiteTara Oct 2023 #2
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