BD-001 · 2015
For-profit chain · USA
Corinthian Colleges — A For-Profit Giant That Sold Debt and Bogus Job Numbers
fraud + federal-aid cutoff · Closed
BD-002 · 2016
For-profit chain · USA
ITT Technical Institute — A 40,000-Student Chain That Died in a Single Day
federal-aid ban + accreditation/fraud · Closed
BD-003 · 2023
For-profit chain · USA
The Art Institutes — A Century-Old Art School Chain Bled Dry, Then Switched Off
fraud + mismanagement + collapse · Closed
BD-004 · 2016
For-profit chain · USA
Westwood College — It Sold a Police Career Its Degree Couldn’t Deliver
deceptive program claims · Closed
BD-005 · 2019
For-profit chain · USA
Argosy University — A Psychology Chain a Charity Bankrupted, Then Robbed Its Students
Dream Center collapse + withheld student aid · Closed
BD-006 · 2018
For-profit chain · USA
Virginia College — Seventy Campuses That Closed Mid-Term in One Week
lost accreditation + abrupt collapse · Closed
BD-007 · 2016
For-profit chain · USA
Globe University — A 131-Year-Old School Killed by a Fraudulent Degree
fraud finding + aid cutoff · Closed
BD-008 · 2016
For-profit chain · USA
Marinello Schools of Beauty — A 111-Year-Old Beauty Chain the Government Switched Off in a Weekend
federal-aid cutoff (aid violations) · Closed
BD-009 · 2016
For-profit chain · USA
Le Cordon Bleu — A French Cooking Name Americans Borrowed Against, Then Lost
regulation + corporate exit · Closed
BD-010 · 2016
For-profit school · California
Brooks Institute — A Famous Photography School That Became a Borrower-Defense Test Case
corporate exit + abrupt closure · Closed
BD-011 · 2001
For-profit chain · USA
Computer Learning Centers — The For-Profit Crash That Rehearsed the 2010s
aid-eligibility loss + complaints · Closed
BD-012 · 2016
For-profit chain · USA
Sanford-Brown — A 150-Year-Old Name Wound Down When Its Owner Walked Away
corporate exit (CEC) · Closed
BD-013 · 2010
For-profit seminar venture · USA
Trump University — A “University” That Was Never Accredited and Never a School
fraud (never accredited) · Closed
BD-014 · 2016
For-profit chain · USA
Brown Mackie College — A 20-Campus Chain That Died When Its Parent Did
EDMC collapse · Closed
BD-015 · 2018
For-profit chain · USA (Midwest)
Vatterott College — A Midwest Trade Chain That Locked Its Doors at 4 p.m.
aid restriction + abrupt closure · Closed