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Westwood College was a private for-profit college owned by Alta Colleges Inc. with 15 campus locations in five states and online learning options. Westwood was nationally accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS). [1]
Aug 30, 2022 · The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday it is discharging the loans taken out by 79,000 students who attended Westwood College. The for-profit Westwood and its parent company Alta ...
Westwood College. The information on this page describes the accreditation relationship between this institution and the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). General information about HLC and the accreditation process is provided at the end of this document.
Aug 30, 2022 · The Biden administration says it will cancel any federal student loans used to attend the for-profit Westwood College from 2002 through 2015 after officials found that the school exaggerated the job prospects of graduates.
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- Collin is a National Education Reporter
Jul 9, 2021 · The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced today the approval of over 1,800 borrower defense to repayment (borrower defense) claims for borrowers who attended three institutions: Westwood College, Marinello Schools of Beauty and the Court Reporting Institute.
Aug 30, 2022 · Some 79,000 students who attended Westwood College, a private, for-profit institution that closed in 2016, will receive full student loan discharges.
Aug 30, 2022 · Federal student loans totaling $1.5 billion will automatically be canceled for nearly 80,000 borrowers who went to Westwood College, a for-profit trade school that shut down in 2016, the...
