The online school, previously known as Ashford University, was beset by complaints of deceptive marketing and poor outcomes before the University of Arizona bought it in 2020 and rebranded it.

The former Ashford University repeatedly lied to students over a decade about the cost, time requirement and value of its degree program, making the education they obtained “effectively worthless,” ...

For example, the report by a (comparatively star-studded) team that reviewed Ashford’s bid found that 128,000 students withdrew from the university over the last five years, a time during which ...

The University of Arizona has a stronger, more reputable brand than Ashford, which could benefit Ashford but potentially hurt UA, though it's not yet clear if it will or to what extent, said Dr ...

Ashford University currently enrolls about 50,000 students, according to government data. It offers online programs for Associate's, Bachelor's and Master's degrees.

The median family income of a student from Ashford University is $42,100, and 12% come from the top 20 percent.-of students at Ashford University came from a poor family but became a rich adult.

More than 260,000 former students of the now-defunct for-profit Ashford University are getting their student loans erased as the Biden administration presses ahead with debt forgiveness in its ...

More than a quarter-million students who attended former San Diego for-profit college Ashford University, which was found to have violated numerous laws and left most attendees without the degrees ...

On Wednesday, the federal Education Department approved $4.5 billion in student loan forgiveness for 261,000 former Ashford University students.

“What Ashford University did to its students was unconscionable and illegal,” Bonta said. “That’s why the California Department of Justice took Ashford and its parent company to court. ...

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is canceling $72 million in student loans for 2,300 borrowers who say they were cheated by Ashford University, a former for-profit college that was ...