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Late last week, as we were the first to report, college overseer ACCSC terminated the accreditation of online career college Independence University, the main school now operated by the non-profit Center for Excellence in Higher Education (CEHE), and the U.S. Department of Education suspended from federal contracting Eric Juhlin, CEHE’s CEO.
These were positive developments, but they are long, long overdue. And the Department, the accreditor, and other authorities still haven’t come close to righting the wrongs against students and taxpayers delivered by CEHE, Juhlin, and the chain’s ultra-wealthy founder, Carl Barney, over more than a decade.
It was back in August 2020 that Colorado trial judge Ross Buchanan issued a devastating $3 million judgment against CEHE, Barney, and Juhlin, and a 160-page opinion meticulously documenting how Barney’s schools used a detailed playbook to manipulate vulnerable students into enrolling in high-priced,…
