I am a nursing student and was wondering if anyone ever heard of Educational fraud?
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Yes! I looked it up on Yahoo and there are a ton of articles.  It's when a program doesn't provide the education they promised.
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Call a lawyer, tampering with perscriptions is a crime, so I would be worried about that.  However you can find information about this in any specialized "medical law book"  You need to look at medical law so you see where this is covered.
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There was this girl I went to nursing school with.  I was a 4.0 student and she struggled.  She always sat at the table with me during class and I often found her copying off of me for answers. Especially off my scantrons so I usually tried very hard to conceal my answers.\n\nNear the end of a class semester I had so many extra credit points that I could fail the last few tests and totally pass with an A.\n\nSo what did I do? I did not hide my scantron.  Usually during the multiple choice tests there was always one joke answer. Like what is the function of the uterus. Answer....to hatch eggs.  So I picked all the stupid answers.\n\nI don't even think this girl read the questions because when we got our tests back we both had 0 right and she actually got mad at me!\n\nMy teacher caught on to what I did and booted her from the class.\n\nI got to retake the test, not that I needed to or anything.
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Oh yeah, it just depends on what schools you are looking at. In NC where I live there are alot of nursing schools around me that will "forgive" your loan (clear it out) if you agree to work for the local hospitals for a certain amount of time. Ask your nursing department head or research the local hospitals.
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Report it to the Cols. Board of Education also might want to call the police to report it or even call an attorney. Alot of them in Cols. give free phone consultations.Don't wait till they might happen to make good on it if they're for real.
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There are Federal loans, such as the Stafford, that tend to be lenient.  Sit down with one of your school's financial advisors/counselors and discuss this.  Federal loans don't cover the entire tuition if your school is a proprietary school (tuition starts at 24,000 and higher), but they  may accept payments.   If you've got the GPA, look into nurse-specific grants and scholarships.  I'm a nurse and this is what I did.  The only other thing I can think of is to find out from your bank if they offer student loans for folks with "iffy" credit.  Having nursing as a goal may make you a better risk.  Of course, now you're obligated to pass boards!  Yikes!
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http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geuo14.ExF6ywAbDJXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB2c2Zzc202BGNvbG8DZQRsA1dTMQRwb3MDMwRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZAM-/SIG=12hs7d6s4/EXP=1162758648/**http%3a//www.llu.edu/llu/nursing/llnurse/fall01/afewnurses.html
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It could be. However, nursing is one of the professional fields with loads of scholarships and financial aid available due to the nursing shortage. If anything, most community colleges offer a nursing program, and it can cut down on how much the tuition is and complete the program in two years. I will provide several sources where you can locate financial aid.\n\nFirst, file for FAFSA.ed.gov because it will help you tap into both federal and college need based financial aid.\n\nSecond, search Google.com and Yahoo.com for your state's college grant program. 35 states has a website devoted to applying for state college financial aid and applications. If this method fails, search your state government's website for nursing scholarship or grant.\n\nThird, I have listed some nursing scholarship organizations.\n\nFourth, check with your college's financial aid website and the nursing department's website because they often list available scholarships from outside organizations and companies.\n\nFinally, there are free membership scholarship search websites. Most are updated on a regular basis. I recommend joining several of them. I recommend applying to as many as you qualify for since the more money you get in scholarships and grants, the less you will have in loans.\n\nGood luck!
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That is definitely considered fraud.  And if you know about it, then you are an accessory to fraud.
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I have a neighbor doing that right now through Un. of Phoenix.  First, she's paying over $200 per credit which is no cheaper than the local community college's online program, so I think she made a mistake.  What I read online is that the CEO has just resigned in March I believe it was.  I've also read on boards that there is question on the "certification" of the professors involved, not all check content regularly, and some may have faked their credentials and the university never really checked.  I've also read that they grade too fairly passing students who should otherwise be failing.\n\nAnother issue I've heard is that many businesses are not considering degrees through these online degree programs as legit because of the questions of passing failing students and teachers without credentials.\n\nI'd check local community colleges first.
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I had a doctor once who I thought did so poorly, I actually got up and walked out after demanding he take the speculum out of me.  The nurse finally did it.  And as I was leaving another doctor I had been to came out and I told him NO ONE BETTER SEND ME A BILL FOR THIS NUTJOB and they didn't.  Sounds like you already paid, but I would call and voice my complaint and ask them to refund my money, if they don't you can file a complaint with the AMA and BBB and if I were you, I would if he did something inappropiate or was negligient in some way.  Hope this helps you!
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Sounds fishy. you might want to contact someone locally over this. Any service in your area concerning fraud
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www.economiccrimedegrees.com/mba_fraud
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go online to the board of consumer affairs--the nursing boards are contained within that department of the state government. they will be able to assist you with that problem.
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No, I would be leary of websights offering scholarships. Anyone can make a webpage and steal your information when you give it to them, sighing up for what you think is a scholarship. Be careful and be leary of "winning" anything online\n\nRemember....  if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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Ya, they do seem to have just made up the rule. \nI don't know which state you may live in, so I can't answer this question, since rules are different in different places. At my school we don't have UIL. But if I was you, I would properly ask the NHS sponsor or the principal.
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They are not a scam. They are a private college and a friend of mine graduated from their campus in Atlanta. They are not only online. They are however, a bit more expensive.