FTC Sues Grand Canyon University for Deceptive Advertising and Illegal Telemarketing
In reality, the school requires that almost all doctoral students take additional “continuation courses” that add thousands of dollars in costs.
- In reality, the school requires that almost all doctoral students take additional “continuation courses” that add thousands of dollars in costs.
- The defendants also used abusive telemarketing calls to try to boost enrollment at GCU, according to the complaint.
- The FTC says the defendants’ deceptive claims and abusive telemarketing calls violated the FTC Act and the Telemarketing Sales Rule and asks the court to provide redress to consumers and prohibit the institution from further violations of the law.
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