Beauty | Poor Women Targeted By Scam Beauty Schools In The USA

[The Ed.]

A New York Times investigation has revealed the true extent of a scam operated by beauty school in the city of New York. Hundreds of New York women have found themselves in debt because of the lure of fraudulent scholarships at beauty schools in the city.

Three schools, Jon Louis, Wilfred Academy and Beauty Culture and Robert Fiance Hair Design were found to be targeting low income women, women of colour and non-English speakers so that they could secure federal financial aid and leave students with loans that have no statute of limitation and are difficult to relieve.

The schools have been closed since the nineties following accusations of fraud but hundreds of women are still facing insurmountable debt decades later. What's more, the school's didn't even provide the students with sufficient preparation to pass the state's licensing exam.

"The proprietors of these schools retained the profit from taxpayer dollars but these individuals are the ones left holding the bag," explains Eileen Connor, a lawyer with the non-profit organisation representing dozens of women who attended the schools.

The good news is that, following the New York Time investigation, the Education Department has started to discharge the loans...funny that.

Until then...geek on!

The Ed.

 

[Chickafish]

There's all types of scam schools in the US, mainly involving trades and continuing education courses like nursing assistant, accounting, IT, ect. They tend to have little commercials placed during the day time inbetween shows their target demographic are most likely to be watching, and ads in the job search papers. They usually promise job placement upon completion, but I've seen many who are left out of pocket, in debt, and still unemployed- worst than before they embarked on the courses.

I also read somewhere of Floridian cosmo/nail tech students complaining about how the schools there tend to tell their students they need to pull in more than the state board's required hours for application of licensing exam, costing the students more money. It's really sad this happens, and I really hope these schools either start running legit schools, or just stop operating.