PHOENIX (CN) — Former Grand Canyon University students who claim they were deceived into completing “useless” degree programs lack standing to request compensation for already-forgiven federal student loans, but may be entitled to other forms of relief, a federal judge ruled.
Representing an undefined number of former students, GCU graduate Katie Ogdon says the Phoenix-based Christian university intentionally misled her and others into unaccredited degree programs that do not qualify students for licensure in the states they are from. Ogdon, who planned to become a mental health therapist in California, learned only after she graduated that her master’s degree in psychology does not qualify her to be a licensed therapist in the state.
In a ruling published Tuesday evening, Senior U.S. District Judge Douglas Rayes granted in part GCU’s motion to dismiss, agreeing with the university that Ogdon’s 2023 loan forgiveness forfeited her right to any legal claim connected to those loans…