Quick Update on Westwood Class Action Cases

It’s been a little while since our last update, so I just wanted to check in and let you all know that we’re still hard at work on both cases that have been filed against Westwood College and Westwood College Online.

The class arbitration is still stayed while we are waiting on a decision from the Supreme Court about another arbitration case. The Supreme Court case has nothing to do with Westwood, but there may be some procedural issues that overlap so our arbitrator wanted to wait and see how that one turns out to be sure we proceed properly. We believe the decision will come out in the next few months, hopefully June at the latest. As soon as there is more information available, we’ll let you know. While we’re waiting on that, we are well underway with seeking and providing discovery for the named Claimants.

The class action case in Texas is also proceeding and we are in the discovery phase for that case as well. There are some up-coming pleading deadlines in the beginning of April, so we will post the new documents as they are publicly filed.

Also, largely as a result of the word of mouth of students like you, we have had an outpouring of requests for investigations into other for-profit career colleges. We are beginning investigations of the schools that appear to have real problems, and have set up a website for students from other schools than Westwood to seek and provide information. If your friends have attended other online schools and are looking for help, you can direct them to www.OnlineSchoolProblems.com.  At the top and on the right side of the page is a link to “Tell Us Your Story” where they can submit their information.

Lastly, I’ve updated the FAQ page to reflect some of the questions we’re getting these days.  If you have questions about how these cases work, your role in the case, your student loans, etc., please check there first.  If you’re still not sure, then you can contact me by clicking here.

Best,

Jillian