Former student files class action against University of Phoenix, says it sold her ‘pipe dream’

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LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A former University of Phoenix psychology student in California sued the college on Nov. 13, alleging that it engaged in fraudulent business practices when it sold her a “pipe dream” of transferable credits and a guaranteed job after graduation.

Ashley Parades, a 22-year-old mother of three, is seeking class action status for students who enrolled at the university, borrowed tens of thousands of dollars in federal loans and yet found themselves unemployed with allegedly worthless college credits.

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