 |
There have been formal complaints about Crown College to its accrediting agency, the Attorney General, the Department of Education, and the Better Business Administration regarding sexual misconduct, grade inflation and numerous misrepresentations by admission representatives. |
| Links |
Complaints
Collectively the written complaints submitted against Crown College show a distinct pattern of disregard for the law not to mention ethics and a drive to maximize cash flow and profit at the expense of education. Students are misled if not straight out lied to in order to get them enrolled and keep them enrolled. Measures are taken to defraud the Department of Education as well as the students.
Adrienne Rocco is a former Crown College admissions representative who worked at Crown College for approximately four years and came forward after the Gonzalez trial. She made a complaint to the ACCSCT and signed a declaration in the Gonzalez case in which she declared that she was "instructed to tell prospective students 'anything' in order to get them enrolled and was told to "exaggerate" the truth including telling students that "our credits will transfer anywhere in the United States because we provide an education to every student in the country." While the the Gonzalez and Black lawsuits were pending she was instructed to tell prospective students who inquired about the lawsuits that they were suing Crown College in Minnesota, not Crown College in Tacoma.
Ronald Anderson is an attorney and experienced teacher who taught at
Crown College back in 2000. He made a complaint, dated July
3, 2000, to the ACCSCT and the Department of Education and his
complaint concerned the fact that the
Director of Education was having sex with two students at Crown College, that
this was public knowledge, and that the Director changing the grades of one of
the students he was involved with. He also
alleges that the sound system did not work and that the curriculum was
poor. This was a prevailing complaint of Crown which
was made by many former, dissatisfied students.
Fred Siple was a former director Assistant Director at the Everett campus of Crown College. His complaint, dated November 3, 1998 was sent to the Washington Attorney General's office, the Better Business Bureau and the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. He accuses Crown College of not giving students the instruction they had paid for, offering them degrees that Crown College did not offer. This kind of deception was continually practiced by Crown as evidenced by the verdict in the Gonzalez case.
Mr. Vicario's complaint which was filed with the Attorney General's Office on June 30, 1997 again involved Crown College lying about the transferability of their credits. A prevailing theme.
Ethel Gilmer's complaint which was filed with the Attorney General's Office on February 19, 1997, concerned the fact that she had lied to about Crown College's credits transferring which indicated that Crown College was lying about the transferability of its credits way back then before they had even moved to Tacoma.
re
a bevy of witnesses including former students, former instructors and
expert witnesses from University of Washington who were ready to
testify. Mr. Wabel decided to settle the case on the eve of
trial. The settlement was confidential but the scuttlebutt was
that they received their loan money back.