Judge pulls plug on ex-students’ class action vs DeVry over graduate job placement claims – Cook County Record
A federal judge has again dismissed a class action that former DeVry University students brought against the school, claiming they were misled by ads for the school which, they said, promised them jobs related to their degrees after they graduated.
The October 2016 lawsuit from named plaintiffs Debbie Petrizzo of New York; Renee H. Polly and Brandy Van Buren, both of Missouri; Melissa Lotzman of Colorado; Jamison Purry of Oregon; and Cheryl Costello of Kansas alleged DeVry violated consumer protection laws in Illinois and five other states.
The graduates said they were attracted to DeVry by the school’s claim that, since 1975, about 90 percent of graduates land “careers in their field within six months of graduation,” but noted none of them was able to secure employment within that period.