Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-Irvine), who is on leave as a law professor at UC Irvine, where she founded the Consumer Protection Unit, is using her expertise to intervene on behalf of struggling students caught up in the mess involving Dream Center Education Holdings, Argosy University and Western State College of Law.
Porter, who holds her second official town hall with constituents Tuesday night in Mission Viejo, outright accuses Dream Center Education Holdings and the Argosy system that includes the Western State campus in Irvine, of engaging in fraud.
“It’s unacceptable that Argosy University and Dream Center Education Holdings defrauded students in the 45th District and across the country,” Porter says in a statement. “Argosy students have still not received the financial aid they expected at the beginning of January, and $9 million of taxpayer-funded student aid has gone missing. My heart sank when I heard that some Argosy students have found themselves unable to pay rent or buy groceries.”