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Walden University’s $28.5M class-action settlement with students gets court approval

Walden University’s $28.5M class-action settlement with students gets court approval

In a class-action lawsuit, filed in 2022, plaintiffs alleged that Walden implemented “a concerted constellation of tactics to target, deceive, and exploit Black and female DBA students” and “deliberately hid the true cost” of the program by downplaying how many credits it required.