President Donald Trump’s Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously last week to drop a Biden-era lawsuit against the nation’s largest Christian university.
In 2023, the FTC, under former President Joe Biden, accused Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona, of “deceptive advertising and illegal telemarketing.” The administration’s Department of Education fined GCU $37.7 million, claiming that it was deceiving students about the cost of its doctoral programs to entice more to enroll.
‘We view it as imprudent to continue expending Commission resources on a lost cause.’
The FTC further accused GCU of incorrectly claiming a nonprofit status and using “abusive telemarketing calls to try to boost enrollment.”
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GCU rejected all of the FTC’s allegations.
On Friday, Trump’s FTC voted 3-0 to dismiss the complaint.
A joint statement from the commission read, “This
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