California's attorney general is suing an online, for-profit university alleging that officials there made false promises to entice students and illegally tried to collect their overdue debt. Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed the suit against San Diego-based Ashford University Wednesday.
Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire has come under fire for accepting donations from a for-profit college company being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice. Ayotte, who is in facing Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan in one of the country's most competitive U.S. Senate races, returned the $8,000 in donations from San Diego-based Bridgepoint Education Inc., last month after her campaign said that she learned of the company's problems.