An investigation into Daymar College by Kentucky's attorney general led to a suit filed today against the owners and operators of the college. Attorney General Jack Conway claims the for-profit college, with locations in Madisonville and Paducah, violated Kentucky’s Consumer Protection Act by engaging in unfair, false, misleading, and deceptive trade practices.
Conway's office received information in 2008 that Daymar College was preventing students from buying their textbooks and supplies cheaper from other sources. The attorney general’s investigation concluded that Daymar College had been engaged in a sophisticated practice of deceiving and misleading students about their textbooks and financial aid so that students would be forced into purchasing books and supplies from Daymar College at prices substantially higher than other vendors.Additionally, Conway alleges that the defendants provide false and misleading information to students about the transferability of credits earned at Daymar College. In addition to telling students their credits will transfer, the complaint alleges that the written information Daymar College provides to students about the transferability of credits omits the material information that credits are not likely to transfer to other schools.
The complaint further alleges that Daymar has enrolled some students who do not meet the school’s criteria for admission, thereby increasing the likelihood that a student will withdraw from the program, be unable to pay the debt they incurred while attending Daymar and be unable to get a job in their career field. According to information available from the U.S. Department of Education, Daymar Learning, Inc., with the exception of one other school, currently has the highest default rate of any Kentucky-based school.
Besides Paducah and Madisonville, Daymar College campuses or learning sites are located in eight other Kentucky cities. There also is a Daymar College online program.
Persons who have information about Daymar College are encouraged to contact the Office of the Attorney General at 1-888-432-9257 or by e-mail studentcomplaints@ag.ky.gov.
